Religions of the World: Questions, Challenges, and New Directions - Paperbackby Leslie Dorrough Smith (Author), Steven W. Ramey (Author) Religions of the World: Questions, Challenges, and New Directions provides a critical introduction to the social, political, and cultural interests that inform how people describe and identify with religion. One of its goals is to provide a sense of methodological transparency that few, if any, other textbooks today offer. The book opens with an Introduction that discusses contemporary