Carl Olson offers a compelling and provocative argument against the application of postmodern thought to Religious Studies, showing how such radically skeptical thinking undermines, subverts, and distorts the study of religion. The Allure Decadent Thinking is something that has been crying out to be done. It contributes to new understanding. It makes important corrections to well-established views. It adds a new approach to the study of religion. In short, it makes a most valuable and original contribution to the ongoing formation of religious studies as a discipline in the modern university.