What Is Religion? (Paperback, 3 ed)

Preface: what is this thing called religion?;?1. Introduction: Some ideas about religion; 2. A very short history of the idea of religion; 3. Types and elements of religion; 4. Beliefs, ideas and representations; 5. Religious practices and behaviours, also known as ‘ritual’; 6. Institutions: Ethics, morality and norms in religion; 7. Religion today: Modernity, postmodernity and secularization; 8. A brief conclusion.