Preliminary Material / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos , Brian C. Wilson and James Constantine Hanges -- Comparison as a Theoretical Exercise / Anthony J. Blasi -- Questions of Judgment in Comparative Religious Studies / George Weckman -- The Role of the Authoritative in the Comparative Process / David Cave -- The Mothering Principle in the Comparison of Religions / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Theaters of Worldmaking Behaviors: Panhuman Contexts for Comparative Religion / William E. Paden -- Comparing Religious Ideas: There’s Method in the Mob’s Madness / Wesley J. Wildman -- Comparative Religion for Undergraduates: What Next? / John Stratton Hawley -- Socrates and Jesus: Comparing Founder-Figures in the Classroom / James Constantine Hanges -- Christianity’s Emergence from Judaism: The Plus and Minus of Joseph Klausner’s Comparative Analysis / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos -- Interpreting Glossolalia and the Comparison of Comparisons / James Constantine Hanges -- Orientalism and the Comparison of Religions / Arvind Sharma -- Circling the Wagons: The Problem with the Insider/Outsider in the Comparative Study of Religion / Russell T. McCutcheon -- Postmodernism and the Comparative Method / Robert Segal -- The Only Kind of Comparison Worth Doing: History, Epistemology, and the “Strong Program” of Comparative Study / Ivan Strenski -- Bibliography / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos , Brian C. Wilson and James Constantine Hanges -- Index of Names / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos , Brian C. Wilson and James Constantine Hanges -- Index of Subjects / Thomas Athanasius Idinopulos , Brian C. Wilson and James Constantine Hanges.