Introduction to World Religions
eBook - ePub

Introduction to World Religions

Third Edition

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Introduction to World Religions

Third Edition

About this book

This leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions. Known and valued for its balanced approach and its respected board of consulting editors, this text addresses ways to study religion, provides broad coverage of diverse religions, and offers an arresting layout with rich illustrations. Introductory sections on understanding religion and the religions of antiquity lay the foundation for the study of the numerous religious traditions highlighted in the volume, including indigenous religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, and Chinese, Korean, and Japanese religions. The user-friendly content is enhanced by charts of religious festivals, historic timelines, updated maps of the world's religions, and a useful glossary. Both historical overviews and modern perspectives for each religion are included. This third edition has several updates, including a new design, a new section on women and religion, and a newly revised section on religions in today's world.

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Information

Publisher
Fortress Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781506445946
eBook ISBN
9781506446011
Edition
3
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Comparative Religion

2

Index

Numbers in bold type indicate pages with illutrations.
‘Abbasid dynasty 441, 557
‘Abduh, Muhammad 479
Abhidhamma Pitaka 557
Abraham 463–4
Absolute, The 557
Abu Bakr 557
acharyas 273
Acropolis, Mycenae 100
Adi Granth 483, 486–7, 490–91, 497, 557
advaita 557
Aelia Capitolina 336
Æsir 557
Africa
Christianity in 428, 430
indigenous religions 165–9
African Independent Churches 166, 557
afterlife
in the Bahá’í faith 530
and Egyptian tombs 82–3
in Hinduism 199
in Inca religion 62
in Judaism 363
in Kondh religion 141
Maasai lack belief in 42
in Sikhism 493–4
see also reincarnation
Agadah 359, 557
agape 557
Agni 557
ahimsa 557
Ahmad Khan, Sayyid 479
Ahmadiyya sect 557
Ahura Mazda 557
Akhenaten 557
Akiva, Rabbi 557
Akkadian empire 67
al-Ghazali 558
al-Hallaj 558
Albigensians 557–8
alchemy 558
Alexander the Great 104
Alexandria 333
Alhambra 470
‘Ali 558
Allah 436, 437, 558
almsgiving 462, 558
altars
in ancient Greece 101
in Norse shamanism 164
prehistoric 52
alternative spiritualities 558
Amidah 558
Amitabha 558
Ammon 72
Amritsar 491, 499, 558
Anabaptists 419
Analects 558
Ananda 558
Anatta 558
ancestor cults 62, 124, 170–71, 306, 558
angels 558
in Islam 454, 455
Angkor Wat 202
Anglican churches 403, 558
Angra Mainyu 558
Anicca 558
animal ceremonialism 47–9, 56, 78, 96
animal sacrifice 96, 117, 140
animism 558
Anselm 24, 25
anthropology of religion 11–15
anthro...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. Consulting editors
  6. Contributors
  7. List of Maps
  8. List of Time Charts
  9. List of Festival Charts
  10. List of Illustrations
  11. Preface to the First Edition
  12. Preface to the Second Edition
  13. Preface to the Third Edition
  14. UNDERSTANDING RELIGION
  15. RELIGIONS OF ANTIQUITY
  16. INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS
  17. HINDUISM
  18. BUDDHISM
  19. JAINISM
  20. CHINESE RELIGIONS
  21. KOREAN AND JAPANESE RELIGIONS
  22. JUDAISM
  23. CHRISTIANITY
  24. ISLAM
  25. SIKHISM
  26. RELIGIONS IN TODAY’S WORLD
  27. Rapid Fact-Finder
  28. Index
  29. Picture Acknowledgments