Classic Books on The Study of Religion
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The following classic books on the study of religion may be read online:

 
  Author Title  
 
Herbert Spencer
The Study of Sociology - this is not on religion, but has a great discussion of bias.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friedrich Max Müller
Chips from a German Workshop Vol. 1;- -Vol. 2; - - Vol. 3; - - Vol. 4; - - Vol. 5
 
 
 
Physical Religion
 
 
 
India: WhatCan It Teach Us?
 
 
 
Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion
 
 
 
Anthropological Religion
 
 
 
Introduction to the Science of Religion
 
 
 
My Autobiographical Fragment
 
 
 
 
 
 
Louis Henry Jordan
Comparative religion: Its genesis and growth
 
 
 
Comparative Religion: Its Adjuncts and Allies
 
 
 
Comparative religion: Its Method and Scope
 
 
 
Comparative religion: A Survey of the Literature
     
 
 
 
 
 
Samuel H. Kellogg
A handbook of comparative religion
 
 
 
 
     
 
F. B. Jevrons
Comparative Religion
 
 
 
 
 
 
J- E. Carpenter
Comparative Religion
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Gaines Vaughan
Religion: A Comparative Study
     
 
 
 
     
 
Alfred S. Geden
Studies in Comparative Religion
 
 
 
 
     
 
James Haughton Woods
Practice and Science of Religion: A study of method
 
 
 
 
 
 
James Hope Moulton
Religions and Religion: A Study of the Science of Religion
 
 
 
 
 
 
John M. Robertson
Pagan Christs
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fredric Spieglberg
Living Religions of the World
 
       
       
       
           
     
           

All text and graphics onUnderstanding World Religions are protected by copyright, 1995, 199, 2011. Permission to reproduce material found on this Web Site must be obtained from the appropriate copyright owner. World religions graphic by Christopher Tobias from Irving Hexham's Understanding World Religions, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2012, and Roberta Polfus, from the Concise Dictionary of Religion, InterVarsity Press, Carol Stream, 1994.