In addition to readings dealing with judeo christianity, kessler includes native american, african, hindu, islamic, confucian, and taoist thought. A comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices. Religious studies, theology, and philosophy college of. His research has focused on the divine attributes and other topics in philosophical theology. It arose in europe as a discipline and its subject matter has been profoundly influenced by christianity as.
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