Religious studies is the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions.
Edwin David Aponte Karen Armstrong , author of A History of God Miguel Asín Palacios , Spanish Arabist, work on the mutual influence between Christianity & IslamRobert Baker Aitken , author of numerous academic books on Zen Buddhism Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier , professor and scholar, author of Hardness of Heart (1955)Catherine Bell , ritual studies scholarHerbert Berg , scholar of Islamic originsPeter Berger , author of The Sacred Canopy Pascal Boyer , author of Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought Joseph Epes Brown , author of The Sacred Pipe and Teaching Spirits: Understanding Native American Religious Traditions Rudolf Bultmann John Corrigan , co-author of Religion in America , editor of the "Chicago History of American Religion" book series (University of Chicago Press)Frank M. Cross , emeritus professor Harvard Divinity School, interpreter of the Dead Sea Scrolls Ioan P. Culianu , author of The HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religions and Out of This World Miguel A. De La Torre Arti Dhand , associate professor at the University of Toronto , Department for the Study of Religion[ 1] Wendy Doniger , (formerly published as Wendy O'Flaherty) is a leading researcher in Hinduism among other topics on religion.Émile Durkheim , author of The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life Diana L. Eck Mircea Eliade , author of The Sacred and the Profane History of Religious Ideas , vol.I-IIISteven Engler Philippe Borgeaud Carl W. Ernst , specialist in Islamic studies, author of Sufism: An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard James George Frazer , author of The Golden Bough Sigmund Freud , author of Totem and Taboo The Future of an Illusion Moses and Monotheism Rajmohan Gandhi , author of Revenge and Reconciliation Arnold van Gennep Anthony Giddens René Girard , whose theological works include Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Stephen D. Glazier , editor of The Encyclopedia of African and African American Religions Richard Gombrich Justo Gonzalez , author of The Story of Christianity and a leading figure in Hispanic theology Wouter Hanegraaff , author of New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought Ishwar C. Harris Nathan O. Hatch , author of "The Democratization of American Christianity"Friedrich Heiler Steven Heine , scholar of East Asian Buddhism, especially Zen and Dogen Susan Henking , scholar of religion, gender and sexuality, and president of Shimer College Zora Neale Hurston , author of Mules and Men and Hoodoo in America Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz William James , author of The Varieties of Religious Experience Grace Jantzen Carl G. Jung Klaus Klostermaier Adam Kotsko , author of Zizek and Theology and The Politics of Redemption , and translator of AgambenHans Küng , Catholic theologian, author of Tracing the Way. Spiritual Dimensions of the World Religions Gerardus van der Leeuw Peggy Levitt Bruce Lincoln (University of Chicago ), author of Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11 , Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship and Discourse and the Construction in Society Philip Lindholm Bronislaw Kaspar Malinowski Martin E. Marty (University of Chicago ), author of the series Modern American Religion , editor of The Fundamentalism Project John Macquarrie , Christian Existentialist and Systematic Theologian Josef W. Meri George Foot Moore , scholar and theologian, author of History of Religions Judaism (two volumes, 1927)Friedrich Max Müller , editor of Sacred Books of the East Seyyed Hossein Nasr , author of Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization Rudolf Otto , author of The Idea of the Holy Elaine Pagels , author of The Gnostic Gospels Christopher Partridge , author of The Re-enchantment of the West Geoffrey Parrinder , former professor at King's College London and author of What World Religions Teach Us (1968)F. E. Peters , Professor at New York University and author of numerous books on Christianity, Judaism and IslamRoy Rappaport Olivier Roy Arne Runeberg (1912–1979), Finnish sociologist, anthropologist and linguistAnnemarie Schimmel , author of Mystical Dimensions of Islam Wilhelm Schmidt Arvind Sharma , author of Women in World Religions Christian Smith , author of Soul Searching: the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers Huston Smith , author of The World's Religions Jonathan Z. Smith (University of Chicago), author of Map is Not Territory ; Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown and To Take Place: Toward Theory in Ritual Wilfred Cantwell Smith William Robertson Smith , Scottish theologian, early work in the "higher criticism" of the Bible.Ninian Smart , author of Dimensions of the Sacred Nathan Söderblom Rodney Stark Michael Stausberg John Shelby Spong , author The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love and other worksEinar Thomassen Toulmin, Joshua (1740–1815), English radical Dissenting minister Edward Burnett Tylor Joachim Wach James Webb , author of The Occult Underground and The Harmonious Circle .Max Weber Christian K. Wedemeyer Wesley Wildman Linda Woodhead , MBE. Director of The Religion and Society Programme Zakir Naik Heinrich Robert Zimmer , Indologist, author of Philosophies of India and Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization Volker Zotz Reza Aslan , author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
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