"What is Religion?" consists of fourteen essays written by a selection of scholars who represent a wide spectrum of approaches to the academic study of religion. The volume includes a critical introductory essay by the editors and a selected bibliography.

Thomas A. Idinopulos, Ph.D., University of Chicago, is Professor of Religious Studies at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. His publications include Religion and Reductionism (co-editor, Brill, 1994) and The Sacred and its Scholars (co-editor, Brill, 1996)
Brian C. Wilson, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, is Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion at Western Michigan University.