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

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Category: World Religions

July 18, 2020April 15, 2021 James Bishop

Who was Confucius?

July 8, 2020October 14, 2021 James Bishop

What is Paganism?

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 James Bishop

Catholicism’s Symbols and the Use of the Five Senses in Worship

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 James Bishop

Contestation and Negotiation in South Africa’s Halal Certification Industry

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 James Bishop

What is the concept of Brahman in Hinduism?

June 10, 2020 James Bishop

The Qur’an’s Apocryphal Sources for Mary, the Virgin Birth, and Christ’s Youth

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 James Bishop

The Characteristics of African Pentecostalism

May 29, 2020December 9, 2021 James Bishop

The Catholic Church’s War Against the ‘Heresy’ of Modernism

May 22, 2020 James Bishop

Egyptian Muslim Women in the Mosque Educational Space

April 26, 2020April 26, 2020 James Bishop

Vampires: Who Are They and What Do They Believe?

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