title: Introduction to World Religions: Study Edition
author: Christopher Partridge
description: Christopher Partridge is Professor of Contemporary Religion at University College, Chester, England. Consulting editors include Diana L. Eck, Robert Kisala, Nicholas de Lange, Mikael Rothstein, Lamin O. Sanneh, Garry W. Trompf, and Linda Woodhead.
zlib_text: Religion
  & Theology
  Topic
  Comparative 
  & World Religion
  Subtopic
  Course Guidebook
  Professor Mark Berkson
  Hamline University
  Cultural Literacy for Religion:  
  Everything the  
  Well-Educated Person 
  Should Know
  
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