A Concise Introduction to World Religions

NOTE EDITORE

This condensed version of the two-volume introduction covers the major world religions, focusing on six areas: the origins of the movement; the crystallization of its teachings; its major divisions in regional and historical perspective, the practice of adherents and of its religious specialists; its influences on society, literature, the arts; and the challenges of intellectual, social, and technological change to the tradition.

SOMMARIO

1: Introduction; 2: Native and National Religions; 3: Jews; 4: Christians; 5: Muslims; 6: Hindus; 7: Sikhs; 8: Jains; 9: Buddhists; 10: Confucians and Daoists; 11: Shinto, Korean Religion, and Japan's New Religions; 12: New Religions in the West/What's Next; 13: Summing Up

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780195422078
• Dimensioni: 235x180 mm.
• Formato: Paperback
• Illustration Notes: numerous colour photos, 9 maps
• Pagine Arabe: 592