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Religions of the World: Media and Research Update 9/e
Lewis M. Hopfe (1935 - 1992)
Mark R. Woodward
Published July 2004 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2005, 432 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-119515-8
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$65.33
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Summary

This comprehensive yet concise book makes a reader-friendly introduction to World Religions—ideal for those with no previous exposure to Religious Studies or the study of religion more generally. Offering accurate, comparative descriptions of religions, it gives background material on religious theory and study, while exploring the historical and cultural factors. KEY TOPICS: This book includes chapters on Native American and African religions as well as Jainism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, and Baha'i. MARKET: For individuals interested in the role of religion in the modern world.
Features

  • NEW - Packaged with this text, Prentice Hall is proud to offer three exciting ways to study the religions of the world—Each is fully integrated into this special new Media and Research Update edition.

    • The Prentice Hall Guide to Evaluating Online Resources with Research Navigator™: Religion 2004—Helps make the most of research time. Complete with extensive help on the research process and three exclusive databases full of relevant and reliable source material including EBSCO’s ContentSelect™ Academic Journal Database, The New York Times Search-by-Subject Archive, and Best of the Web Link Library, this guide is the one-stop research solution.

    • TIME Special Edition: World Religions—Prentice Hall and TIME Magazine offer a selection of over a dozen TIME articles on today’s most current issues and debates in World Religion.

    • The Sacred World: Encounters with the World’s Religions CD-ROM—This exciting CD-ROM combines up-to-date background information on each religion, together with over 60 video clips, showing key historical sites, actual rituals, and major figures of each religion, and over 100 self-assessment questions to check student comprehension.

  • Updated “Religion Today” sections—Included in each chapter.

    • Gives students contemporary and more relevant material. Including information on the ways in which religion impacts world politics and conflict.

  • Updated information of “new religions” and new variants of established traditions—Includes expanded coverage of African-American, Native American, and LDS Christianities.

    • Reflects for students the rapid growth and advances of these religions as well as their historical impact.

  • Updated chapter on Islam.

    • Helps students understand the tragedies and aftermath of September 11, 2001.

    • Helps students understand Islamic responses to acts of violence committed by Muslims.

    • Helps understand Islam as a World Religion, instead of one located exclusively in the Middle East.

  • Instructor's Manual, Video CD-ROM, and Companion Website—Includes video clips, web sites prepared by religious groups, audio and video.

    • Provides students and instructors with excellent course support.

  • Large trim size and full-color “Portfolio of World Religions” photo section—Photographs taken by authors are directly connected to text.

    • Gives students a clearer presentation of the material, while full-color photos enhance the impact of religious imagery, engaging students' attention.

  • Accessible style—Explains religious diversity and complex themes within the context of their meanings for real people in real life.

    • Provides students with an immediately accessible and relevant text, written at a level university undergraduates can clearly understand.

  • Basic vocabulary of the field—Includes some theories on the origin of religion while avoiding technical terms.

    • Provides students with the necessary foundations for understanding religion without bogging them down with jargon.

  • Primary source readings—Included at the end of each chapter.

    • Allows students to gain first-hand exposure to the writings that help define each religion.

  • Bibliographic references.

    • Provides students with recent scholarship.

  • Description and explanation of all major holy days.

    • Enables students to see how religion is practiced in everyday life.

  • Study questions—Offered at the end of each chapter.

    • Provides students with the opportunity to review the material in each chapter.

  • Comprehensive glossary.

    • Allows students quick access to basic terminology.
Table of Contents



Introduction Overview.

I. BASIC RELIGIONS.

 1. Characteristics of Basic Religions.

 2. Native American Religions.

 3. African Religions.

II. RELIGIONS ORIGINATING IN INDIA.

 4. Hinduism.

 5. Jainism.

 6. Buddhism.

 7. Sikhism.

III. RELIGIONS ORIGINATING IN CHINA AND JAPAN.

 8. Chinese Religions.

 9. Shinto.

IV. RELIGIONS ORIGINATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

10. Zoroastrianism.

11. Judaism.

12. Christianity.

13. Islam.

14. Baha'i.

Glossary.

Credits.

Index.



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