title: Preliminary Material
abstract: believe that religion was a natural aspect of humanity, and of human communities.Already in junior high school he was reading bible commentaries.Through a friend of his older brother, Devin began familiarizing himself with non-Christian religious traditions.This friend, an "eccentric musician" was interested in music, philosophy, theater and religion, and together they visited the local Bahai community in Indianapolis.At that time, Devin bought his first book on religion, a survey of the world's