Comparing religions possibilities and perils? / [electronic resource] :
edited by Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos, Brian C. Wilson, and James Constantine Hanges.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
- xvii, 320 p.
- Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, v. 113 0169-8834 ; .
- Studies in the history of religions ; 113. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and indexes.
Comparison as a theoretical exercise / Questions of judgment in comparative religious studies / The role of the authoritative in the comparative process / The mothering principle in the comparison of religions / Theaters of worldmaking behaviors : panhuman contexts for comparative religion / Comparing religious ideas : there's method in the mob's madness / Comparative religion for undergraduates : what next? / Socrates and Jesus : comparing founder-figures in the classroom / Christianity's emergence from Judaism : the plus and minus of Joseph Klausner's comparative analysis / Interpreting glossolalia and the comparison of comparisons / Towards a post-colonial comparative religion? : comparing Hinduism and Islam as Orientalist constructions / Circling the wagons : the problem with the insider/outsider in the comparative study of religions / The postmodernist challenge to the comparative method / The only kind of comparison worth doing : history, epistemology, and the "strong program" of comparative study / Anthony J. Blasi -- George Weckman -- David Cave -- Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- William E. Paden -- Wesley J. Wildman -- John Stratton Hawley -- James Constantine Hanges -- Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- James Constantine Hanges -- Arvind Sharma -- Russell T. McCutcheon -- Robert A. Segal -- Ivan Strenski.
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Religion--Methodology. Religion--Study and teaching. Religions.