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Introducing Religion: From Inside and Outside 3/e
Robert S. Ellwood Emeritus
Published February 1993 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 1993, 256 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-503566-X
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Summary

This is an introductory survey and practical hands-on guide to religious studies as both an inner experience and as a social phenomenon. KEY TOPICS:A balanced discussion of intellectual, worship and sociological aspects of religion, the guide explores the symbols and rites of religion; the expression of religion through art forms; the ethical aspects of religion; and the conceptual messages of religion. MARKET:An ideal introductory text to Theology, Philosophy, and Religion.
Features

  • begins with the kind of religious problems, questions, and experiences to which contemporary undergraduates can relate, and challenges them to expand their ideas, awareness, and reactions.
  • emphasizes the concept of religion as “scenarios for the real self”— a way of becoming who one is through participation in groups, rites, ideas, and expressed in art, ethical values, and psychological experience.
  • provides balanced coverage of all major areas of religious expression: intellectual, worship, sociological.
  • draws examples from a range of world religions.
  • includes a chapter on religion and art — painting, architecture, literature.
  • features a chapter on religion and ethics — including ways of making ethical decisions, and case-studies in abortion, right-to-die, and liberation theology.
  • contemplates the future of religion.
  • provides practical guidelines on how to write papers and/or do field studies in religious sociology, psychology, ethics, etc.
Table of Contents



 1. Scenarios for the Real Self.


 2. History of Religion on Planet Earth.


 3. Oases of the Mind: The Psychology of Religion.


 4. Magic Doorways: Symbol, Rite, and Religion.


 5. Faith Through Form: Religion and Art.


 6. Traveling Together: The Sociology of Religion.


 7. Truth Messages: The Conceptual Expression of Religion.


 8. How Shall We Live? Religion and Ethics.


Epilogue: Secularization and Religion's Future.


Appendix: Studying Religion.


Bibliography.


Index.


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