Peter Nynäs is Professor of Study of Religions at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Finland and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology. Ruth Illman is the Director of the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture in Turku, Finland. She holds the title of Docent in the study or religions at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) and in the history of religions at Uppsala University. Nurit Novis-Deutsch is a social psychologist researching values and moral development in the department of Learning and Instructional Sciences at the University of Haifa in Israel. Rafael Fernández-Hart is Professor and Director of the Facultad de Filosofía, Educación y Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Lima, Peru.

• Table of ContentsPrelimsList of Figures and Tables ixList of Online Appendices xiForeword by Alana Vincent xiiEditorial Preface by Peter Nynäs and Ruth Illman xvii1. Contesting the Dichotomy of Universalism and Particularism: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Study of Religions from a Global Perspective, Peter Nynäs, Ruth Illman and Nurit Novis-Deutsch 12 .Translation and Major Categories in the Study of Religions: The Case of “Religion” and “Spirituality” in West Bengal, Måns Broo, Marcus Moberg, Peter Nynäs, Mallarika Sarkar Das and Sohini Ray 253. The Cognitive Study of Religiosity and Contemporary Lived Religion: Complementarity as a Methodological Approach, Sławomir Sztajer, Rafael Fernández Hart, Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo and Sidney Castillo 554. Heteronormative Religion? Attitudes to Abortion and Same-Sex Relationships on a Global Scale, Peter Nynäs, Ariela Keysar, Clara Marlijn Meijer and Sofia Sjö 795. The Multiplicity of Chinese and Indian Religions: A Critical Reappraisal of the Notion of “Eastern Religion”, Måns Broo and Ruby Sain 1136. Conceptualisations of the “Sacred Individual”: A Comparative Study of Russian and Finnish Young Adults, Polina Vrublevskaya, Marcus Moberg and Karoliina Dahl 1417. Secular Identities in Context: Emerging Prototypes among Non-religious Young Adults, Janne Kontala, Ariela Keysar and Sawsan Kheir 1678. Multiple Identifications: Growing Diversity and Complexity in Religious and Secular Worldviews, Ruth Illman, Peter Nynäs and Nurit Novis-Deutsch 1979. Towards a New Methodological Perspective: Concluding Reflections on Cross-cultural Research in the Study of Religions, Peter Nynäs, Ruth Illman and Rafael Fernández Hart 225Index 243

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