This book is divided into three sections in a continuum. The first covers theoretical components (The Study) of religion such as its definition, origin, study and religious symbols. The second examines selected methodological approaches in the study of religion such as Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Ethics/Moral Philosophy, and Comparative Study of Religions. The focus of the third section is on selected world religious traditions (The Practices). Those discussed here are African Traditional Religion, Judeo-Christianity, Islam, and three Asiatic religions. Thus, the book covers issues that are not only current, but relevant and important to students, scholars, and others interested in an in-depth academic study of religion in all its perspectives.