Religious Studies

IMPORTANT: This list is not yet up to date with the upcoming ’24/’25 academic year. Some books might be the same, some may not. Therefore, always check the course guide / ocasys to be sure.

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Year 1

Blok 2.

Anthropology of religion.

Blok 3.

Christianity.

  • A Short World History of Christianity (revised edition), Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2014
    (Also available on SmartCat)
  • A History of Christian Conversion, Oxford: University Press 2020 (Available online through SmartCat), David W. Kling, ISBN: 9780199910922
  • Recommended: The historian’s toolbox, Londen: Routledge/Taylor and Francis group, 2019 (4th edition) (Book) / (eBook)

Psychology and Sociology of Religion. 

  • Nelson, J.M. (2009). Psychology, Religion and Spirituality. New York: Springer. (Available online through Smartcat)
  • Furseth, I., & Repstad, P. (2006). An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. (Also available online through Smartcat)

Blok 4.

Islam.

  • The Anthropology of Islam Reader, London: Routledge. J. Kreinath ISBN: 9780415780254
  • A New Introduction to Islam. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons: Oxford, UK. Brown, Daniel W, 2017, ISBN 9781118953464.
  • Classical Islam: A sourcebook of Religious Literature, 2nd edition, New York: Routledge, 2013, Norman Calder, Jawid Mojaddedi & Andrew Rippin (eds.) ISBN:978041550508

Religion and Philosophy.