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World's Religions, The: Worldviews and Contemporary Issues 1/e
William A. Young
Published December 1994 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 1995, 560 pp., Cloth
ISBN: 0-13-032806-5
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Summary

This book enables readers to gain an understanding of the world's religions by discussing their history, stances on contemporary issues, and how they compare and contrast to each other. KEY TOPICS: It includes a discussion of several relatively new and emerging religions, as well as coverage of the indigenous religions of Africa and North America. It also examines various beliefs about current world issues such as ecology and euthanasia.
Features

  • examines various beliefs about current world issues such as ecology and euthanasia.
  • allows the world's religions to speak for themselves by providing excerpts from sacred texts on questions of basic human-identity, origin and destiny, mortality, and others.
  • includes a discussion of several relatively new and emerging religions, as well as coverage of the indigenous religions of Africa and North America.
  • uses chapter summaries, glossaries of key terms, proactive questions, maps, charts, and color illustrations to enhance interest and learning.
  • full supplements package including ABC News/PH Video Library and New York Times Supplements.


Table of Contents

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with a Chapter Summary, Questions for Discussion and Reflection, and Sources and Suggestions for Further Study sections.)

1. INTRODUCTION.

1. An Introduction to Religion and the Study of Religion.
2. An Orientation to Religious Responses to Basic Human Questions and Contemporary Ethical Issues.

2. INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS.

3. Introduction and Indigenous Religions of Africa.
4. Indigenous Religions of North America.

3. RELIGIONS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA.

5. Hinduism—Many Paths to the Summit.
6. Theravada Buddhism—The Middle Way.
7. Jainism—The Way of Non-Injury and Sikhism—Neither Muslim nor Hindu.

4. RELIGIONS OF EAST ASIA.

8. Taoism—The Way of Nature and Confucianism—The Way of Virtue.
9. Mahayana Buddhism—The Great Vehicle and Shinto—The Way of the Kami.

5. RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND BEYOND.

10. Introduction and Zoroastrianism—Good versus Evil.
11. Judaism—The Way of Torah.
12. Christianity—The Way of Jesus Christ.
13. Islam—The Way of Submission to Allah.

6. CONCLUSION.

14. The New Religions.
15. The Future of the World's Religions.
Glossary.
Index.


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