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Religious studies

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.

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Etymology

Defining "religion"

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History

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Methodologies

Religious studies and theology

Criticism

Academic societies

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Religious studies

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related to history · 28
Religious studies → BCE, CE, Christian, Christopher Partridge, Hecataeus, Herodotus, Ibn Hazm, Indian, Interest, Islam, Islamic, Jewish, Later, Latin, Middle Ages, Miletus, Muhammad, Muslim, Notwithstanding, Persian
related to background · 24
Religious studies → As, Before, Believe, Capitalism, Catholic, Durkheim, Gifford, He, His, In, Max Weber, One, Protestant, Religious, Religious Experience, Religious Life, Spirit, Suicide, The Elementary Forms, The Netherlands
related to Criticism · 19
Religious studies → Christian, Critical Terms, European, Fitzgerald, Geoffrey, In, Jonathan, King, McCutcheon, Oddie, Richard, Russell, Scholars, Smith, Talal Asad, Their, Timothy Fitzgerald, Tomoko Masuzawa, Western
related to Law and religion · 17
Religious studies → As, Between, Christianity, Common, Ecclesiastical Law Journal, Exponents, Journal, Law, Many, Moving, Muslim Middle East, Over, Religion, Rome, Scholars, Specialists, Vogel
related to Defining "religion" · 9
Religious studies → Causing, God, In, Many, Marxism, Other, The, There, Throughout
related to Religious studies and theology · 9
Religious studies → Anselm, Canterbury, Eastern, However, Instead, The, Theology, This, Western
related to Neurological approaches · 8
Religious studies → Buddhist, Christian, God, Neurological, Ramachandran, Scientific, SPECTscanner, The
related to Interreligious studies · 7
Religious studies → Defining, Eboo Patel, Interreligious, Interreligious/interfaith, Jennifer Howe Peace, Journals, Noah Silverman
related to Lived religion · 7
Religious studies → David Hall, French, Lived, Orsi, Robert, The, Today
related to Functionalism · 6
Religious studies → Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, An, British, Functionalism, Pentateuch, The

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Religious studiesrelated to Academic disciplines within religious studiesReligious0.60section
Religious studiesrelated to backgroundReligious0.60section
Religious studiesrelated to backgroundThe Netherlands0.60section
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