Abstract: Introduction: The Study of Religion and Emotion – Buddhism – Islam – Hinduism – Japanese Religions – Judaism – Christianity – New Religious Movements – Ritual – Sexuality and the Erotic – Gender – Music – Material Culture – Ecstasy – Terror – Hope – Melancholy – Love – Religious Hatred – Augustine – Medieval Mysticism – Kierkegaard – Jonathan Edwards – William James – Emile Durkheim – Friedrich Schleiermacher and Rudolf Otto – Constructionism and Its Critics – Emotions Research and Religious Experience

Keywords: Buddhi, Buddhism, Christ, Christianity, culture, Hinduism, Islam, James, Judaism, love, music, mysticism, new religious movements, ritual, tradition, Christian, hope, religious