Sacred Quest, The: An Invitation to the Study of Religion

by: Cunningham, Lawrence S.; Kelsay, John

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9780130209948
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0130209945
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2002
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

For undergraduate courses in Introduction to Religion. This text provides a thematic and comparative approach to the study of religion. The focus of individual chapters gives equal weight to both theoretical issues and to practices as they are reflected in the major religions of the world.

Preface

Introduction

(1)

The Breadth and Depth of Religious Experience

(2)

A Brief Outline of the Phenomenological Method

(3)

Attitudes and Institutions in the Study of Religion

(3)

A Final Word

(1)

Notes

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

Toward a Definition of Religion

(16)

The Search for a Definition of Religion

(1)

Elements of Religion

(4)

Religion and Human Thought

(1)

Religion and Feeling

(1)

Religion and Action

(1)

Individual and Social Existence

(1)

Values and Religion

(1)

Substance or Function?

(2)

Toward Resolution

(2)

A Proposal

(3)

In Conclusion

(1)

Notes

(1)

Thought Experiments

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

The Nature of the Sacred

(12)

The Complex Character of the Sacred

(1)

The Concept of Sacred Reality

(9)

Specially Distinctive

(3)

To Some Extent, Beyond the Volitional Control of Human Beings

(2)

Specially Prominent with Respect to Human Welfare

(1)

Properly Determinative of Various Aspects of Human Existence

(2)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(1)

Thought Experiments

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

The Appearance of the Sacred

(19)

Types of Sacred Appearance

(1)

Varieties of Media

(13)

Sacred Objects

(2)

Sacred Time

(3)

Sacred Space

(3)

Sacred Appearance and the Complexity of Traditions

(2)

Notes

(1)

Thought Experiments

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

The Language(s) of the Sacred

(17)

Myth

(2)

Stories

(3)

Story as Parable

(1)

The Preservation of Sacred Language

(2)

Oral Cultures

(1)

Scriptural Cultures

(1)

A Summary and Synthesis

(2)

The Language of Theology

(1)

The Visual Language of Religion

(1)

Language and Truth

(2)

Notes

(1)

Thought Experiments

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

Ritual

(15)

Myth(os) and Ritual

(2)

The Passover

(1)

Holy Communion (The Eucharist)

(1)

Rites of Passage

(3)

Birth Rituals

(1)

Rituals of Initiation

(1)

Rituals of Mourning and Death

(1)

Temporal Rites and Celebrations

(1)

The Religious Meaning(s) of Ritual

(3)

Adoration

(1)

Thanksgiving

(1)

Petition

(1)

Penance/Purification

(1)

Ritual as a Problem

(2)

Ritual as a System

(1)

Notes

(1)

Thought Experiments

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(2)

Sacred Communities

(17)

The Social Character of Religion

(1)

Religion and Social Resistance

(4)

Heresy/Schism/Division

(3)

Tradition and Innovation

(3)

The Social Aspects of Worship

102

(2)

A Word of Conclusion

104

(1)

Notes

105

(1)

Thought Experiments

105

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

106

(1)

The Problem of Evil

107

(17)

Identifying Evil

108

(4)

Responses to Evil: Some Classic Patterns

112

(7)

Evil and Karma: The Indian Context

112

(2)

The Consolation of Promise

114

(2)

The Appeal to Sovereignty

116

(2)

Dualism

118

(1)

Are the Answers Adequate?

119

(2)

Notes

121

(1)

Thought Experiments

122

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

123

(1)

Religion and Morality

124

(18)

Defining the Issues

125

(2)

Religion, Morality, and Justification

127

(1)

Justification: General Considerations

128

(1)

Practical Justification: Three Cases

129

(9)

Hinduism: The Caste System

130

(2)

Islam: The Justification and Limitation of War

132

(3)

Christianity: Why Pray?

135

(3)

Religion and Morality: Patterns

138

(1)

Notes

139

(1)

Thought Experiments

140

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

141

(1)

The Quest for Salvation

142

(17)

Concepts of Salvation

143

(1)

Individual Salvation in This World

144

(3)

The Search for Meaning

144

(1)

The Desire to Be Remembered

145

(1)

The Ideal of Completion

146

(1)

Individual Salvation in Another World

147

(3)

Joining the Spirit World

147

(1)

Cosmic Cycling or Expansion

148

(1)

The Idea of Judgment

149

(1)

Group Salvation in This World

150

(2)

Salvation Through the People

150

(1)

Salvation Through the Tradition

151

(1)

Salvation in the Kingdom of God in This World

151

(1)

Group Salvation in Another World

152

(1)

Now That Distinctions Have Been Made

153

(1)

Paths to Salvation

153

(4)

The Path of Knowledge

154

(1)

The Path of Action

154

(1)

The Path of Aesthetics

155

(1)

The Path of Submission

155

(1)

The Path of Grace

156

(1)

A Closing Reminder

157

(1)

Notes

157

(1)

Thought Experiments

158

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

158

(1)

Glossary

159

(8)

Index

167

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