Understanding World Religions
Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: Aug 14, 2018
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780310598466
Copyright date: 2011
Notes: "© 2011" - Title page verso. "On Sale: 2018-08-14" - Publisher website.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : Studying religion.; title: Introductory issues in the study of religion; title: A biased canon; title: Part two : African traditions.; title: African religious traditions; title: Witchcraft and sorcery; title: God in Zulu religion; title: The case of Isaiah Shembe; title: Part three : The yogic tradition.; title: The origins of yogic religions; title: The richness of the Hindu tradition; title: Rethinking the Hindu tradition; title: Ghandi the great Contrarian; title: Buddhism; title: The development of Buddhist beliefs and practice; title: The moral quest of Edward Conze; title: Other yogic-type traditions; title: Part four : The Abramic tradition.; title: Early Judaism; title: Rabbinic and other Judaisms; title: Jewish faith and practice; title: Martin Buber's Zionist spirituality; title: Christianity; title: Christian history; title: Christian faith and practice; title: Christian politics according to Abraham Kuyper; title: The challenge of Islam; title: Muslim beliefs and practices; title: Muslim piety; title: Sayyid Qutb and the rebirth of contemporary Islam; title: Conclusion : Whither religious studies?; title: Suggestions for further reading