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Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters is a 2017 non-fiction book by religious studies scholar Christian Smith. It was published by Princeton University Press.

Synopsis
The book seeks to lay out a definition and theory of religion that heavily pulls from the theory and definition of religion from Martin Riesebrodt in his book The Promise of Salvation, among other theorists of religion like Melford Spiro.