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Many Peoples, Many Faiths : Women and Men in the World Religions

by: Ellwood, Robert S.; McGraw, Barbara A.

Many Peoples, Many Faiths : Women and Men in the World Religions

by: Ellwood, Robert S.; McGraw, Barbara A.

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9780131178076
ISBN 10:
0131178075
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback w/CD
Copyright: 01/01/2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

For courses in World Religions. This classic work presents the religions of the world in both a factual and empathetic manner, while tackling some of today's most critical religious issues. text has been fully updated with current information on today's new religious movements, the role of women in world religions today, religion in the years to come, and more. This text includes a wealth of learning aids, including practical outlines that guide students in researching and writing papers.

Preface

xix

Photo Credits

xxii

Understanding the World's Religious Heritage

(481)

Chapter Objectives

(1)

A New Day of Religious Encounter

(1)

Visiting a Strange Land

(1)

Conditioned and Unconditioned Reality

(1)

Doors and Windows to the Ultimate

(3)

Forms of Religious Expression

(6)

Theoretical Expression: What Is Said in Religion

(2)

Practical Expression: What Is Done in Religion

(1)

Sociological Expression: The Kinds of Groups Formed by Religion

(2)

Ethics

(1)

Art

(1)

The Interrelationship of the Forms of Expression

(1)

Descriptive and Critical Approaches

(2)

Periods in Religious History

(6)

Hunting and Gathering Religion

(1)

Agricultural Religion

(1)

Ancient Empires

(1)

Religion Responding to History

(2)

Medieval Devotion

(1)

Modernism

(1)

Postmodernism

(1)

Looking Forward

(1)

Women in the World Religions

(2)

Fundamental Features of Religions

(1)

Summary

(1)

Questions for Review

(1)

Suggested Readings on the Study of World Religions

(2)

Suggested Websites

(2)

The Sacred in Nature

The Religions of Prehistoric and Tribal Peoples

(1)

Chapter Objectives

(1)

The First Human Faiths

(4)

Gods, Spirits, and the World

(1)

Initiation Rites of Men and Women

(2)

Shamans

(7)

Archaic Hunters

(1)

Archaic Gatherers

(1)

Archaic Farmers

(4)

Women in Early Agrarian Societies and the Patriarchal Revolution

(3)

Summary

(1)

Questions for Review

(1)

Suggested Readings on Prehistoric and Tribal Religions

(1)

Suggested Websites

(2)

Life Against Time

The Spiritual Paths of India

(1)

Chapter Objectives

(1)

The Face of India

(1)

Understanding Hinduism

(4)

Major Influences on and Developments in Hinduism through Time

(31)

The Religion of the Ancient Aryans

(6)

The Upanishads

(4)

Spiritual Ferment and the Rise of Buddhism

(4)

The Laws of Manu

(1)

The Yoga Sutras

(1)

The Bhagavad-Gita

(4)

Advaita Vedanta

(1)

Tantrism

(2)

Devotional Hinduism

(7)

Devotionalism in the Meeting of Hinduism and Islam

(2)

The Practice of Hinduism Today

(5)

Home Rites

(1)

Weddings

(1)

Funerals

(1)

Caste

(1)

Water and Cows

(1)

Sadhus

(1)

Temples

(1)

Modern Hinduism

(3)

A Clash of Values---East and West

(1)

Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian Independence, and Its Aftermath

100

(2)

Women in Hinduism

102

(11)

Sources of Classical Hindu Ideals of Womanhood

102

(2)

The Subordination of the Ideal Hindu Wife

104

(2)

Places of Power and Participation

106

(2)

Women and Reform in India

108

(2)

The Political and Religious Forces Shaping the Lives of Today's Hindu Women

110

(3)

Other Religions of India

113

(4)

Jainism

113

(2)

Sikhism

115

(2)

Hinduism in America

117

(112)

India Comes to America

117

(110)

Other Hindu Influences in America

117

(2)

Summary

119

(1)

Questions for Review

120

(2)

Suggested Readings on the Religions of India

122

(4)

Suggested Websites

126

(1)

Wisdom Embarked For The Farther Shore

The Journey of Buddhism

127

(1)

Chapter Objectives

127

(1)

A Religion of Transformation of Consciousness

128

(1)

The Life of the Buddha

129

(4)

Basic Buddhist Teaching

133

(6)

The Middle Way

133

(1)

The Four Noble Truths and ``No Self,''

134

(4)

Nirvana

138

(1)

Theravada Buddhism

139

(5)

Mahayana Buddhism

144

(10)

Nagarjuna's Two Basic Principles

147

(3)

The Bodhisattva

150

(1)

``Mind Only'' (Yogacara)

151

(2)

The Three Forms of Buddhic Expression (The Three ``Buddha Bodies'')

153

(1)

Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism

154

(5)

Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet

156

(3)

Chan or Zen Buddhism

159

(3)

Pure Land Buddhism

162

(1)

Women in Buddhism

163

(11)

The Dharma: Opening the Door to Women's Enlightenment

163

(1)

Women in Early Indian Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism

164

(3)

Women in Mahayana Buddhism

167

(2)

Women in Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism

169

(3)

Women in Chan (Zen) and Pure Land Buddhism

172

(1)

Women in Contemporary Buddhism East and West

172

(2)

Buddhism in America

174

(3)

Summary

177

(1)

Questions for Review

178

(1)

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