History of the World's Religions
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A History of the World's Religions bridges the interval between the founding of religions and their present state, and gives students an accurate look at the religions of the world by including descriptive and interpretive details from the original source materials.
Refined by over forty years of dialogue and correspondence with religious experts and practitioners around the world, Noss's A History of the World's Religions is widely regarded as the hallmark of scholarship, fairness, and accuracy in its field. It is also the most thorough yet manageable history of world religion available in a single volume, treating many subjects largely neglected in other texts. The book's depth, breadth, and organization free instructors from having to cover everything in lectures, enabling them to select specific assignments and use class time for questions, discussion, and their own favorite materials.
Acknowledgements
PART 1 Some Primal and Bygone Religions
Chapter 1: Religion in Prehistoric and Primal Cultures
I. Beginnings: Religion in Prehistoric Cultures
II. Basic Terminology: Characterisitics of Religion in Primal Cultures
III. Case Study: The Dieri of Southeast Australia
IV. Case Study: The BaVenda of South Africa
V. Case Study: The Cherokees of the Southeastern Woodlands
Glossary
Chapter 2: Bygone Religions That Have Left Their Mark on the West
I. Mesopotamia
II. Greece
III. Rome
IV. Europe Beyond the Alps
V. Mesoamerica: The Maya
Glossary
PART 2 The Religions of South Asia
Chapter 3: Early Hinduism: The Passage from Ritual Sacrifice to Mystical Union
I. The Religion of the Vedic Age
II. Brahmanism, Caste, and Ceremonial Life
Glossary
Chapter 4: Later Hinduism: Religion as the Determinant of Social Behavior
I. Changes in Brahmanism: The Four Goals and the Three Ways
II. The Ordered Society: The Way ofWorks
III. The Reflective Mode: The Way of Knowledge, the Upanishads
IV. The Reflective Models: The Six Acceptable Systems
V. The Devotional Mode: The Way of Devotion, the Bhagavad Gita
VI. The Devotional Models: Epics, Puranas, and Deities
VII. The Devotional Life
VIII. Issues and Problems of the Present
Glossary
Chapter 5: Jainism: A Study in Asceticism
I. Mahavira’s Manner of Life
II. Philosophy and Ethics of Jainism
III. Mahavira’s Followers
Glossary
Chapter 6: Buddhism in Its First Phase: Moderation in World Renunciation
I. Life of the Founder
II. The Teachings of the Buddha
Glossary
Chapter 7: The Religious Development of Buddhism: Diversity in Paths to Nirvana 186
I. The Spread of Buddhism in India and Southeast Asia
II. The Rise of the Mahayana in India
III. The Spread of Buddhism in Northern Lands
IV. The Help-of-Others Message of the Mahayana
V. The Mahayana Philosophies of Religion
VI. Mahayana Schools of Thought in China and Japan
VII. Buddhism in Tibet
VIII. Buddhism Today
Glossary
Chapter 8: Sikhism: A Study in Syncretism
I. The Life and Work of Nanak
II. Nanak’s Teaching
III. The Political History of Sikhism
Glossary
PART 3 The Religions of East Asia
Chapter 9: Native Chinese Religion and Daoism
I. The Basic Elements of Chinese Religion
II. Daoism as a Philosophy (Dao-jia)
III. Daoism as Magic and Religion (Dao-jiao)
Glossary
Chapter 10: Confucius and Confucianism: A Study in Optimistic Humanism
I. The Man Confucius
II. The Teachings of Confucius
III. The Confucian School—Its Rivals and Champions
IV. Neo-Confucianism
V. The State Cult of Confucius
VI. Religion in China in the Modern Period
Glossary
Chapter 11: Shinto: The Native Contribution to Japanese Religion
I. The Background of Shinto
II. The Shinto Myth
III. Shinto in Medieval and More Recent Times
IV. State Shinto to 1945
V. Shinto and the Warrior
VI. Shrine Shinto Today
VII. Domestic and Sectarian Shinto
Glossary
PART 4 The Religions of the Middle East
Chapter 12: Zoroastrianism: A Religion Based on Ethical Dualism
I. Iranian Religion Before Zoroaster
II. The Life and Teachings of Zoroaster
III. The Religion of the Later Avesta
IV. The Zoroastrians of the Present Day
Glossary 3
Chapter 13: Judaism in Its Early Phases: From Hebrew Origins to the Exile
I. The Religion of the Pre-Mosaic Hebrews
II. Moses and the Covenant with Yahweh (About 1250 B.C.E.)
III. Yahweh and the Baals
IV. Prophetic Protest and Reform
V. The Babylonian Exile
Glossary
Chapter 14: The Religious Development of Judaism
I. The Rise of Judaism in the Restoration Period
II. New Trends of Thought in the Greek and Maccabean Periods
III. The Roman Period to 70 C.E.
IV. The Great Dispersion
V. The Making of the Talmud
VI. The Jews in the Middle Ages
VII. Judaism in the Modern World
Glossary
Chapter 15: Christianity in Its Opening Phase: The Words and Work of Jesus in Apostolic Perspective
I. The World into which Jesus Came
II. The Life of Jesus: The First Phase
III. The Themes of Jesus’ Teaching
IV. The Climactic Events
V. The Apostolic Age
VI. The Early Church (50–150 C.E.)
Glossary
Chapter 16: The Religious Development of Christianity
I. The Ancient Catholic Church (150–1054 C.E.)
II. The Eastern Orthodox Churches
III. The Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
IV. The Protestant Reformation
V. The Catholic Reformation
VI. Crosscurrents in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
VII. Eastern Orthodoxy in the Modern World
VIII. Catholicism in the Modern World
IX. Protestantism in the Modern World
X. Recent Theological Trends
Glossary
Chapter 17: Islam: The Religion of Submission to God: Beginnings
I. Arabian Beliefs and Practices Before MuhÙammad
II. The Prophet MuhÙammad
III. The Faith and Practice of Islam
IV. The Spread of Islam
V. The First Five Centuries of Muslim Thought
Glossary
Chapter 18: The Sh1-`ah Alternative and Regional Developments
I. The Party (Shi`ah) of `Ali
II. Further Developments
III. Islam and Culture
IV. Issues in the Modern Period
V. Regional Developments
VI. Movements Toward Innovation and Syncretism
Glossary
References for Quotations
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.4.2007 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 233 x 193 mm |
| Gewicht | 1050 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 0-13-614984-7 / 0136149847 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-13-614984-2 / 9780136149842 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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