'A Critical Introduction to the Study of Religion' explains the key ideas and methods in the study of religion and demonstrates how they can be used. The aim is to provide students with a tool-kit of critical concepts for studying religious belief and behaviour. Throughout the discussion all ideas and methods are illustrated with clear case material.

Author Biography

Craig Martin is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at St. Thomas Aquinas College and Editor of the Bulletin for the Study of Religion. He is the author of Masking Hegemony: A Genealogy of Liberalism, Religion and the Private Sphere (Equinox, 2011).