Comparative religion - Definition and Overview

Comparative religion is a field of religious study that analyzes interpretive differences of common themes and ideas among the world's religions. This field of study relies upon the examination of myth, deriving essential themes from religious metaphor, and tracing in various ways a possible direct cultural connection between them.

Fields of study

• Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions
• Christianity and Buddhism
• Judeo-Christian tradition
• Christo-Islamic tradition
• Creation myth
• Fundamentalism

See also

• Religious pluralism
• Religion
• Jesus, pre-4th century Christianity, and syncretism

External links

• Academicinfo.net (http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html)
• Rutgers University (http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/comp_rel.html)