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A statue of Ibn Hazm, father of modern comparative religious studies, in Córdoba Spain. Al-Biruni (973 – c. 1050 ) and Ibn Hazm (994 – 1064), both of the Islamic Golden Age and considered the "fathers of comparative religion", compared the study of religious pluralism and their works have been significant in the fields of theology and ...
Notable Muslim comparative theologians, Muslim scholars or preachers engaged in Islamic comparative religion studies include: Ahmad Deedat; Zakir Naik; Hafiz Muhammad Shariq; Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī; Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila; Fakhr al-Din al-Razi; Ibn Hazm; Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari; Rahmatullah Kairanawi; Ismail al-Faruqi; Abu Ammaar Yasir ...
History of Religions (HR) is the first academic journal devoted to the study of comparative religious history.The journal was founded in 1961 by Mircea Eliade.It is currently published by the University of Chicago Press.
Comparative theology shares with comparative religion an interest in the comparative study of religion. However, in contrast to comparative religion, which seeks to examine the similarities and differences between a variety of religious traditions from a neutral point of view, comparative theology focuses on the theological reflection of one's own religion in light of the insights from another ...
Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as religion and its definition is highly contested.
In his last three books, Drugs, Mysticism and Makebelieve (1972), Our Savage God (1974), and City within the Heart (1981) [posthumous], Zaehner turned to address issues in contemporary society, drawing on his studies of comparative religion. He further explored the similarities and the differences between drug-induced experiences and ...
Religion portal; LGBTQ portal; Diana L. Eck (born 1945) is a scholar of religious studies who is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, as well as a former faculty dean of Lowell House and the Director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard.
Studies in Comparative Religion was a quarterly academic journal published from 1963 to 1987 that contained essays on the spiritual practices and religious symbolism of the world's religions. The journal was notable for the number of prominent Perennialists who contributed to it.