Anthropologists, along with environmental scientists, economists, historians of religion, and other researchers further an approach to studying religion that began in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Considering in turn theory, empirical evidence, and experimental studies, they discuss such topics as debating the sacrificial economy, Buddhism and the market economy in a globalized world, promising and engaging the future through ritual sponsorships in Mexico's eastern Yucatan, multi-level marketing at the crossroads of economy and religion, and an experimental test of the effect of religion on trust and cooperation. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)