The study of world religions opens doors to global understanding, empathy, appreciation for other perspectives, and much more. Yet, in most schools, it is not part of the regular curriculum. Seth ...

Harvard is constantly in the news, and almost never for a good reason. Every institutional scandal, statistic, or internal ...

This article examines the ways in which the status of Mormonism within academic comparative religion discourses is quite different from that which has evolved among Latter-day Saint leaders and within ...

A conversation with Jack Miles. Thank you, Jack, for participating in this interview. While I hope this conversation will result in greater interest in each of the beautifully designed and ...

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion (MTSR) publishes articles, notes, book reviews and letters which explicitly address the problems of methodology and theory in the academic study of religion.

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Ali S. Asani is Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University. After completing his high school education in Kenya, he attended Harvard ...

AN effort is being made to establish in Cambridge a photographic record for use in illustrating the history and comparative study of religions. Any persons, especially those returning from the ...

Be able to define “religion” per se in terms of both theory and practice Have a basic understanding of the nature of religion The Comparative Study of Religion Have a foundational knowledge of the ...

This introductory course focuses on the cultural syncretism and the global diversity of Jewish experience. It provides a comparative understanding of Jewish culture from antiquity to the present, ...

Eastern Michigan history lecturer Rick Rogers has been teaching "History 100, The Comparative Study of Religion" for almost two decades. But, this year, Rogers' course on the world's major religions ...

With the generous support of Western Michigan University’s Center for the Humanities, this year (2020-2021) marked another successful year for the Realities vs. Ideal: A Round-table for the Study of ...

Carlisle Area School District will introduce “A Comparative Study of World Religions” course at its high school starting in 2021-22. School board members Thursday approved a motion to pilot the ...