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McCutcheon -- Where does the word religion come from? / David McConeghy -- What does it take for something to be classified as a "religion"? / Robyn Faith Walsh -- Can sports be a religion? / Russell T. McCutcheon -- What is the difference between religion and mythology? / Russell T. McCutcheon -- What is the difference between religion and philosophy? / Nathan Eric Dickman -- What is the difference between a religion and a cult? / Jason N. Blum -- Do all religious adherents believe in the concept of a higher power? / Steven W Ramey -- Do all religions have sacred books? / Russell T. McCutcheon -- Do all religions have miracles? / Russell T. McCutcheon -- How did religion start? / Nickolas P. Roubekas -- What is the function of religion? / Rick Moore -- What's the difference between rituals and habits? / Russell T. McCutcheon -- Can I be spiritual but not religious? / Michael Stausberg -- Is atheism, or secularism, just another religion? / Craig Martin -- Why is religion so often involved in politics? / Ian Alexander Cuthbertson -- What is the oldest religion? / Vaia Touna -- How many religions are there? / Michael J. Altman -- How does religion spread and what is its appeal? / Sarah Dees -- Why do so many people believe that only one religion can be right? / Nathan Eric Dickman -- If everyone worships a god, why are there so many distinctions in religions? / Leslie Dorrough Smith -- Do people actually believe in their religious practices because they want to, or because of how they were raised? / Nathan Colborne -- Can people belong to more than one religion? / Ann Taves -- Who are the 'Nones' and why are they so important? / Mike Graziano -- Are there any religions that do not have official leaders? / Jason W. M. Ellsworth -- Is it true that women play a lesser role in most religions? / Leslie Dorrough Smith -- Why do women in some religions cover up their faces, or even their whole bodies? / Leslie Dorrough Smith -- Why do people fight so much over their religious beliefs? / Craig Martin -- Is there a large difference between the main religions or do they just have minor variations on the same overall idea? / Steven W Ramey -- Is Voodoo really a religion? / Emily D Crews -- 505 8 $a Why did Romans basically copy the Ancient Greek religion? / Roger Beck -- Is Satanism a religion? / Nathaniel J. Morehouse -- Who wrote the Bible? / Steven L Young -- Do Jews believe in the afterlife? / Aaron W. Hughes -- Why don't Jewish people believe that Jesus was the Messiah? / Sheldon Steen -- What are the main differences between Protestantism, Catholicism, and Greek Orthodoxy? / Vaia Touna -- Why did St. Paul write all those letters? / Patrick Hart -- Why do some Christians use snakes in their worship? / Brad Stoddard -- What is "speaking in tongues"? / Jennifer Eyl -- Is it true that religions outside of Christianity have stories of a virgin mother, crucifixion, etc.? / Robyn Faith Walsh -- Why do some Christians not acknowledge evolution? / Arthur McCalla -- Are Mormons Christians? / Linh Hoang -- What is biblical archaeology? / Aaron W. Hughes -- Is Europe less religious than North America? / Julie Ingersoll -- Were African slaves forced to become Christian when they got to plantations? / Sarah Dees -- Why are there so many radical Muslims in the world today? / Matt Sheedy -- What is the difference between radical and non-radical Muslims in terms of the types of Islam? / Mushegh Asatryan -- What does jihad really mean? / Mushegh Asatryan -- Are there similarities between Judaism, Christianity and Islam? / Aaron W. Hughes -- Is Sufism part of Islam? / Aaron W. Hughes -- What are the main differences between Sunni and Shia Islam? / Aaron W. Hughes -- 52. Is there anything "African" about African American religion? / Emily D Crews -- Are Eastern religions as connected to violence as Western religions seem to be? / Jason W. M. Ellsworth -- Do Native Americans worship nature? / Sarah Dees -- Is yoga religious? / Steven W Ramey -- What is shamanism? / Suzanne Owen -- Is being a vegetarian a religious thing for some people? / Jason W. M. Ellsworth -- Isn't Buddhism more of a philosophy than a religion? / Nathaniel J. Morehouse -- Why do the statues of Buddha sometimes depict him as being overweight? / Kendall Marchman -- I've heard the founder of Buddhism was Hindu--so how did the one develop form the other? / Travis D Webster - 505 8 $a Are religions in Asia all connected in some way? / Kendall Marchman -- Where did the study of religion come from? / Michael Stausberg -- Who was the first scholar of religion? / Michael Stausberg -- Why is it important that we study religion? / K. Merinda Simmons -- Is there a difference between religious studies and theology? / Jason N. Blum -- What is exegesis? / Aaron W. Hughes -- What do you do when you do fieldwork in religion? / Russell T. McCutcheon -- In what ways can religion be legally discussed in US public schools? / Mike Graziano -- Do scholars of religion study texts or do they study the religion firsthand, like an anthropologist might? / Richard Newton -- Is it possible to study religion academically and still be religious? / Richard Newton -- Does the academic study of religion deny the existence of god? / Blair Alan Gadsby -- Should the study of religions be mandatory in US schools? / Julie Ingersoll -- How do you study the religions of cultures that no longer exist? / Vaia Touna -- What is the cognitive science of religion? / Robyn Faith Walsh -- Is the study of religion related to other academic disciplines? / Jennifer Eyl -- Why do we need the study of religion if we already have historians, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and folklorists? / Paul-Francois Tremlett -- Can't I just learn about religion in my church, mosque, or temple? / Brent A Smith -- Can one study one's own religion objectively? / Rebekka King -- What is this CE and BCE dating system that I've seen used throughout this book? / Aaron W. Hughes -- What is the future of "religion"? / Russell T. McCutcheon -- What is the future of religion? / Aaron W. Hughes 520 $a Religion in Five Minutes provides an accessible and lively introduction to the questions about religion and religious behaviour that interest most of us, whether or not we personally identify with -- or practice -- a religion. Suitable for beginning students and the general reader, the book offers more than 60 brief essays on a wide range of fascinating questions about religion and its study, such as: How did religion start? What religion is the oldest? Who are the Nones? Why do women seem to play lesser roles in many religions? What's the difference between a religion and a cult? Is Europe less religious than North America? Is Buddhism a philosophy? How do we study religions of groups who no longer exist? 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