comparative religion
Americannoun
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In the early 1960s, he studied comparative religion at Princeton University and taught at Columbia University.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2022
Daniel came on a weekend visit from Boston, where he taught comparative religion at M.I.T.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
In several cases, this translates into a strong emphasis on comparative religion, including the study of Christian-Muslim relations.
From Economist ● Jun. 13, 2018
Vakoch did a science-fair project on interstellar languages, and he continued to follow the field during his college years, even as he was studying comparative religion at Carleton College in Minnesota.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2017
He was no great genius; he did not know anything about comparative religion, which is nowadays supposed to be absolutely essential to understanding any one religion.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
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