Religions in Focus
eBook - ePub

Religions in Focus

New Approaches to Tradition and Contemporary Practices

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Religions in Focus

New Approaches to Tradition and Contemporary Practices

About this book

"Religions in Focus" engages with the religious lives of members of some of the most significant religions today. It presents religions as contemporary ways of life that motivate and inspire people. Because religious people refer to sacred texts, honour the founders of their religions, learn from elders, or mould their lives according to authoritative teachings, "Religions in Focus" explains the relationship between tradition and contemporary practice. It offers an introduction to religions that is rooted in the best scholarship of the Study of Religions and provides a secure foundation for further study.A team of Religious Studies scholars from many countries, all skilled communicators about the contemporary religions with which they are thoroughly familiar, introduce what it means to live as a religious person today. They insist that however old or young these religions may be, what is most interesting is the ways in which people express them today. This is not a history of religions but an insightful introduction to living religions. A guide to further study and a companion website will point to ways of building on knowledge gained in studying this book, and applying skills developed in studying people's religious lives.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781845532178

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Zoroastrians
  10. 2. Sikhs
  11. 3. Shamans and Animists
  12. 4. Practitioners of Indigenous Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora
  13. 5. Pagans
  14. 6. Muslims
  15. 7. Latter-day Saints
  16. 8. Koreans’ “New” Religious Concerns
  17. 9. Jews
  18. 10. Japanese Religionists
  19. 11. Jains
  20. 12. Indigenous Religionists in North America
  21. 13. Hindus
  22. 14. Christians
  23. 15. Chinese Religionists
  24. 16. Buddhists
  25. 17. Baha’is
  26. Subject Index
  27. Names Index