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 ...

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.

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A nationally known researcher whose work changed the study of the American Midwest and spirituality movements will be honored by Western Michigan University as a distinguished scholar ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gene Gallagher retired from teaching in 2015. His interests focus on new religious movements with a comparative and historical perspective. His intellectual interests in this area shape how he teaches ...