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

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What is Voodoo and What Do They Believe?

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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’

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 James Bishop

The First Buddhist Council and the ‘Three Baskets’

March 11, 2020April 19, 2020 James Bishop

Publius Cornelius Tacitus on Early Christianity (Christian History)

March 10, 2020March 12, 2020 James Bishop

Why Does the Qur’an View Christians as “Tritheists”?

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 James Bishop

What is Astrotheology?

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 James Bishop

What is Sociology?

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 James Bishop

What is the Islamic Concept of God?

March 2, 2020December 22, 2021 James Bishop

Max Weber – Social Theorist, Protestantism as the Origin of Capitalism

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