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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

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

Sales of Bibles, Korans, spiritual guides, prophecy titles and works on comparative religion ascended toward the heavens.

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 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

Many of the efforts made by students of comparative religion to classify the various religions, seem to the writer defective through lack of the perception that social and religious evolution are vitally connected.

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

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