Introduction to world religions
Subtitle: communities and cultures
By: edited by Jacob Neusner.
Contributors: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780687660001
Subjects: Religions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A "humanly relevant" cosmos : what we study when we study religion / William Scott Green; title: Judaism; title: Beginnings : religion of ancient Israel / Baruch A. Levine; title: The formation / Jacob Neusner; title: Judaism in modern times : Reform, Orthodox, and conservative Judaism, Zionism / Jacob Neusner; title: Christianity; title: Beginnings / Bruce Chilton; title: Roman Catholicism / Lawrence S. Cunningham; title: Orthodox Christianity / J.A. McGuckin; title: Protestantism / Martin E. Marty; title: Islam; title: Beginnings / Th. Emil Homerin; title: The shiite tradition / Liyakat Takim; title: The Sunni tradition / Th. Emil Homerin; title: Hinduism / Douglas Brooks; title: Buddhism; title: Beginnings / Mario Poceski; title: The Theravada tradition / Kristen Scheible; title: The Mahayana tradition / Mark L. Blum; title: Daoism / Mark Meulenbled; title: Confucianism / Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi; title: Shinto / James L. Ford; title: Indigenous religions; title: Indigenous religious tradition / Jualynne E. Dodson and Soyna Maria Johnson; title: African indigenous religions / Jacob Olupona; title: New nineteenth century American religions / Danny L. Jorgensen; title: New twentieth century American religions / Dell deChant.