Religion: The Modern Theories.(Book Review)

Sociology of Religion | September 22, 2005| | Copyright

Religion: The Modern Theories, by SETH D. KUNIN. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003, 256pp; $49.95 USD (cloth), $18.95 USD (paperback).

To fairly evaluate a book, a reviewer needs to take into consideration the purpose for which it was written. Religion: The Modern Theories by Seth D. Kunin is meant as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in religious studies, particularly those that deal with theories of religion. Since this is a review for a sociology journal, this raises two questions: 1) how well are sociological theories of ...

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