Religionswissenschaft

Focusing on the large global religions, this introduction to religious studies reveals how various religions can be reflected upon academically and critically understood, analysed and compared in terms of their connections and differences to each other, and their specific individual religiosity, structures, histories and intentions. Umbrella topics such as their principal works, figures, ways of life (ethics) and goals demonstrate how these religions are organised. The book concludes by examining religious studies’ relationship to its related disciplines.

Bertram Schmitz is a professor of religious studies and teaches courses on world religions at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena.