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. Often in parallel with comparative mythology, this field of study relies heavily upon the examination of myth and spirituality, deriving essential themes from religious metaphor, and tracing in various ways a possible direct cultural connection between them. It also makes comparisons between the rituals and other aspects of various faiths besides just the myths.

[edit] Fields of study

• Origin belief
• Humanism
• Fundamentalism

• Abrahamic Monotheistic
  • Judeo-Christo-Islamic
  • Judeo-Christian
  • Christo-Islamic

• Mysticism and Esotericism
  • Kabbala (Judaism), Gnosticism (Christianity), Sufism (Islam), Zoroastrianism (Magi)
  • Chakra
  • Ideal perfection: "Baqa" (Sufism), 'Najat' (Islam), 'Nirvana' (Buddhism), 'Salvation' (Christianity), and 'Mukhti' (Hinduism).

• Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions
  • Ayyavazhi and Hinduism
  • Judaism and Buddhism
  • Christianity and world religions
  • Christianity and Buddhism

[edit] See also

• Religious pluralism
• Religion
• Comparative mythology

[edit] External links

• Academicinfo.net
• Comparative-religion.comhu:Összehasonlító vallástudomány

zh:宗教比較

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