As well as philosophy and psychology, I've noticed that even though I'm an atheist, I have an innate curiosity about all religions and that I've always asked myself basic religious questions like "why do people believe religion?", "does, as Nietzsche says, Christianity cause nihilism", "is faith healthy or negative?", "which religion is more life-affirming?" and "is there a god?".
So, I've decided to study theology along with philosophy and psychology. I figured that there are key books I should read and I've made a list of them:
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<LI>The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
<LI>Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, and <LI>The Natural History of Religion - David Hume
<LI>The Bhagavad Gita
<LI>Upanisads
<LI>Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works
<LI>Selected Philosophical Writings - Aquinas
<LI>Confessions - Agustine
<LI>The Bible: Authorized King James Version
<LI>The Koran
<LI>Natural Theology - William Paley
<LI>Origin of Species - Darwin (I know it's not a religious text, but it's had a profound effect on religion)
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Are there any texts I've missed or are there any you recommend? For example, I have no idea what books on Buddhism to get.
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