| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:academic 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Comparative_Religion 
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                                | gptkbp:focusesOn | institutions rituals
 beliefs
 practices
 sacred texts
 mythologies
 
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                                | gptkbp:goal | promote interfaith dialogue foster religious tolerance
 identify unique features of religions
 understand universal themes in religion
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasSubfield | gptkb:philosophy sociology of religion
 psychology of religion
 interfaith studies
 history of religions
 anthropology of religion
 phenomenology of religion
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:colonialism gptkb:Orientalism
 Enlightenment thought
 
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                                | gptkbp:method | historical analysis textual analysis
 psychological analysis
 sociological analysis
 anthropological analysis
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFigure | gptkb:Huston_Smith gptkb:Wilfred_Cantwell_Smith
 gptkb:Mircea_Eliade
 gptkb:Friedrich_Max_Müller
 gptkb:Ninian_Smart
 
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                                | gptkbp:originatedIn | gptkb:19th_century 
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                                | gptkbp:publishes | gptkb:Journal_of_the_American_Academy_of_Religion gptkb:Journal_of_Comparative_Religion
 gptkb:Numen
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:theology gptkb:Philosophy_of_Religion
 Religious Studies
 Anthropology of Religion
 
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                                | gptkbp:studies | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity
 gptkb:Hinduism
 gptkb:Islam
 gptkb:Jainism
 gptkb:Judaism
 gptkb:Shinto
 gptkb:Sikhism
 gptkb:Zoroastrianism
 indigenous religions
 new religious movements
 similarities and differences between religions
 
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                                | gptkbp:taughtAt | colleges seminaries
 universities
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:School_of_Buddhist_Studies,_Philosophy_and_Comparative_Religions 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Comparative Religions 
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