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
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 664-673) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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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