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James A. Bishop (PhD candidate, Department for the Study of Religions, University of Cape Town)

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Category: Description of Religion

February 20, 2022 James Bishop

The Problem of Religion Classification in the Study of Religion

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 James Bishop

What is Decolonization and the Decolonizing of Religious Studies?

May 10, 2021December 9, 2021 James Bishop

Ludwig Feurbach’s Theory of Religion: God as Projection and Criticisms (Video)

October 1, 2020 James Bishop

John Hick – An Inclusive Religious Pluralism in World Religions

September 19, 2020October 24, 2023 James Bishop

Paul Tillich – Religion as “Ultimate Concern”

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 James Bishop

Paul Tillich – Religion as the Manifestation of the “Depth Dimension”

September 5, 2020November 23, 2023 James Bishop

Peter Berger – Religion as Establishing a “Sacred Cosmos”

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 James Bishop

What Are Religious and Secular Symbols?

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 James Bishop

The Characteristics of Religious Fundamentalism

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 James Bishop

What is Heresy?

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