Download or read book The New Sciences of Religion written by W. Grassie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performing a critical analysis of new scientific research on religious and spiritual phenomena, Grassie takes a two-staged phenomenological approach working from the 'outside in' and the 'bottom up' without privileging at the outset any religious traditions or philosophical assumptions.