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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Who was Guru Nanak? (Founder of Sikhism)

April 3, 2020October 13, 2021 James Bishop

Emile Durkheim – Sociologist and His Theory of Religion

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 James Bishop

Gerardus van der Leeuw – Art as the Essence of Religion

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 James Bishop

Who was Mani and what was Manichaeism?

March 28, 2020May 18, 2020 James Bishop

Gnosticism, the Gnostic Texts/Gospels, and the Historical Jesus: What Do We Know?

March 25, 2020November 10, 2020 James Bishop

Giorgio La Piana – Apologetics as a Theological Field of Limited Interest

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 James Bishop

Jesus and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas: What Do We Know?

March 21, 2020March 25, 2025 James Bishop

What is Voodoo and What Do They Believe?

March 18, 2020April 5, 2022 James Bishop

Why Did the Privileged Buddha Become an Impoverished Ascetic?

March 16, 2020September 23, 2024 James Bishop

E. B. Tylor – Animistic Theory of Religion and Religion in ‘Primitive Culture’

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