Teachers

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This is made even easier with the </span><a href="http://www.patheos.com/library/lenses/side-by-side" class="decorated-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(124, 180, 166); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">comparison lens</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> feature which shows information about two or three traditions side by side. The </span><a href="http://www.patheos.com/library/glossary" class="decorated-link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: 100%; border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(124, 180, 166); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">glossary</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> offers clear definitions relevant to each tradition.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Objective:</strong></em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Patheos has no religious or political agenda or bias. The library articles present information impartially and without prejudice.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Credible:</strong></em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> All library material is original and produced by leading theological experts, many from top North American colleges and universities, with author bios and credentials accessible on the site.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Peer-reviewed:</strong></em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> All Library content has been peer-reviewed to ensure the highest level of credibility, objectivity and accuracy.<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Vollkorn, Palatino, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; 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