A history of the world's religions
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A history of the world's religions
Macmillan College Pub. , Maxwell Macmillan Canada , Maxwell Macmillan International, c1994
9th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 664-673) and index
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Description
A History of the World's Religions bridges the interval between the founding of religions and their present state, and gives students an accurate look at the religions of the world by including descriptive and interpretive details from the original source materials.
Refined by over forty years of dialogue and correspondence with religious experts and practitioners around the world, A History of the World's Religions is widely regarded as the hallmark of scholarship, fairness, and accuracy in its field. It is also the most thorough yet manageable history of world religion available in a single volume, treating many subjects largely neglected in other texts.
Table of Contents
Part I. Some Primal and Bygone Religions 1. Religion in Prehistoric and Primal Cultures 2. Bygone Religions That Have Left Their Mark on the West Part II. The Religions of South Asia 3. Early Hinduism: The Passage from Ritual Sacrifice to Mystical Union 4. Later Hinduism: Religion as the Determinant of Social Behavior 5. Jainism: A Study in Asceticism 6. Buddhism in Its First Phase: Moderation in World Renunciation 7. The Religious Development of Buddhism: Diversity in Paths to Nirvana 8. Sikhism: A Study in Syncretism Part III. The Religions of East Asia 9. Native Chinese Religion and Daoism 10. Confucius and Confucianism: A Study in Optimistic Humanism 11. Shinto: The Native Contribution to Japanese Religion Part IV. The Religions of the Middle East 12. Zoroastrianism: A Religion Based on Ethical Dualism 13. Judaism in Its Early Phases: From Hebrew Origins to the Exile 14. The Religious Development of Judaism 15. Christianity in Its Opening Phase: The Words and Work of Jesus in Apostolic Perspective 16. The Religious Development of Christianity 17. Islam: The Religion of Submission to God: Beginnings 18. The Sh `ah Alternative and Regional Developments Glossary
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