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Refined by over forty years of dialogue and correspondence with religious experts and practitioners around the world, this text is widely regarded as the hallmark of fairness and accuracy in its field. It is also the most thorough, yet concise history of world religions available in a single volume, treating many subjects largely neglected in other texts. The book's depth, breadth, and organization free instructors from having to cover everything in lectures, enabling them to select specific assignments and use class time for questions, discussion, and their own favorite materials.

Preface

xiii

Part 1 Some Primal and Bygone Religions

(74)

CHAPTER 1 Religion in Prehistoric and Primal Cultures

(34)

I. Beginnings:... MORE

(6)

II. Basic Terminology: Characteristics of Religion in Primal Cultures

(10)

III. Case Study: The Dieri of Southeast Australia

(6)

IV. Case Study: The BaVenda Of South Africa

(3)

V. Case Study: The Cherokees of the Southeastern Woodlands

(8)

Glossary

(1)

CHAPTER 2 Bygone Religions That Have Left Their Mark on the West

(39)

I. Mesopotamia

(7)

II. Greece

(13)

III. Rome

(6)

IV. Europe Beyond the Alps

(6)

V. Mesoamerica: The Maya

(6)

Glossary

(1)

Part 2 The Religions of South Asia

(174)

CHAPTER 3 Early Hinduism: The Passage from Ritual Sacrifice to Mystical Union

(26)

I. The Religion of the Vedic Age

(10)

II. Brahmanism, Caste, and Ceremonial Life

(12)

Glossary

(3)

CHAPTER 4 Later Hinduism: Religion as the Determinant of Social Behavior

102

(46)

I. Changes in Brahmanism: The Four Goals and the Three Ways

103

(3)

II. The Ordered Society: The Way of Works

106

(2)

III. The Reflective Mode: The Way of Knowledge, the Upanishads

108

(3)

IV. The Reflective Models: The Six Acceptable Systems

111

(6)

V. The Devotional Mode: The Way of Devotion, the Bhagavad Gita

117

(5)

VI. The Devotional Models: Epics, Puranas, and Deities

122

(10)

VII. The Devotional Life

132

(5)

VIII. Issues and Problems of the Present

137

(9)

Glossary

146

(2)

CHAPTER 5 Jainism: A Study in Asceticism

148

(12)

I. Mahavira's Manner of Life

150

(3)

II. Philosophy and Ethics of Jainism

153

(3)

III. Mahavira's Followers

156

(3)

Glossary

159

(1)

CHAPTER 6 Buddhism in Its First Phase: Moderation in World Renunciation

160

(22)

I. Life of the Founder

161

(9)

II. The Teachings of the Buddha

170

(10)

Glossary

180

(2)

CHAPTER 7 The Religious Development of Buddhism: Diversity in Paths to Nirvana

182

(54)

I. The Spread of Buddhism in India and Southeast Asia

184

(8)

II. The Rise of the Mahayana in India

192

(2)

III. The Spread of Buddhism in Northern Lands

194

(5)

IV. The Help-of-Others Message of the Mahayana

199

(3)

V. The Mahayana Philosophies of Religion

202

(6)

VI. Mahayana Schools of Thought in China and Japan

208

(13)

VII. Buddhism in Tibet

221

(6)

VIII. Buddhism Today

227

(7)

Glossary

234

(2)

CHAPTER 8 Sikhism: A Study in Syncretism

236

(13)

I. The Life and Work of Nanak

237

(3)

II. Nanak's Teaching

240

(2)

III. The Political History of Sikhism

242

(5)

Glossary

247

(2)

Part 3 The Religions of East Asia

249

(100)

CHAPTER 9 Native Chinese Religion and Daoism

250

(34)

I. The Basic Elements of Chinese Religion

250

(12)

II. Daoism as a Philosophy (Dao-jia)

262

(10)

III. Daoism as Magic and Religion (Dao-jiao)

272

(11)

Glossary

283

(1)

CHAPTER 10 Confucius and Confucianism: A Study in Optimistic Humanism

284

(38)

I. The Man Confucius

285

(3)

II. The Teachings of Confucius

288

(12)

III. The Confucian School--Its Rivals and Champions

300

(12)

IV. Neo-Confucianism

312

(4)

V. The State Cult of Confucius

316

(2)

VI. Religion in China in the Modern Period

318

(3)

Glossary

321

(1)

CHAPTER 11 Shinto: The Native Contribution to Japanese Religion

322

(27)

I. The Background of Shinto

323

(3)

II. The Shinto Myth

326

(2)

III. Shinto in Medieval and More Recent Times

328

(6)

IV. State Shinto to 1945

334

(5)

V. Shinto and the Warrior

339

(3)

VI. Shrine Shinto Today

342

(1)

VII. Domestic and Sectarian Shinto

343

(4)

Glossary

347

(2)

Part 4 The Religions of the Middle East

349

(247)

CHAPTER 12 Zoroastrianism: A Religion Based on Ethical Dualism

350

(22)

I. Iranian Religion Before Zoroaster

351

(2)

II. The Life and Teachings of Zoroaster

353

(5)

III. The Religion of the Later Avesta

358

(7)

IV. The Zoroastrians of the Present Day

365

(5)

Glossary

370

(2)

CHAPTER 13 Judaism in Its Early Phases: From Hebrew Origins to the Exile

372

(36)

I. The Religion of the Pre-Mosaic Hebrews

373

(3)

II. Moses and the Covenant with Yahweh (About 1250 B.C.E.)

376

(6)

III. Yahweh and the Baals

382

(5)

IV. Prophetic Protest and Reform

387

(13)

V. The Babylonian Exile

400

(6)

Glossary

406

(2)

CHAPTER 14 The Religious Development of Judaism

408

(34)

I. The Rise of Judaism in the Restoration Period

408

(6)

II. New Trends of Thought in the Greek and Maccabean Periods

414

(6)

III. The Roman Period to 70 C.E.

420

(2)

IV. The Great Dispersion

422

(2)

V. The Making of the Talmud

424

(3)

VI. The Jews in the Middle Ages

427

(7)

VII. Judaism in the Modern World

434

(7)

Glossary

441

(1)

CHAPTER 15 Christianity in Its Opening Phase: The Words and Work of Jesus in Apostolic Perspective

442

(30)

I. The World into which Jesus Came

442

(4)

II. The Life of Jesus: The First Phase

446

(4)

III. The Themes of Jesus' Teaching

450

(6)

IV. The Climactic Events

456

(4)

V. The Apostolic Age

460

(6)

VI. The Early Church (50-150 C.E.)

466

(4)

Glossary

470

(2)

CHAPTER 16 The Religious Development of Christianity

472

(56)

I. The Ancient Catholic Church (150-1054 B.C.E.)

472

(13)

II. The Eastern Orthodox Churches

485

(3)

III. The Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages

488

(9)

IV. The Protestant Reformation

497

(10)

V. The Catholic Reformation

507

(2)

VI. Crosscurrents in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

509

(3)

VII. Eastern Orthodoxy in the Modern World

512

(1)

VIII. Catholicism in the Modern World

513

(4)

IX. Protestantism in the Modern World

517

(7)

X. Recent Theological Trends

524

(2)

Glossary

526

(2)

CHAPTER 17 Islam: The Religion of Submission to God: Beginnings

528

(36)

I. Arabian Beliefs and Practices Before Muhammad

529

(4)

II. The Prophet Muhammad

533

(6)

III. The Faith and Practice of Islam

539

(9)

IV. The Spread of Islam

548

(3)

V. The First Five Centuries of Muslim Thought

551

(12)

Glossary

563

(1)

CHAPTER 18 The Shi ah Alternative and Regional Developments

564

(32)

I. The Party (Shi ah) of 'Ali

564

(8)

II. Further Developments

572

(2)

III. Islam and Culture

574

(3)

IV. Issues in the Modern Period

577

(4)

V. Regional Developments

581

(11)

VI. Movements Towards Innovation and Syncretism

592

(3)

Glossary

595

(1)

References for Quotations

596

(11)

Suggestions for Further Reading

607

(13)

Index

620

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