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A History of the World's Religions

by: David S. Noss; John B. Noss

A History of the World's Religions

by: David S. Noss; John B. Noss

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9780023884719
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0023884711
Edition: 9th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/01/1993
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
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PART I SOME PRIMAL AND BYGONE RELIGIONS

(82)

CHAPTER 1 RELIGION IN PREHISTORIC AND PRIMAL CULTURES

(38)

I. Beginnings: Religion in Prehistoric Cultures

(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

(9)

Glossary

(2)

CHAPTER 2 BYGONE RELIGIONS THAT HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE WEST

(43)

I. Mesopotamia

(6)

II. Greece

(13)

III. Rome

(8)

IV. Europe Beyond the Alps

(5)

V. Mesoamerica: The Maya

(7)

Glossary

(2)

PART II THE RELIGIONS OF SOUTH ASIA

(190)

CHAPTER 3 EARLY HINDUISM: THE PASSAGE FROM RITUAL SACRIFICE TO MYSTICAL UNION

(28)

I. The Religion of the Vedic Age

(10)

II. Brahmanism, Caste, and Ceremonial Life

(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 ASIA

273

(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 EAST

385

(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 QUOTATIONS

653

(11)

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

664

(13)

INDEX

677

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