World religions : Western traditions
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World religions : Western traditions
Oxford University Press, 2014
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The fourth edition of World Religions: Western Traditions provides students with an authoritative examination of Western religions. In this contributed text, experts on Jewish, Christian, Muslim, ancient, indigenous, and new traditions employ extensive knowledge and rigorous research to thoroughly investigate each fascinating tradition.
Accessible and engaging, the text explores the origins, central teachings, divisions and branches, rituals and practices, influences on culture, and responses to modern challenges for each tradition.
Newly written chapters on Jewish and Christian traditions bring fresh perspectives to the volume and join established contributions to create an enhanced fourth edition. The new edition also includes more content on the role of women and an increased focus on contemporary issues in a new "Recent Developments" section in every chapter.
Additions to the dynamic pedagogical program retained from the third edition include chapter outlines, chapter summaries, discussion questions, and "Sacred Texts" tables.
"Document" boxes provide excerpts from important texts, hymns, and prayers; "focus" boxes offer additional insight on interesting topics; and new "site" boxes highlight places with special significance to create a rich learning experience.
Visually stunning, more full-colour photographs effectively illustrate the practices, rituals, and symbols characteristic of each tradition, while maps help situate their evolution.
Recognized as the definitive survey of the subject, the fourth edition of World Religions: Western Traditions continues to provide a readable and reliable introduction to Western religions.
Table of Contents
- BRIEF CONTENTS
- FULL CONTENTS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THIS EDITION
- PREFACE
- 1. : ABOUT RELIGION
- BASIC HUMAN RELIGION: LOOKING BOTH WAYS FROM STONEHENGE
- LOOKING FORWARD FROM STONEHENGE
- WHAT IS RELIGION?
- WHY STUDY RELIGION?
- 2. : RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- TERMINOLOGY
- RELIGIOSITY
- PREHISTORY
- DEITIES
- UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD
- NEGOTIATING THE WORLD
- COMMUNING WITH THE DIVINE
- OVERCOMING THE WORLD
- THE END OF ANTIQUITY
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- SUMMARY
- 3. : JEWISH TRADITIONS
- JEWISH IDENTITY AS ETHNICITY AND RELIGION
- EARLIEST JEWISH HISTORY: THE BIBLICAL STORY
- THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD (515 BCE - 70 CE)
- ENTER THE ROMANS (63 BCE)
- JEWISH LIFE UNDER ISLAM: SEVENTH-TWELFTH CENTURY
- JEWS IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD: SEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURY
- THE MODERN PERIOD: (18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT)
- THE HOLOCAUST (1933 - 1945)
- LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- SUMMARY
- 4. : CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS
- ORIGINS
- RELATIONS BETWEEN CHURCH AND SOCIETY
- AUTHORITY IN THE EARLY CHURCH
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORTHODOXY
- RELATIONS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
- PRACTICE
- EASTERN ORTHODOXY
- MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY
- SAINTS
- THE EARLY MODERN ERA
- THE MODERN ERA
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- SUMMARY
- 5. : MUSLIM TRADITIONS
- BEGINNINGS
- FOUNDATIONS
- PRACTICE
- VARIATIONS
- THE SPREAD OF ISLAM
- CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
- TOWARDS THE MODERN WORLD
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- SUMMARY
- 6. : INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS
- "INDIGENOUS RELIGION"
- TRANSMISSION
- PRACTICE
- CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
- COLONIALISM
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- SUMMARY
- 7. : NEW RELIGIONS AND MOVEMENTS
- DEFINING NEW RELIGIONS, SECTS, AND CULTS
- NEW RELIGIONS FROM THE EAST
- RELIGIONS ARISING FROM THE ABRAHAMIC LINEAGE
- RELIGIONS INSPIRED BY OTHER FORMS OF SPIRITUALITY
- THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT
- SUMMARY
- 8. : CURRENT ISSUES
- RELIGION AND POLITICS
- FUNDAMENTALISM
- BIOETHICS
- THE ENVIRONMENT
- GENDER AND SEXUALITY
- RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
- CREDITS
- INDEX
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