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A History of the World's Religions

ISBN: 9780023884719 | 0023884711
Edition: 9th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Pub. Date: 11/1/1993

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Table of Contents
PART I SOME PRIMAL AND BYGONE RELIGIONS1(82)
CHAPTER 1 RELIGION IN PREHISTORIC AND PRIMAL CULTURES
2(38)
I. Beginnings: Religion in Prehistoric Cultures
... MORE(6)
II. Basic Terminology: Characteristics of Religion in Primal Cultures
10(10)
III. Case Study: The Dieri of Southeast Australia
20(6)
IV. Case Study: The BaVenda of South Africa
26(3)
V. Case Study: The Cherokees of the Southeastern Woodlands
29(9)
Glossary
38(2)
CHAPTER 2 BYGONE RELIGIONS THAT HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE WEST
40(43)
I. Mesopotamia
42(6)
II. Greece
48(13)
III. Rome
61(8)
IV. Europe Beyond the Alps
69(5)
V. Mesoamerica: The Maya
74(7)
Glossary
81(2)
PART II THE RELIGIONS OF SOUTH ASIA83(190)
CHAPTER 3 EARLY HINDUISM: THE PASSAGE FROM RITUAL SACRIFICE TO MYSTICAL UNION
84(28)
I. The Religion of the Vedic Age
86(10)
II. Brahmanism, Caste, and Ceremonial Life
96(12)
Glossary
108(4)
CHAPTER 4 LATER HINDUISM: RELIGION AS THE DETERMINANT OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
112(50)
I. Changes in Brahmanism: The Four Goals and the Three Ways
114(3)
II. The Ordered Society: The Way of Works
117(2)
III. The Reflective Mode: The Way of Knowledge, the Upanishads
119(4)
IV. The Reflective Models: The Six Acceptable Systems
123(5)
V. The Devotional Mode: The Way of Devotion, the Bhagavad Gita
128(5)
VI. The Devotional Models: Epics, Puranas, and Deities
133(11)
VII. The Devotional Life
144(6)
VIII. Issues and Problems of the Present
150(9)
Glossary
159(3)
CHAPTER 5 JAINISM: A STUDY IN ASCETICISM
162(14)
I. Mahavira's Manner of Life
164(4)
II. Philosophy and Ethics of Jainism
168(4)
III. Mahavira's Followers
172(3)
Glossary
175(1)
CHAPTER 6 BUDDHISM IN ITS FIRST PHASE: MODERATION IN WORLD RENUNCIATION
176(24)
I. Life of the Founder
178(9)
II. The Teachings of the Buddha
187(11)
Glossary
198(2)
CHAPTER 7 THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM: DIVERSITY IN PATHS TO NIRVANA
200(58)
I. The Spread of Buddhism in India and Southeast Asia
203(8)
II. The Rise of the Mahayana in India
211(2)
III. The Spread of Buddhism in Northern Lands
213(5)
IV. The Message of the Mahayana
218(5)
V. The Mahayana Philosophies of Religion
223(6)
VI. Mahayana Schools of Thought in China and Japan
229(13)
VII. Buddhism in Tibet
242(8)
VIII. Buddhism Today
250(6)
Glossary
256(2)
CHAPTER 8 SIKHISM: A STUDY IN SYNCRETISM
258(15)
I. The Life and Work of Nanak
260(3)
II. Nanak's Teaching
263(2)
III. The Political History of Sikhism
265(6)
Glossary
271(2)
PART III THE RELIGIONS OF EAST ASIA273(112)
CHAPTER 9 NATIVE CHINESE RELIGION AND DAOISM
274(38)
I. The Basic Elements of Chinese Religion
276(11)
II. Daoism as a Philosophy (Dao-jia)
287(11)
III. Daoism as Magic and Religion (Dao-jiao)
298(11)
Glossary
309(3)
CHAPTER 10 CONFUCIUS AND CONFUCIANISM: A STUDY IN OPTIMISTIC HUMANISM
312(42)
I. The Man Confucius
314(3)
II. The Teachings of Confucius
317(13)
III. The Confucian School--Its Rivals and Champions
330(13)
IV. Neo-Confucianism
343(4)
V. The State Cult of Confucius
347(1)
VI. Religion in China in the Modern Period
348(3)
Glossary
351(3)
CHAPTER 11 SHINTO: THE NATIVE CONTRIBUTION TO JAPANESE RELIGION
354(31)
I. The Background of Shinto
356(3)
II. The Shinto Myth
359(3)
III. Shinto in Medieval and More Recent Times
362(6)
IV. State Shinto to 1945
368(7)
V. Shinto and the Warrior
375(3)
VI. Shrine Shinto Today
378(2)
VII. Domestic and Sectarian Shinto
380(4)
Glossary
384(1)
PART IV THE RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST385(268)
CHAPTER 12 ZOROASTRIANISM: A RELIGION BASED ON ETHICAL DUALISM
386(24)
I. Iranian Religion Before Zoroaster
388(2)
II. The Life and Teachings of Zoroaster
390(6)
III. The Religion of the Later Avesta
396(6)
IV. The Zoroastrians of the Present Day
402(6)
Glossary
408(2)
CHAPTER 13 JUDAISM IN ITS EARLY PHASES: FROM HEBREW ORIGINS TO THE EXILE
410(38)
I. The Religion of the Pre-Mosaic Hebrews
412(4)
II. Moses and the Covenant with Yahweh (About 1250 B.C.E.)
416(6)
III. Yahweh and the Baals
422(4)
IV. Prophetic Protest and Reform
426(14)
V. The Babylonian Exile
440(6)
Glossary
446(2)
CHAPTER 14 THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF JUDAISM
448(38)
I. The Rise of Judaism in the Restoration Period
450(4)
II. New Trends of Thought in the Greek and Maccabean Periods
454(6)
III. The Roman Period to 70 C.E.
460(3)
IV. The Great Dispersion
463(2)
V. The Making of the Talmud
465(4)
VI. The Jews in the Middle Ages
469(7)
VII. Judaism in the Modern World
476(8)
Glossary
484(2)
CHAPTER 15 CHRISTIANITY IN ITS OPENING PHASE: THE WORDS AND WORK OF JESUS IN APOSTOLIC PERSPECTIVE
486(32)
I. The World into Which Jesus Came
489(3)
II. The Life of Jesus: The First Phase
492(4)
III. The Themes of Jesus' Teaching
496(6)
IV. The Climactic Events
502(4)
V. The Apostolic Age
506(6)
VI. The Early Church (50-150 C.E.)
512(4)
Glossary
516(2)
CHAPTER 16 THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY
518(60)
I. The Ancient Catholic Church (150-1054 C.E.)
520(12)
II. The Eastern Orthodox Churches
532(2)
III. The Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
534(11)
IV. The Protestant Reformation
545(10)
V. The Catholic Reformation
555(2)
VI. Crosscurrents in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
557(4)
VII. Eastern Orthodoxy in the Modern World
561(1)
VIII. Catholicism in the Modern World
562(4)
III. Protestantism in the Modern World
566(7)
IX. Recent Theological Trends
573(3)
Glossary
576(2)
CHAPTER 17 ISLAM: THE RELIGION OF SUBMISSION TO GOD: BEGINNINGS
578(40)
I. Arbian Beliefs and Practices Before Muhammad
580(5)
II. The Prophet Muhammad
585(6)
III. The Faith and Practice of Islam
591(10)
IV. The Spread of Islam
601(3)
V. The First Five Centuries of Muslim Thought
604(13)
Glossary
617(1)
CHAPTER 18 THE SHI`AH ALTERNATIVE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
618(35)
I. The Party (Shi'ah) of `Ali
620(7)
II. Further Developments
627(2)
III. Islam and Culture
629(4)
IV. Issues in the Modern Period
633(4)
V. Regional Developments
637(12)
VI. Movements Toward Innovation and Syncretism
649(2)
Glossary
651(2)
REFERENCES FOR QUOTATIONS653(11)
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING664(13)
INDEX677

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