The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions
Title | The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Hinnells |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 988 |
Release | 2010-03-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 014195504X |
Comprehensive, informative and authoritative, The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions is compiled by a team of leading international scholars, and is the definitive guide to the religious belief systems and practices of the world today. This in-depth survey of active religions has now been fully updated to include modern developments and the most recent scholarship. It explains the sources and history of the world's religions, includes material on the phenomenon of Black African and Asian diaspora religions around the world and explores the role of gender in modern religion.
The World's Living Religions
Title | The World's Living Religions PDF eBook |
Author | Archie J. Bahm |
Publisher | Jain Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0875730000 |
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.
Living Religions
Title | Living Religions PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Pat Fisher |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Religions |
ISBN | 9780536426598 |
The World's Living Religions
Title | The World's Living Religions PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Ernest Hume |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 348 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Christianity and other religions |
ISBN |
The World's Living Religions
Title | The World's Living Religions PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Ernest Hume |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 334 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Christianity and other religions |
ISBN |
The World's Living Religions
Title | The World's Living Religions PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder |
Publisher | Pan |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Religions |
ISBN | 9780330238779 |
Understanding World Religions
Title | Understanding World Religions PDF eBook |
Author | Irving Hexham |
Publisher | Zondervan Academic |
Total Pages | 513 |
Release | 2011-03-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0310314488 |
Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world’s many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexham’s decision to explore African religions, which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.