Religion
- Richard T. Antoun† – Professor (1989); Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Binghamton University; stabbed to death by student in 2009
- Wendy Doniger – Historian of Religions (1978– )
- Mircea Eliade† – Sewell Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions (1958–1986), best known for his "myth of the Eternal Return" and his book The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion.
- Joseph Kitagawa† – Historian of Religions
- Bruce Lincoln – Historian of Religions
- Charles Long – Historian of Religions
- David Tracy – Professor Emeritus of Theology (1970–); leading figure in theological hermeneutics and proponent of theological pluralism in works such as Plurality and Ambiguity (University of Chicago Press, 1986).
- Joachim Wach† – Historian of Religions (1944–55)
- Christian K. Wedemeyer – Historian of Religions (2003– )
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“The only human beings I have thoroughly admired and respected in the world have been those who carried the load of the world with a smile, and who, in the face of anxieties that would have knocked me clean out, never showed a tremor. Such men and women end by owning us, soul and body, and our allegiance can never be shaken. We are only too glad to be owned. Religion is nothing but this.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“It is visible then that it was not any Heathen Religion or other Idolatrous Superstition, that first put Man upon crossing his Appetites and subduing his dearest Inclinations, but the skilful Management of wary Politicians; and the nearer we search into human Nature, the more we shall be convinced, that the Moral Virtues are the Political Offspring which Flattery begot upon Pride.”
—Bernard De Mandeville (1670–1733)
“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)