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2. Comparative religion - Wikipedia

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   Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yields a deeper understanding of the fundamental philosophical concerns of religion such as ethics ...

3. BYU–Pathway Worldwide - Wikipedia

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   On February 7, 2017, the LDS Church announced the creation of BYU–PW to provide strategic oversight and leadership for the church's online higher education initiatives, which consists of PathwayConnect and online higher education certificate and degree programs. As of October 2020, those programs are developed by BYU-Idaho and Ensign College.

4. Religious studies - Wikipedia

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   In its early years, it was known as "comparative religion" or the science of religion and, in the United States, there are those who today also know the field as the "History of religion" (associated with methodological traditions traced to the University of Chicago in general, and in particular Mircea Eliade, from the late 1950s through to the ...

5. University of Chicago Divinity School - Wikipedia

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   A distinguished Semiticist and a member of the Baptist clergy, Chicago's first university president William Rainey Harper believed that a great research university ought to have as one central occupation the scholarly study of religion, to prepare scholars for careers in teaching and research, and ministers for service to the church.

6. Hindu University of America - Wikipedia

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   The Hindu University of America was established in 1989. It was authorized by the State of Florida in 1993. [3]In 1993, Deen Dayal Khandelwal and his associates were described as founding in Florida a "'Hindu University of America' at which each student will be required to take several courses on the principles and practices of Hinduism and Sanskrit language to build a base upon which the ...

7. Eric J. Sharpe - Wikipedia

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   Sharpe wrote the first historical survey of the rise of comparative religion as an academic discipline, assessing the contributions of Nineteenth century philologists, folklorists, anthropologists, and psychologists of religion, and charted the emergence of religious studies and the history of religions in Twentieth century scholarship.