Introduction: The study of religion as cultural criticism
Paradigm shift : exploring the world's religions
Respublica Hebraeorum : biblical religion and European culture
From biblical philology to the study of Judaism
Biblical myth, religious history, and idolatry
Iranian religions and the idea of dualism
From Mohammedis imposturae to the Three imposters : the study of Islam and the Enlightenment
From China to Rome : the discovery of civil religion
Epilogue: From ritual to myth.