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Understanding Religion and Religious Studies

An academic introduction to religion, religious diversity and the methods used to understand major faith traditions without promoting or evaluating their beliefs.

Religion as an area of study

Religion has influenced societies, communities, art, literature, law, philosophy and everyday life across many periods of European history. It also remains part of contemporary Europe. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and other traditions are represented across the continent, alongside people who identify as atheist, agnostic, humanist or otherwise non-religious. Studying this landscape does not require a learner to accept…

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