Bishop's Encyclopedia of Religion, Society, and Philosophy

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

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Category: Study of Religions

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 James Bishop

Melford Spiro – From Essentialist to Empirical Theories of Religion

August 25, 2020March 20, 2023 James Bishop

What was Karl Marx’s Theory of Religion?

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

July 12, 2020October 13, 2021 James Bishop

Ludwig Feuerbach’s Hypothesis of Religion as a ‘Projection’

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 James Bishop

A Brief Evaluation of Sigmund Freud’s Moses and Monotheism

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 James Bishop

Why Are Human Beings Religious? The Vulnerable Religious Demand Tendency.

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 James Bishop

What is Heresy?

May 25, 2020 James Bishop

Why Are Humans the Earth’s Only Uniquely Religious Creature?

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 James Bishop

Why Are Humans Religious? Desiring the Help of Superhuman Powers

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