Confucianism, sometimes viewed as a religion and sometimes as a philosophy, traces back to the sayings and biographical fragments attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479 BC) recorded in the […]
The Dogon are a ethnic people living on the Bandiagara plateau geographically located in the small west African nation of Mali. According to statistics there are roughly 1.6 million Dogon, […]
Like Pilate, Caiaphas is a well established historical figure attested to in several historical sources. From the canonical gospels one learns that he was the “high priest that year” Christ […]
Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917) was a British anthropologist and the father of cultural anthropology. He conceived influential theories of cultural evolution, inspired by Charles Darwin (1809-1882), some of which include […]
Shamanism (from the Manchu-Tungus word šaman, which means “to know”) is one of humanity’s oldest religious practices which centers on a shaman who consumes mind altering substances, and is believed […]
Raffaele Pettazzoni (1883-1959) was an Italian scholar, historian of religion, and president of the International Association for the History of Religions (1950-1959) notable for his study of divine omniscience. Pettazzoni […]
According to the Pew Research Center (2017), majorities in every one of the 15 Western European nations surveyed take liberal positions on abortion, saying they support legal abortion in all […]
German theologian and philosopher Rudolf Otto (1869-1937) was an influential theorist within the historical development of religious studies. He is well-known for his idea of religious experience as being the […]
The phenomenology of religion is a methodological approach to religion (as a phenomenon) which searches for patterns of religious experiences or practices across traditions. This includes a concentration on religion’s […]
The Admonitions of Ipuwer (or the Ipuwer papyrus) is an ancient Egyptian poem and lamentation recording several dramatic scenes, some of which appear to parallel the biblical account of Moses […]
