Campus Units
History
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
2015
Journal or Book Title
Vocabulary for the Study of Religion
Volume
3
First Page
608
Last Page
613
Abstract
The academic study of religion has been an interdisciplinary endeavor since its inception at the end of the nineteenth century. Much of the theoretical vocabulary that is needed to study religion has been imported from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences. It is the strength of the academic study of religion to bring these approaches into conversation with one another. The Vocabulary for the Study of Religion provides an excellent platform to sustain this conversation. Written by experts with a background in a variety of disciplines, over 400 entries collected in the Vocabulary offer a unique overview of critical terms in the study of religion(s), as well as the themes and issues that have to be addressed in future research. This is the first dictionary in English that covers such a broad spectrum of theoretical topics. The Vocabulary is an indispensable tool for all students of religion and it will influence the academic discussion for many years.
Copyright Owner
Brill
Copyright Date
2015
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bailey, Michael D., "Witch/Witchcraft and Sorcerer/Sorcery" (2015). History Publications. 85.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/history_pubs/85
Included in
Cultural History Commons, European History Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, Medieval History Commons
Comments
This book chapter is published as “Witch/Witchcraft and Sorcerer/Sorcery,” in Vocabulary for the Study of Religion, ed. Robert A. Segal and Koku von Stuckrad, 3 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 2015), 3: 608-13. Posted with permission.