Introduction. A "humanly relevant" cosmos : what we study when we study religion / William Scott Green Judaism. Judaism : beginnings / Baruch A. Levine The formation / Jacob Neusner Judaism in modern times : Reform, Orthodox, and conservative Judaism; Zionism / Jacob Neusner Christianity. Christianity : beginnings / Bruce Chilton Roman Catholicism / Lawrence S. Cunningham Orthodox Christianity / J.A. McGuckin Protestantism / Martin E. Marty Islam. Islam : beginnings / Th. Emil Homerin The Shi'i tradition / Liyakat Takim The Sunni tradition / Th. Emil Homerin Hinduism / Douglas Brooks Buddhism. Buddhism : beginnings / Mario Poceski The Theravada tradition / Kristin Scheible The Mahayana tradition / Mark L. Blum Daoism / Mark Meulenbeld Confucianism / Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi Shinto / James L. Ford Indigenous religions. Indigenous religious tradition / Jualynne E. Dodson, Sonya Maria Johnson African indigenous religions / Jacob Olupona New nineteenth-century American religions / Danny L. Jorgensen New twentieth-century American religions / Dell deChant
