Comparative religion
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Comparative religion is a field of religious studies that analyzes interpretive differences of common themes and ideas among the world's religions. This field of study relies upon the examination of myth, deriving essential themes from religious metaphor, and tracing in various ways a possible direct cultural connection between them.
Fields of study
- Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions
- Christianity and Buddhism
- Judeo-Christian
- Christo-Islamic
- Creation myth
- Fundamentalism
See also
External links
- Academicinfo.net (http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html)
- Rutgers University (http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/comp_rel.html)