Introduction to World Religions

Author: Christopher Partridge
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 080069970X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 538

Book Description
A leading textbook for world religion, this new edition 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. The second edition has new and extended primary source readings, a stronger section on the Religions of South Asia, additional maps, a new full-color, student-friendly format, and more.

The Everything World's Religions Book

Author: Kenneth Shouler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440500363
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
An easy-to-use and comprehensive guide that explores the intriguing dogma and rituals, cultural convictions, and often-checkered backgrounds and histories of the world's religions.

Understanding World Religions

Author: George Braswell
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433669129
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 291

Book Description
Understanding other religions is no longer an academic, ivory tower exercise. In this timely and important book, Dr, Braswell provides an introduction to the major world religions, as well as many of the minor ones.

The World's Religions

Author: Huston Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784871872225
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
This book has seven basic chapters: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. These he calls the "Major Historical Religions." They all have sacred texts. This book was intended to be a brief survey without an in-depth analysis. A new section was added to The World's Religions. It is entitled "The Primal Religions." It describes a broad sweep of religions such as those practiced by the Australian Aborigines, by the Native American Indians of North and South America and the religions of the interior of Africa. Huston Smith's masterpiece explores the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the native traditions of Australia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Emphasizing the inner--rather than the institutional--dimension of these religions, Smith devotes special attention to Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, Sufism, and the teachings of Jesus. He convincingly conveys the unique appeal and gifts of each of the traditions and reveals their hold on the human heart and imagination.

World Religions

Author: Geoffrey Parrinder
Publisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816012893
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 528

Book Description
Looks at the history and beliefs of ancient and modern religions, including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

World Religions in America, Fourth Edition

Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611640474
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462

Book Description
The fourth edition of World Religions in America continues its lauded tradition of providing students with reliable and nuanced information about America's religious diversity, while also reflecting new developments and ideas. Each chapter was updated to reflect important changes and events, and current statistics and information. New features include a timeline of key events and people for each tradition, sidebars on major movements or controversies, personal stories from members of various faiths, a theme-based organization of subjects, more subheads, three new chapters exploring America's increasing religious diversity, and suggestions for further study.

The World's Religions

Author: Ninian Smart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521631396
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
The World's Religions offers a fascinating insight into a wide range of faiths, their history and their followers. In the richly illustrated new edition of this popular book, religions are described through their symbols, rituals, followers, architecture and art. References, statistics, maps and pictures have been updated and added. The text has been thoroughly revised to highlight recent developments, such as the spread of Islam, African-American and Hispanic-American religious experience, and women priests.

The Encyclopedia of World Religions

Author: Robert S. Ellwood
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438110383
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 529

Book Description
Contains nearly 600 brief entries on the world's religious traditions.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Religions

Author: Brandon Toropov
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781592572229
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
Two comparative theologists offer a comprehensive look at ideas about God--inevery corner of the globe.

The World's Religions in Figures

Author: Todd M. Johnson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118323033
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Created by two of the field’s leading experts, this unique introduction to international religious demography outlines the challenges in interpreting data on religious adherence, and presents a contemporary portrait of global religious belief. Offers the first comprehensive overview of the field of international religious demography – detailing what we know about religious adherents around the world, and how we know it Examines religious freedom and diversity, including agnostics and atheists, on a global scale, highlighting trends over the past 100 years and projecting estimates for the year 2050 Outlines the issues and challenges related to definitions, taxonomies, sources, analyses, and other techniques in interpreting data on religious adherence Considers data from religious communities, censuses, surveys, and scholarly research, along with several in-depth case studies on the global Muslim population, religion in China, and the religious demography of recently created Sudan and South Sudan Argues against the belief that the twentieth-century was a ‘secular’ period by putting forward new evidence to the contrary Provides resources for measuring both qualitatively and quantitatively important data on the world's religious situation in the twenty-first century