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RR 2013/281 The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies Edited by Robert A. Orsi Cambridge University Press Cambridge 2012 xiv + 428 pp. ISBN 978 0 521 88391 7 (hbck); ISBN 978 0 521 71014 5 (pbck) £60 $90 (hbck); £18.99 $29.99 (pbck) Cambridge Companions to Religion
Keyword Religion
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-05-2013-0107
Robert A. Orsi, Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, is the editor of this volume aiming to gather together some of the rich diversity of key debates in religious studies today. While navigating the historical and theoretical frameworks of the field, the book aims to ground academic theory in lived practice and move beyond academic categories into the religious practices of the "real world".
The volume covers a wide spread of religious traditions and academic backgrounds, viewed through the lens of theoretical and methodological approaches. Aiming to cover the academic study of religion in the...