This document discusses comparative studies of religion including philosophy of religion, comparative philosophy, psychology of religion, and cultural studies. It examines how power works in religious traditions across individual and social realms, and how traditions establish hierarchies of power and dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. It also explores how people achieve selfhood and status through axes of power like gender, race, and social class. Examples given include whether women can attain highest religious authority and how caste continues to impact India. The document is interested in how people describe their access to power and the enduring power of religious belonging and identities. It is attracted to points of conflict and peacemaking in religious traditions to understand violence and non-violence movements.