Religion Today: A Reader (Paperback)

Paperback. This volume accompanies the five textbooks published in the Open University/Ashgate Religion Today Series, but also offers an independent, comprehensive Reader for all those studying and interested in religion today. The Reader presents primary source material structured around five key themes: Sacred text to internet; Religion and social transformation; Civil religions; Global religions in regional context; Alternative spiritualities. Each section includes an introduction by the editor, and presents an international range of the most important textual sources for study. Organized by themes which are central to understanding religion today Suitable for advanced undergraduates: emphasis on controversy and debates in the field International range of sources and religions Includes popular as well as scholarly sources Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.