<P>This substantially revised second edition of <I>The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion </I>remains the only comprehensive survey in English of methods and methodology in the discipline. Designed for non-specialists and upper undergraduate-/graduate-level students, it discusses the range of methods currently available to stimulate interest in unfamiliar methods and enable students and scholars to evaluate methodological issues in research.</P><P>The <I>Handbook </I>comprises 39 chapters ¿ 21 of which are new, and the rest revised for this edition. A total of 56 contributors from 10 countries cover a broad range of topics divided into three clear parts:</P><P>¿ Methodology</P><P>¿ Methods</P><P>¿ Techniques</P><P>The first section addresses general methodological issues: including comparison, research design, research ethics, intersectionality, and theorizing/analysis. The second addresses specific methods: including advanced computational methods, autoeth