Introduction: Qualitative empirical methodologies : an inductive argument / Steven J. Sutcliffe
Phenomonology, fieldwork and folk religion / Marion Bowman
Media, meaning, and method in the study of religion / Chris Arthur
How to study religious experience in the traditions / Peter Antes
'The sacred' as a viable concept in the contemporary study of religions / Terence Thomas
The sense and nonsense of 'community' : a consideration of contemporary debates about community and culture by a scholar of religion / Kim Knott
Chosen people : the concept of diaspora in the modern world / Gerrie ter Haar
Study of religions : the new queen of the sciences? / Brian Bocking
Religious experience in early Buddhism? / Richard Gombrich
Religion, gender and dharma : the case of the widow aesthetic / Miranda Aldhouse-Green
A Buddhist-Christian encounter in Sri Lanka : Panadura vada / Ria Kloppenberg
Religion and community in indigenous contexts / Armin W. Geertz
African spirituality, religion and innovation / Elizabeth Amoah
Unificationism: a study in religious syncretism / George Chryssides
Multiculturalism, Muslims and the British state / Tariq Modood
Afterword: Separating religion from the "sacred" : methodological agnosticism and the future of religious studies / James L. Cox.
Religion : empirical studies : a collection to mark the 50th anniversary of the British Association for the Study of Religions. ISBN 0754641589. Published by Ashgate in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.