Understanding Religion in a Global Society - Softcover

Richter, Kent E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534559956 ISBN 13: 9780534559953

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Question, explore, and analyze diverse religious contexts and compare the beliefs, rituals, texts, art, and individual and social aspects of religion with UNDERSTANDING RELIGION IN GLOBAL SOCIETY. Major religious traditions are analyzed in light of the opportunities and challenges posed by the forces of globalization.

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1. Introduction: Studying Religion in Global Society. 2. What is Religion? 3. The Absolute, the Ultimate, the Holy. 4. Origins and Founders. 5. World Scriptures. 6. Myths, Stories, and History. 7. Suffering and Evil. 8. Religion and Art. 9. Ritual. 10. Religion, Morality and Ethics. 11. Religious Experience. 12. Salvation and the Meaning of Life. 13. Religion, Personality, and the Individual. 14. Religion and Society in a Global Age.

Synopsis:

Four teachers of philosophy and religion at the College of DuPage present a textbook for an introductory course in the academic study of religion. After setting out the theories and methods of the discipline, they explore such matters as what religion is, origins and founders, scriptures, suffering and evil, art, ritual, morality and ethics, religi

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0534559956
• ISBN 13: 9780534559953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408