Comparing religions : : possibilities and perils? / / edited by Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos, Brian C. Wilson, and James Constantine Hanges.

• Superior document: Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, v. 113
• TeilnehmendeR: Hanges, James Constantine, 1954-; Idinopulos, Thomas A.; Wilson, Brian C.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 113.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Comparison as a theoretical exercise /; Questions of judgment in comparative religious studies /; The role of the authoritative in the comparative process /; The mothering principle in the comparison of religions /; Theaters of worldmaking behaviors : panhuman contexts for comparative religion /; Comparing religious ideas : there's method in the mob's madness /; Comparative religion for undergraduates : what next? /; Socrates and Jesus : comparing founder-figures in the classroom /; Christianity's emergence from Judaism : the plus and minus of Joseph Klausner's comparative analysis /; Interpreting glossolalia and the comparison of comparisons /; Towards a post-colonial comparative religion? : comparing Hinduism and Islam as Orientalist constructions /; Circling the wagons : the problem with the insider/outsider in the comparative study of religions /; The postmodernist challenge to the comparative method /; The only kind of comparison worth doing : history, epistemology, and the "strong program" of comparative study /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1281399825; 9786611399825; 9047410408
• ISSN: 0169-8834
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos, Brian C. Wilson, and James Constantine Hanges.