A World Religions Reader - Hardcover

MARKHAM

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 063118239X ISBN 13: 9780631182399

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1995

Synopsis

This reader brings together primary material from the major religions of the world, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. It combines passages from the scriptures, with classic statements from major thinkers and institutions. Within each section material is organized around five headings: "The religious mind", "World views", "Institutions and rituals", "Ethical expression and "Modern outlook". The volume also includes editorial introductions, and discussion and essay questions.

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Review

"This new edition of the World Religions Reader expands an already useful textbook – making it an improved resource for introducing world religions. By presenting excerpts from sacred texts and voices from within the traditions, this book provides more than mere facts about various beliefs; it allows insight into the worldviews and ethical concerns of adherents, making it the most valuable Reader on World Religions to date to any student or teacher that seeks to study or teach the religious traditions of the world." S . Wesley Ariarjah, Drew University

"An accessible and sympathetic introduction to the world′s religions as understood by their adherents." Ingrid Mattson, Hartford Seminary, USA

This is the Reader I have long been looking for. It will enhance and enliven any standard textbook by enabling students not just to understand but to feel, not just to study but to pass over to, what these religious communities have been and what they offer our contemporary world. Paul F. Knitter, Union Theological Seminary, New York (of a previous edition)

From the Back Cover

Providing a comprehensive exploration of the teachings and beliefs of the world s living faiths, the third edition of this popular book has been revised and updated to reflect the vibrant role religion plays in the twenty–first century. The World Religions Reader:

• Explores the unique nature of various faiths by introducing their traditions and rituals, ethical dimensions, and modern expressions
• Combines excerpts from sacred texts with reflections from a range of classic and contemporary thinkers – from the Bhagavad Gita and the Qur′an to Maimonides and Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Significantly expands material on Christianity, with a greater emphasis on the diversity of the tradition as expressed in Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism
• Broadens its coverage with new chapters on Emerging Religions, Jainism, Zoroastrianism and Indigenous Religions
• Considers the profound impact of 9/11 on the major religions and the effect it has had on our perceptions of others, and on interfaith communication
• Includes numerous reader–friendly features, such as key terms sections, summary reviews of major beliefs and significant events, a glossary, and revision and comparative questions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 063118239X
• ISBN 13: 9780631182399
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384