Isms: Understanding Religion - Softcover

Geaves, Ronald Allen; Gabriel, Theodore

 
9780789315304: Isms: Understanding Religion
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0789315300 ISBN 13: 9780789315304
Publisher: Universe Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Following Isms: Understanding Art and Isms: Understanding Architecture comes a handy visual guide that offers synopses of the religions of the world and highlights their artistic and architectural manifestations. This one-stop resource to understanding human spiritual belief is organized into familiar groupings (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, etc.), each of which is then further broken down into individual sects, denominations, or branches-in short, the "isms." Each ism gets a two-page spread that distills the basic tenets of the creed, identifies how it differs from other religions, highlights important historical figures (from popes to prophets and political or cultural notables) associated with the ism. In any culture, religion has always inspired art, architecture, and design. Each religion featured here is illustrated by the outstanding aesthetic achievements for which it is known, and it concludes with a helpful timeline that puts all the religions included into chronological context.

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About the Author

Ronald Allen Greaves is chair of religious studies and theology at Britain's University of Chester. His previous books include Key Terms in Christianity, Key Terms in Judaism, Aspects of Islam, and The Continuum Glossary of Religious Studies. Theodore Gabriel is emeritus lecturer in theology & religious studies at the University of Gloucestershire and author of Islam & the West.

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Publisher
Universe Pub
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0789315300
ISBN 13 
9780789315304
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160