Comparative Religion

For generations, religion and music have been regarded as universals, yet despite the fact that they have been frequently linked throughout history...

Jews, Christians, and Muslims all have a common belief in the sanctity of a core holy scripture, and commentary on scripture (exegesis) was at the ...

Human cultures, especially religious groups but also secular artists and performers, often ritualize bodies as sacred books and books as divine bei...

Images of books appear in art, advertising and commercial logos to symbolize learning, knowledge and wisdom. In religious and secular rituals aroun...

Anticipating the vision of Nostra Aetate, Louis Massignon (18831962) imagined and worked toward a revolution in the relationship between Muslims an...

What happens when a Tibetan Buddhist lama and a Christian clergyman sit down to talk? And not just any lama and clergyman, but a renegade Catholic ...

The long twelfth century1050 to 1215embraces one of the transformative moments in European history: the point, for some, at which Europe first trul...

Moses Mendelssohn (17251786) is considered the foremost representative of Jewish Enlightenment. In No Religion without Idolatry, Gideon Freudenthal...

In Hidden Holiness, Michael Plekon challenges us to examine the concept of holiness. He argues that both Orthodox and Catholic churches understand ...

In Constructing Civility, Richard Park bridges Christian and Islamic political theologies on the basis of an Aristotelian ethics. He argues that mo...

Through in-depth analysis of musical theatre choreography and choreographers, Making Broadway Dance challenges long-held perceptions of Broadway da...

Religion plays a central role in human experience. Billions of people around the world practice a faith and act in accordance with it. Religion sha...