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comparative religion

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noun

  1. a field of study seeking to derive general principles from a comparison and classification of the growth and influence of various religions.


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Hall founded the Philosophical Research Society in 1934 to promote the study of philosophy, comparative religion, mysticism and metaphysics in Los Angeles and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

In the early 1960s, he studied comparative religion at Princeton University and taught at Columbia University.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2022

I met Chuck in 2001, when I was 20 or 21 and a senior at Columbia studying art and comparative religion.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021

Daniel came on a weekend visit from Boston, where he taught comparative religion at M.I.T.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019

To the student of comparative religion, it is difficult to see what is so highly blameworthy in this.

From Simon Magus by George Robert Stow Mead

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