Religious Systems of the World
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 840
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The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions
Author: Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-08-25
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 0199767645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study.
Introduction to World Religions
Author: Tim Dowley
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2018-07-01
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 1506446019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions. Known and valued for its balanced approach and its respected board of consulting editors, this text addresses ways to study religion, provides broad coverage of diverse religions, and offers an arresting layout with rich illustrations. Introductory sections on understanding religion and the religions of antiquity lay the foundation for the study of the numerous religious traditions highlighted in the volume, including indigenous religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, and Chinese, Korean, and Japanese religions. The user-friendly content is enhanced by charts of religious festivals, historic timelines, updated maps of the world's religions, and a useful glossary. Both historical overviews and modern perspectives for each religion are included. This third edition has several updates, including a new design, a new section on women and religion, and a newly revised section on religions in today's world.
The Book of Chuang Tzu
Author: Chuang Tzu
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006-11-30
Total Pages: 527
ISBN-13: 0141913991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Book of Chuang Tzu draws together the stories, tales, jokes and anecdotes that have gathered around the figure of Chuang Tzu. One of the great founders of Taoism, Chaung Tzu lived in the fourth century BC and is among the most enjoyable and intriguing personalities in the whole of Chinese philosophy.
Chinese Religious Traditions
Author: Joseph Alan Adler
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis series provides succinct and balanced overviews of the religions of the world. Written in an accessible and informative style, and assuming little or no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, each book gives a basic introduction to the faith--its history, beliefs, and practices--and emphasizes modern developments and the role and impact of the religion in today's world. Chinese Religious Traditions provides a concise introduction to the history of religion in China and its ramifications in China today. Focusing on the four major religious traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion, this book covers the religious and ethical ideas as well as the practices within each tradition. The book traces themes that are common to Chinese society from earliest times to the present day. It also highlights the ways in which each tradition has responded to and influenced political and cultural change.
After World Religions
Author: Christopher R Cotter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-02-05
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1317419952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe World Religions Paradigm has been the subject of critique and controversy in Religious Studies for many years. After World Religions provides a rationale for overhauling the World Religions curriculum, as well as a roadmap for doing so. The volume offers concise and practical introductions to cutting-edge Religious Studies method and theory, introducing a wide range of pedagogical situations and innovative solutions. An international team of scholars addresses the challenges presented in their different departmental, institutional, and geographical contexts. Instructors developing syllabi will find supplementary reading lists and specific suggestions to help guide their teaching. Students at all levels will find the book an invaluable entry point into an area of ongoing scholarly debate.
Religious Worlds
Author: William E. Paden
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2015-10-27
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 0807012122
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Gods, to ritual observance to the language of myth and the distinction between the sacred and the profane, Religious Worlds explores the structures common to all spiritual traditions.
Religious Traditions of the World
Author: H. Byron Earhart
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1992-10-09
Total Pages: 1724
ISBN-13: 9780060621155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in one volume: the ten volumes of the outstanding Religious Traditions of the World series. Written by leading experts, these individual studies explore the richness and variety of important religions from around the world.
Religions of the Ancient World
Author: Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2004-11-30
Total Pages: 750
ISBN-13: 9780674015173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.
World Christian Encyclopedia
Author: David B. Barrett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 860
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe expanded, updated edition of a classic reference source--the comprehensive survey of the status of thje world's largest religion in 238 countries. Many tables, charts, diagrams, maps, photographs, and a rich text present a unmatched look at 33,800 Christian denominations, 12,000 dioceses, 5,000 missions, and other groups--all -set against a detailed historical, political, social, cultural, demographic, background.
