Pt. 1. Studying religion. Introductory issues
pt. 2. African traditions. African religious traditions
The case of Isaiah Shembe
pt. 3. The Yogic tradition. The origins of yogic religions
The richness of the H8indu tradition
Rethinking the Hindu tradition
Gandhi the great contrarian
The development of Buddhist belief and practice
The moral quest of Edward Conze
Other yogic-type traditions
pt. 4. The Abramic tradition. Early Judaism
Rabbinic and other Judaisms
Jewish faith and practice
Martin Buber's Zionist spirituality
Christian faith and practice
Christian politics according to Abraham Kuyper
Muslim beliefs and practices
Sayyid Qutb and the reborth of contemporary Islam
Conclusion: Whither religious studies?
