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Mandie Samuels January 29, 2004 In "Comparative Religion: Whither and Why?" Wilfred Cantwell Smith defines religion by stating "All religions are new religions, every morning. For religions do not exist up in the sky somewhere, elaborate, finished and static: they exist in men's hearts." By defining religion in this way he argues that in order to study religion one must become a member of the religion, which, taken to the extreme, means a scholar must personalize the religion, thus becoming only concerned with the internals of the religion. With these extreme ideas it seems Smith is moving away from achieving his ultimate goal of an inter-religious dialogue that draws the religious community together. Yet upon further analysis of Smith's ideas and theories one realizes that they are not radical, but realistic and provide a good outline for how one should study religion. These new philosophies also make...

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