TY - BOOK AU - Kessler, Gary E. TI - Studying religion : an introduction through cases SN - 0767422279 AV - BL48 .K47 PY - 2003/// CY - Boston : PB - McGraw-Hill, KW - Religion KW - Case studies. N1 - Includes biliographical referecnces and index; Contents: Preliminaries: Thinking about being a student of religion -- The Field of religious studies -- On Defining religion -- Liminaries: Sacred power -- Sacred story -- Sacred action -- Sacred space and time -- Postliminaries: Religious diversity and truth ER -