Introducing religion : religious studies for the twenty-first century
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Introducing religion : religious studies for the twenty-first century
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Pearson, c2014
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-299) and index
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Description
Places religious studies squarely within the twenty-first century
Introducing Religion, 4/e explores the different ways of looking at religion in the twenty-first century. A broad overview to religious studies as a discipline introduces students to the various subjects of religion. Introducing Religion teaches readers how to think in academic religious studies and its main areas, including: sociology of religion, psychology of religion, history of religion, religion and art, ethics, and more.
The fourth edition has been expanded with new chapters exploring topics of contemporary interest: myth, spiritual paths, religion and popular culture, religion in the computer age, religion and war. Contemporary topics engage today's students, relating the topics to the changing world around them.
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Table of Contents
In This Section:
I) Brief Table of Contents
II) Detailed Table of Contents
I) Brief Table of Contents
Chapter 1. How to Study Religion
Chapter 2. History of Religion on Planet Earth
Chapter 3. Myth: Our Lives, and the World's, Are Stories
Chapter 4. Magic Doorways: Symbol, Rite, and Religion
Chapter 5. Oases of the Mind: The Psychology of Religion
Chapter 6. Inner Adventure: The Spiritual Path, the Way of Faith
Chapter 7. Why Evil?
Chapter 8. Faith through Form: Religion and Art
Chapter 9. Ghost Marriages and Country Music: Popular Religion
Chapter 10. Cyberaltars: Religion in the Computer Age
Chapter 11. Traveling Together: The Sociology of Religion
Chapter 12. Truth Messages: The Conceptual Expression of Religion
Chapter 13. Worlds to Come: Religious Eschatology and the Afterlife
Chapter 14. How Shall We Live? Religion and Ethics
Chapter 15. Horror and Glory: Religion Confronting War
II) Detailed Table of Contents
Chapter 1. How to Study Religion
Pictures of religion
Another reality
Definitions of religion
The forms of religious expression, and a working definition
The structure of this book
Chapter 2. History of Religion on Planet Earth
Human religious beginnings
The religion of early hunters
Archaic agriculture
Ancient empires
The Axial Age
The great religions
Five stages in the development of great religions
Chapter 3. Myth: Our Lives, and the World's, Are Stories
Your story as myth
Stories before writing
Coyote
Kinds of myth and the creation myth
The myth of the hero
The warrior hero
The savior hero
Myth and meaning
Chapter 4. Magic Doorways: Symbol, Rite, and Religion
Signs and symbols
Categories of religious symbols
Audio symbols
Myth and doctrine as symbol
Public and private symbols
Symbols and meaning
The orchestration of symbols in rite
Initiation
Chapter 5. Oases of the Mind: The Psychology of Religion
Mental shifts
Subuniverses
Development and change
Awareness of self
Religious states of consciousness
Psychological interpretations of religion
Religious development
Chapter 6. Inner Adventure: The Spiritual Path, the Way of Faith
Ways to go
The way of realization
Insight
Faith and monks who hated God
The meeting of the twain
Chapter 7. Why Evil?
What exactly is evil?
Myths of the origin of evil
Evil myth, evil ritual, evil initiation: Can religion create evil?
Why do bad things happen? Religious thought and evil
Chapter 8. Faith through Form: Religion and Art
Stained-glass windows
Painting
Sculpture
Architecture
Music
Poetry
Drama
Novels and stories
Chapter 9. Ghost Marriages and Country Music: Popular Religion
Two kinds of religion
Popular expressions of mainstream religion
The devil's share
Global Christianity
Theories of popular religion
Camouflages of the sacred
Are they religion?
Chapter 10. Cyberaltars: Religion in the Computer Age
The way we live now
Levels and life
Information please
Alone together: Religious talk online
Gamesmanship
Gateways to wonder
Cyber apocalyptic
Chapter 11. Traveling Together: The Sociology of Religion
All religion is social
Religious groups
Great and little traditions
Established religion
Emergent religion
The transformation of society by religion
Religion and the interpretation of history
Chapter 12. Truth Messages: The Conceptual Expression of Religion
What is said and how it is said
God
Creation
The path to salvation
Determining truth in religion
Are religious beliefs irrefutable?
Chapter 13. Worlds to Come: Religious Eschatology and the Afterlife
On the one hand, on the other. . .
How important is it?
Now or later
Islamic end-time
Christian judgment
One death or many: Heaven and hell versus reincarnation
Eternal recurrence
What kind of heaven?
Near-death experiences
Chapter 14. How Shall We Live? Religion and Ethics
Taking it to the streets
Ethics and morality
Down from on high 1
Kinds of ethical thought
Law and love
Similarities and differences in religious ethical traditions
Contemporary issues in religious ethics
The abortion controversy
The role of women in religion
Religion and Ecology
Chapter 15. Horror and Glory: Religion Confronting War
Introducing war
The feel of war
Just war theory
To the right and left of just war
A remarkable discovery
Protection and more than protection
Living the dream
The joy of battle
Terrorism
Mythic Time and Ourselves Again
The horror of war
War and moral meaning
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