Living Religions Western Traditions

Author : Mary Pat Fisher
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 0131829297

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Living Religions - Western Traditions by Mary Pat Fisher Pdf

For use as a core text for introductory and upper-level courses in Western religions and Introduction to World Religions courses. Can also be used as supplemental reading for individual religion courses. Living Religions Western Traditions is a highly readable and stimulating survey of the major global religions and new religious movements that originated in the West. The social context, origins, teachers, scriptures, and historical development of each faith are carefully explored, with emphasis on how practitioners themselves understand their traditions. Evocative illustrations, first-person interviews of ordinary people and boxes uncovering the spiritual roots of public figures bring this text to life.

Author : Amir Hussain,Roy C. Amore,Willard Oxtoby
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Religions
ISBN : 0190877065

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World Religions by Amir Hussain,Roy C. Amore,Willard Oxtoby Pdf

World Religions: Western Traditions, Fifth Edition, provides students with a thought-provoking survey of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, ancient, indigenous, and new religious traditions. The expert contributors offer an authoritative examination of the origins, central teachings, divisions and branches, rituals and practices, influences on culture, and responses to modern challenges for each tradition. Ideal for courses in Western religions and comparative religions, World Religions: Western Traditions, Fifth Edition, combines a historically descriptive perspective with a spirit of sympathetic fascination.

Author : ANONIMO
Publisher : Addison Wesley Longman
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0131494309

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Living Religions Western Traditns& Time Pkg by ANONIMO Pdf

Author : Willard Gurdon Oxtoby,Amir Hussain
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0195427173

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World Religions by Willard Gurdon Oxtoby,Amir Hussain Pdf

This contributed volume examines in detail the major Western religious traditions, namely Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam, and religions of the ancient world. The text traces each tradition in depth from its origins, through its development, to the religion's meaning and practicein today's society. Comprehensive and accessible, the new third edition offers a thorough and engaging introduction to the Western faiths.

Author : Willard G. Oxtoby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:901191875

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World Religions by Willard G. Oxtoby Pdf

Author : André Gagné,Jennifer Guyver,Gerbern S. Oegema
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000409062

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Religion and Violence in Western Traditions by André Gagné,Jennifer Guyver,Gerbern S. Oegema Pdf

This book examines the connection between religion and violence in the Western traditions of the three Abrahamic faiths, from ancient to modern times. It addresses a gap in the scholarly debate on the nature of religious violence by bringing scholars that specialize in pre-modern religions and scriptural traditions into the same sphere of discussion as those specializing in contemporary manifestations of religious violence. Moving beyond the question of the “authenticity” of religious violence, this book brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines. Contributors explore the central role that religious texts have played in encouraging, as well as confronting, violence. The interdisciplinary conversation that takes place challenges assumptions that religious violence is a modern problem that can be fully understood without reference to religious scriptures, beliefs, or history. Each chapter focuses its analysis on a particular case study from a distinct historical period. Taken as a whole, these chapters attest to the persistent relationship between religion and violence that links the ancient and contemporary worlds. This is a dynamic collection of explorations into how religion and violence intersect. As such, it will be a key resource for any scholar of Religious Studies, Theology and Religion and Violence, as well as Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Studies.

Author : Christopher Dawson
Publisher : Image
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307569165

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Religion and the Rise of Western Culture by Christopher Dawson Pdf

In this new edition of his classic work, Religion and the Rise of Western Culture, Christopher Dawson addresses two of the most pressing subjects of our day: the origin of Europe and the religious roots of Western culture. With the magisterial sweep of Toynbee, to whom he is often compared, Dawson tells here the tale of medieval Christendom. From the brave travels of sixth-century Irish monks to the grand synthesis of Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century, Dawson brilliantly shows how vast spiritual movements arose from tiny origins and changed the face of medieval Europe from one century to the next. The legacy of those years of ferment remains with us in the great cathedrals, Gregorian chant, and the works of Giotto and Dante. Even more, though, for Dawson these centuries charged the soul of the West with a spiritual concern -- a concern that he insists "can never be entirely undone except by the total negation or destruction of Western man himself."

Author : John R. Hinnells
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029156390

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A New Handbook of Living Religions by John R. Hinnells Pdf

"The sources and history of the world's religions, from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism, to regional studies in Africa, China and Japan; their teaching, practices and popular traditions; diaspora religions in the Western world, in the USA, Canada, Australia and Britain, including a new section on these religious migrations in a comparative international perspective; gender and spirituality and the Black African diaspora; developments that have taken place in the twentieth century; recent scholarship, including new material on China; and public festivals and private devotions." "With charts and diagrams to illustrate and clarify the text, The New Handbook of Living Religions is the definitive guide to understanding the belief systems of the world today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Mary Pat Fisher
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religions
ISBN : PSU:000050619948

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Living Religions by Mary Pat Fisher Pdf

This guide is a practical overview for the international businessman to understand the rules, regulations and management issues regarding taxes in China. It is written very much from practical experience and contains a wealth of insider knowledge.

Author : Vincent F. Biondo,Richard D. Hecht
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1197 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780313342790

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Religion and Everyday Life and Culture by Vincent F. Biondo,Richard D. Hecht Pdf

This intriguing three-volume set explores the ways in which religion is bound to the practice of daily life and how daily life is bound to religion. In Religion and Everyday Life and Culture, 36 international scholars describe the impact of religious practices around the world, using rich examples drawn from personal observation. Instead of repeating generalizations about what religion should mean, these volumes examine how religions actually influence our public and private lives "on the ground," on a day-to-day basis. Volume one introduces regional histories of the world's religions and discusses major ritual practices, such as the Catholic Mass and the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Volume two examines themes that will help readers understand how religions interact with the practices of public life, describing the ways religions influence government, education, criminal justice, economy, technology, and the environment. Volume three takes up themes that are central to how religions are realized in the practices of individuals. In these essays, readers meet a shaman healer in South Africa, laugh with Buddhist monks, sing with Bob Dylan, cheer for Australian rugby, and explore Chicana and Iranian art.

Author : Mary Pat Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religions
ISBN : PSU:000046765024

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Living Religions by Mary Pat Fisher Pdf

Encompassing traditional faiths, indigenous religions, and new religious movements, this book focuses on the historical development and teachings of each religion and explores how these traditions have evolved into contemporary beliefs and practices. This edition explores the changing nature of each religion, the spread of religious pluralism, and the movement toward interfaith dialogue.--From publisher description.

Author : Mary Pat Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religions
ISBN : 0536426597

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Living Religions by Mary Pat Fisher Pdf

Author : Sydney Cave
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1104020890

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An Introduction to the Study of Some Living Religions of the East by Sydney Cave Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Archie J. Bahm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X000119849

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The World's Living Religions by Archie J. Bahm Pdf

The World's Living Religions is an authoritative study of comparative religion, Oriental and Occidental, by one of the foremost scholars in the field. It differs from other similar works on the subject in that, in addition to a detailed study of the five major religions -- Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the book also offers an insight into the lesser known religions, such as Jainism, Vedantism, Taoism, Confucianism and Shintoism. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : William Ernest Hocking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : WISC:89094584117

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Living Religions and a World Faith by William Ernest Hocking Pdf