Invitation to World Religions
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978-0-19-973843-4 (ISBN)
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FEATURES: A consistent, modular chapter structure--"Teachings," "Way of Life," and "History"--enables students to focus on content rather than trying to navigate each chapter anew Voices: In personal, candid interviews, a diverse array of people share the ways in which they live their faiths Visual guides: Keys to important religious symbols--in easy-to-read tables--offer quick reference and comparison points Chapter-opening maps provide geographical context for each religion's development Timelines help students trace the evolution of each religion within its larger social and political context Seeking Answers sections at the end of each chapter encourage students to constructively compare the ways in which different religions address the same essential questions For Review questions prompt students to reexamine essential concepts For Further Reflection questions invite students to think critically and to engage in deeper analyses Key Terms are boldfaced at their first appearance and defined in the glossary that follows each chapter A Glossary at the back of the book includes all of the key terms from the text Suggestions for Further Reading direct students to some of the best and most recent print and online resources on each tradition A wealth of rich, robust, and relevant color photographs and illustrations keep students visually engaged An Instructor's Manual with Computerized Test Bank on CD, downloadable Learning Management System Cartridges, and a Companion Website provide additional resources
CHAPTER 1. AN INVITATION TO THE STUDY OF WORLD RELIGIONS; "RELIGION" AND THE STUDY OF WORLD RELIGIONS; Defining "Religion"; WHAT RELIGIONS DO; Religious Questions and Challenges; BASIC COMPONENTS OF RELIGIONS; Teachings; Ways of Life; Historical Development; RELIGIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD; Modernization; Urbanization; Globalization; Multiculturalism; Religion and Science; AN ACADEMIC APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS; Balance; Empathy; Comparative Approaches; CHAPTER 2. INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA; THE TEACHINGS OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS; Creation and Origins; Life Lessons in Myths; The Importance of Balance: Humanity and the Natural World; Sacred Language and Sacred Time; NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS AS A WAY OF LIFE; Healing; Rites of Passage; Rites of Renewal and Rites of Purification; THE HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS; Conquest, Colonization, and Christianity; Resistance Movements; Native Religions and Non-Native Practitioners; CHAPTER 3. INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF AFRICA; THE TEACHINGS OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN RELIGIONS; Myths; Supernatural Beings: Gods and Spirits; Humanity and the Human Condition; INDIGENOUS AFRICAN RELIGIONS AS A WAY OF LIFE; Communicating with the Spirit World; Using Supernatural Powers; Life Cycle Rituals; THE HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN RELIGIONS; The Spread of Islam; Christianity and Colonialism; Reform and Resistance; African Religions in the Americas; CHAPTER 4. HINDUISM; THE TEACHINGS OF HINDUISM; Hindu Beliefs About God; Hindu Philosophical and Social Concepts; Texts in Hinduism; The Sects of Hinduism; HINDUISM AS A WAY OF LIFE; Seeing the Divine Image: Temples and Icons; Forms of Worship; Yoga Traditions and Asceticism; Rites of Passage; Pilgrimage; Festivals and Holidays; Performance Traditions; THE HISTORY OF HINDUISM; Indus Valley; Who Are the Aryans?; The Vedic Period; Zoroastrianism; The Early Upanishads (900-600 C.E.); The Rise of Theistic Hinduism; Hindu Expansion in the Age of the Guptas; The Development of Bhakti; Tantra; Sanskritization; Colonial Critique and the Hindu Reformers; Gandhi, Hinduism, and Indian Nationalism; Hindu Nationalism and Hindutva; The Future of Hinduism; CHAPTER 5. BUDDHISM; THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHISM; Meeting the Buddha; The Life of the Buddha; The Basics of the Buddha's Teaching; Buddhist Sects and Texts; Women in Buddhism; BUDDHISM AS A WAY OF LIFE; Meditation and the Cultivation of Mind; Mantra, Liturgic Ritual, and Chanting; Ordination and "Being a Buddhist"; Sacred Places and Objects of Worship; Festivals; Funerary Rites; The Wider Implications of Buddhist Ritual and Practice; THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM; The Period of the Buddhist Councils; The Period of Expansion; The Development of Mahayana in Monasteries; Buddhism Beyond India; The Beginnings of the Western Transmission; Buddhists in the World Today; CHAPTER 6. JAINISM; THE TEACHINGS OF JAINISM; Mahavira, the Twenty-fourth and Last Tirthankara of this World Cycle; An Eternal Succession of Tirthankaras; Jainism and Hinduism; Ahimsa and Asceticism: Jainism's Ideals; Theory of the Universe; Liberation and Salvation; JAINISM AS A WAY OF LIFE; Digambaras and Shvetambaras; The Ascetic Life; The Religious Life of the Jain Laity; THE HISTORY OF JAINISM; The Indian Historical Context; The Legacy of the Tirthankaras: Jainism through the Centuries; Jainism in Today's World; CHAPTER 7. SIKHISM; THE TEACHINGS OF SIKHISM; The Life of Guru Nanak; Sikh Scripture; On God, the Human Condition, and Spiritual Liberation; Teachings of Guru Gobind Singh and the Khalsa; SIKHISM AS A WAY OF LIFE; Daily Devotional Practices; Sikh Worship in the Gurdwara; Worship, Work, and Charity; Women and Sikhism; THE HISTORY OF SIKHISM; Guru Nanak's Successors; Guru Gobind Singh and the Khalsa; Sikhs and Nationalism; Sikh Identity; Sikhs in the Diaspora; CHAPTER 8. CHINESE RELIGIONS: CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM; THE HISTORY OF CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM; Ancient Chinese Religion; History of Confucianism; History of Daoism; THE TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM; Ancient Chinese Religious Views; The Teachings of Confucius; Confucianism and Women; Teachings and Beliefs of Daoism; Daoism and Women; CONFUCIANISM AND DAOISM AS A WAY OF LIFE; Confucian Rituals; Daoist Practices; CHAPTER 9. SHINTO; THE TEACHINGS OF SHINTO; The Meaning of Kami; Creation Myth in the Kojiki; SHINTO AS A WAY OF LIFE; Fertility Rites; Women in Shinto; Rites of Purification, Presentation, Petition, and Participation; Religious Observances throughout the Year; THE HISTORY OF SHINTO; Medieval Shinto; The Modern Period; Shinto in Japan Today; CHAPTER 10. JUDAISM; THE HISTORY OF JUDAISM; Dispersion, Assimilation, and Collective Identity; The Biblical Period; The Second Temple Period; The Formative Age; The Conflict Between Judaism and Christianity; The Age of Philosophy and Mysticism; The Modern Era; Reform Movements in Europe and in the U.S; The Shoah and the State of Israel; The Future of Judaism in the Contemporary World; THE TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM; God; Torah; Covenant and Election; Israel; The Messiah and the Messianic Age; The Afterlife; Jewish Mysticism; JUDAISM AS A WAY OF LIFE; The Major Festivals; The Minor Festivals; The Sabbath; Life-Cycle Events; Other Sacred Practices; Prayer; CHAPTER 11. CHRISTIANITY; THE TEACHINGS OF CHRISTIANITY; The Life of Jesus; The Teachings of Jesus; Paul and the Mission to the Gentiles; God, Creation, and Original Humanity; God as Trinity; Sin and Human Nature; Grace and Salvation; The Church; Scripture; Tradition; "Last Things"; The Afterlife; Christianity and Other Religions; CHRISTIANITY AS A WAY OF LIFE; Sacraments; Church Interiors: Sacred Space; Prayer; The Liturgical Year; Veneration of Saints; Social and Political Activism; THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY; Christianity in the Roman World; The Church in the Middle Ages; The Reformation; Christianity in the Modern World; Christianity Today and Tomorrow: Trends and Prospects; CHAPTER 12. ISLAM; THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM; Muhammad and the Revelations; The Holy Qur'an; The Teachings of the Qur'an; Commentary on the Qur'an; The Hadith Literature; ISLAM AS A WAY OF LIFE; The Five Pillars; The Qur'an in Daily Life; Jihad; The Islamic Year and Holidays; The Shari'ah: Islamic Law; Marriage and Family; Women and Islam; THE HISTORY OF ISLAM; The Hijra and the Growth of the Muslim Community; The Crisis of Succession and the Rightly Guided Caliphs; The Umayyads and the Abbasids; Later Islamic Empires: The Ottomans, the Mughals, and the Safavids; Islam and Nationalism; Islamic Reform Movements; Varieties of Islam; Sufism; Muslims in North America; CHAPTER 13. NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS; WHAT IS "NEW" ABOUT NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS?; Modernization, Globalization, and Secularization; Theoretical Models and Social Typologies; ALTERNATIVE CHRISTIANITIES AND THEIR OFFSHOOTS; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Christian Science and New Thought; Adventism; Jehovah's Witnesses; The Family (Children of God); The Unification Church; THE REDISCOVERY OF EASTERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT; ISKCON: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness; The Osho Rajneesh Movement; Transcendental Meditation; THE REVIVAL OF ESOTERIC AND NEO-PAGAN THOUGHT; Eckankar; The Findhorn Foundation; The Raelian Movement; The Church of Scientology; Wicca; THE BAHA'I FAITH; THE NEW ATHEISM
| Verlagsort | New York |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 10 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-973843-2 / 0199738432 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-973843-4 / 9780199738434 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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