Author : Willard Gurdon Oxtoby
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN :
An introduction to the religious traditions of South Asian and East Asian origin, including the Aboriginal traditions of Asia and the Pacific. The historical development of each religious tradition is outlined and issues on which adherents have differed among themselves are identified.
Author : Amir Hussain
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,17 MB
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Religions
ISBN : 9780190877064
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 : Willard Gurdon Oxtoby
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN :
An introduction to the religious traditions of Middle Eastern origin. It presents surveys of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as overviews of Zoroastrianism, Greek, Roman and pre-Christian religion, African and North American native traditional rel
Author : M. Darrol Bryant
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,96 MB
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780176501181
World Religions: Canadian Perspectives--Western Traditions provides students with a solid introduction to the study of world religions and highlights how Canadians have both experienced and shaped these religions. This text covers areas traditionally considered to be foundational, while also including material to address contemporary concerns. By addressing both the historical and the current impacts of religion, students come to learn how, in our increasingly globalized world, religions intersect and influence each other.
Author : Vasudha Narayanan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195221916
Authoritative and accessible, this fascinating volume provides a concise, illustrated introduction to five of the great religious traditions of the world--Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. 125 illustrations.
Author : Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199767645
This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study.
Author : Willard Gurdon Oxtoby
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,96 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religions
ISBN : 9780195437744
a href="http://www.oupcanada.com/ebrochure/oxtoby/index.html"img src="/images/hed/closer_look_btn.gif"/aThis concise, contributed second edition is a survey of faiths throughout the world, based on the best-selling two-volume World Religions: Eastern and Western Traditions. Recognized scholars trace the origins and evolution of the major traditions, explain their essential teachings, outline theirpractices, and examine their interactions with modern culture and society, while insightful introductory and concluding essays suggest countless avenues for further reflection and study. With extracts from each tradition's most important thinkers, both ancient and modern, as well as timelines, maps,glossaries, guides to key geographic sites, annotated reading lists, rich colour photographs, handy 'Tradition at a Glance' summaries, and a brand new chapter on new religious movements, this concise volume offers a rich introduction to world religions.
Author : Harold G. Coward
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 22,83 MB
Release : 1988-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0889209553
Developed principally for use in introductory courses in the study of religious traditions in the East, this anthology offers a selection of readings from primary texts of India, China and Japan. The selections are arranged both chronologically and thematically within religious traditions and include readings from Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism (including Tibetan Buddhism), Sikhism, Early Chinese thought, Confuciansiim, Taoism, Mao Tse Tung, Shintoism, and Japan’s new religions (Tenrikyo and Sokka Gakkai). Throughout the anthology, an effort has been made to present more than the usual short excerpts. As much as possible larger excerpts have been included to give students a better sense of significant developments within traditions. As well, doctrinal elements have been combined with story to make these traditions more than museum pieces for students.
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,43 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0687660009
With an emphaisis on communities of faith, this accessible book will introduce students to the classic texts, important events, key figures, defining rituals, essential creeds and symbols of world religions. Contents: Introduction by William Scott Green Judaism A. Judaism: Beginnings: Religion of Ancient Israel by Baruch A. Levine B. Judaism: The Formation by Jacob Neusner C. Judaism in Modern Times: Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative Judaism, Zionism by Jacob Neusner 2. Christianity A. Christianity: Beginnings by Bruce Chilton B. Christianity: Roman Catholicism by Lawrence S. Cunningham C. Orthodox Christianity by J. A. McGuckin D. Christianity: Protestantism by Martin E. Marty 3. Islam A. Islam: Beginnings by Th. Emil Homerin B. Islam: The Shiite Tradition by Liyakat Takim C. Islam: The Sunni Tradition by Th. Emil Homerin 4. Hinduism by Douglas Brooks 5. Buddhism A. Buddhism: Beginnings by Mario Poceski B. Buddhism: The Theravada Tradition by Kristen Scheible C. Buddhism: The Mahayana Tradition by Mark L. Blum 6. Daoism by Mark Meulenbled 7. Confucianism by Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi 8. Shinto by James L. Ford 9. Indigenous Religions A. Indigenous Religious Tradition by Jualynne E. Dodson and Soyna Maria Johnson B. African Indigenous Religions by Jacob Olupona 10. New 19th Century American Religions by Danny L. Jorgensen 11. New 20th Century American Religions by Dell deChant
Author : A. Brill
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 2015-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349288038
Provides the first extensive collection of traditional and academic Jewish approaches to the religions of the world, focusing on those Jewish thinkers that actually encounter the other world religions -that is, it moves beyond the theory of inclusive/exclusive/pluralistic categories and looks at Judaism's interactions with other faiths.
