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This book contains Lecture transcripts, entire courses and articles the author has produced in the last 16 to 17 years in a highly cross-cultural setting by lecturing and designing a number of undergraduate and graduate courses addressing seminary students in Africa, Asia and the Caribbeans. Most of these texts are in English, and only four articles are in German. There is also a strong emphasis on Comparative Religion focusing on African Traditional Religion, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. A comprehensive subject index concludes the material covered in this book. It can be used as a complementary textbook in high quality seminary courses at undergraduate and graduate level.

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The Most Reverend Dr. Muhammad Schmidt is a consecrated bishop in the Anglican rite and has worked as a seminary educator for several decades worldwide. He is also a linguist and a language teacher qualified in German, English and Chinese and he has various widely read publications to his credit in his fields of expertise.

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