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Many Peoples, Many Faiths : An Introduction to the Religious Life of Humankind

ISBN: 9780131830394 | 0131830392
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
Pub. Date: 8/1/1996

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SummaryTable of Contents
Intended for courses in World Religions, this text provides a strong historical approach with appropriate attention paid to the social and cultural context of each religion.
Prefacexiii
Understanding The World's Religious Heritage
1(26)
Chapter Objectives
1(1)
... MORE
A New Day of Religious Encounters
2(1)
Doors and Windows to the Ultimate
3(3)
Maps of the Invisible World
6(1)
Three Forms of Religious Expression
7(8)
Periods in Religious History
15(6)
Fundamental Features of Religions
21(1)
Fundamental Features of Religions
22(1)
Every Religion a Collection of Tensions
22(2)
Summary
24(1)
Questions for Review
24(1)
Suggested Readings on the Study of World Religions
25(2)
The Sacred In Sky And Souls: Prehistoric and Tribal Religions
27(26)
Chapter Objectives
27(1)
The First Human Faiths
28(4)
Gods, Spirits, and the World
32(2)
Initiations
34(1)
Shamans
35(6)
Archaic Hunters
41(2)
Archaic Farmers
43(6)
Summary
49(1)
Questions for Review
50(1)
Fundamental Features of Prehistoric and Tribal Regligions
51(1)
Suggested Readings on Prehistoric and Tribal Religions
52(1)
Life Against Time: The Spiritual Paths of India
53(64)
Chapter Objectives
53(1)
The Face of India
54(2)
Understanding Hinduism
56(7)
The Religion of the Ancient Aryans
63(4)
The Upanishads
67(5)
A Time of Spiritual Ferment
72(4)
The New Hinduism
76(1)
Fundamental Features of Hinduism
77(6)
Advaita Vedanta and Tantrism
83(2)
Devotional Hinduism
85(9)
The Practice of Hinduism
94(7)
Jainism
101(2)
Sikhism
103(2)
Zoroastrianism and the Parsees
105(6)
Summary
111(1)
Questions for Review
112(1)
Suggested Readings on the Religions of India
113(4)
Wisdom Embarked for The Farther Shore: The Journey of Buddhism
117(40)
Chapter Objectives
117(1)
A Religion of Transformation of Consciousness
118(1)
The Life of the Buddha
119(4)
Basic Buddhist Teaching
123(4)
No Self
127(3)
Theravada Buddhism
130(6)
Mahayana Buddhism
136(5)
The Void and the Bodhisattva
141(3)
Mind Only and the Thunderbolt Vessel
144(5)
Tibet
149(3)
Summary
152(1)
Questions for Review
153(1)
Suggested Readings on Buddhism
154(3)
Dragon and Sun: Religions of East Asia
157(72)
Chapter Objectives
157(1)
The East Asian Spiritual World
158(3)
Ancient China
161(5)
Confucianism
166(1)
Fundamental Features of Confucianism
167(10)
Daoism
177(1)
Fundamental Features of Daoism
178(9)
Buddhism in China
187(7)
Religion in Traditional China
194(3)
Religion in the People's Republic of China
197(5)
Shinto in Japan
202(1)
Fundamental Features of Shinto
203(6)
Buddhism in Japan
209(1)
Confucianism in Japan
209(9)
The New Japanese Religions
218(2)
Religion in Korea
220(2)
Religion in Vietnam
222(1)
Summary
223(1)
Questions for Review
224(1)
Suggested Readings on East Asian Religion
225(4)
One God, Many Words, and Wonders: The Family of the Three Great Monotheistic Religions
229(8)
Chapter Objectives
229(1)
The Nature of Monotheistic Religion
230(6)
Questions for Review
236(1)
Keeping Covenant With God In History: The Unique Perspective of Judaism
237(26)
Chapter Objectives
237(1)
Jewish Uniqueness
238(1)
The Ancient Story of Judaism
239(5)
From the Second Temple to the Talmud
244(3)
Medieval and Modern Judaism
247(3)
Fundamental Features of Judaism
250(1)
Jewish Beliefs
251(3)
Jewish Life
254(2)
Festivals and Practices
256(3)
Summary
259(1)
Questions for Review
260(1)
Suggested Readings on the Hebrew Bible and Judaism
261(2)
Spreading the Word of God in The World: The Growth of Christianity
263(70)
Chapter Objectives
263(1)
The Scope of Christianity
264(1)
Jesus
265(3)
The Early Christian Community
268(2)
Paul
270(1)
Christianity in the Roman World
270(5)
The Christian Triumph
275(1)
The Foundations of Medieval Christianity
276(4)
Fundamental Features of Christianity
280(1)
Medieval Christendom
281(3)
The Reformation and Luther
284(3)
Calvin
287(2)
The English Reformation
289(1)
Radical Reform
290(3)
The Catholic Reformation
293(1)
Christian Mysticism and Devotion
294(4)
Eastern Orthodoxy
298(4)
Roman Catholicism
302(4)
Protestantism
306(3)
American Denominationalism
309(6)
The Modern Expansion of Christianity
315(7)
Christianity in the World Today
322(4)
Summary
326(2)
Questions for Review
328(1)
Suggested Readings on Christianity
329(4)
Submitting to the Will of God: The Building of the House of Islam
333(46)
Chapter Objectives
333(1)
The Meaning of Islam
334(2)
Muhammad
336(2)
The Koran
338(4)
The Five Pillars of Islam
342(1)
Fundamental Features of Islam
343(6)
Prayers and Mosques
349(2)
Historic Islam
351(2)
Features of Classic Islamic Civilization
353(6)
Sunni Islam
359(1)
Shi'a Islam
359(5)
Islamic Mysticism
364(5)
Islam in the World Today
369(6)
Summary
375(1)
Questions for Review
375(4)
Suggested Readings on Islam
379(1)
Spirits Rising: New Religious Movements
379(12)
Chapter Objectives
379(1)
The World of New Religions
380(4)
Features of New Religious Movements
384(3)
New Religions Around the World
387(1)
Summary
388(1)
Questions for Review
388(1)
Suggested Readings on New Religious Movements
388(3)
Looking Over the Spiritual Horizon: Religion Today and Tomorrow
391(14)
Chapter Objectives
391(2)
Factors Affecting Religion Today
393(5)
Religious Trends Today
398(4)
Religious Futures
402(2)
Questions for Review
404(1)
Appendix Studying World Religions405(4)
I. Writing a Term Paper
405(2)
II. Writing a Religious Visit Paper
407(2)
Glossary409(8)
Photo Credits417(1)
Notes418(11)
Index429

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