World religions : Western traditions
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World religions : Western traditions
Oxford University Press, c1996
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
A team of scholarly authorities on religion have assembled this introduction to the religious traditions of Middle Eastern origin, under the editorship of Willard G. Oxtoby. It presents surveys of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as an overview of Zoroastrianism, and information on Greek and Roman religion, African traditional religion, North American native traditions, religion in pre-Christian Europe, and New Age spirituality.
Table of Contents
- A personal invitation, Willard G. Oxtoby
- the Hindu tradition, Vasudha Narayanan
- the Jain tradition, Vasudha Narayanan
- the Sikh tradition, Willard G. Oxtoby
- the Buddhist tradition, Roy Amore and Julia Ching
- East Asian religions, Julia Ching
- adjoining Asia's major religions, Willard G. Oxtoby
- the nature of religion, Willard G. Oxtoby. Appendices: transliteration of South Asian terms
- East Asian dynastic eras and transliteration of Chinese terms.
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