World religions : Western traditions

Author(s)

• Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon

Bibliographic Information

World religions : Western traditions

edited by Willard G. Oxtoby

Oxford University Press, c1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA29290096
• ISBN:
  • 0195407512
• LCCN: 96162739
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Toronto ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 597 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL80.2
  • DC20 : 291
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Religions