בחרו את שפת העמוד:
שפה נוכחית
כניסה עם גוגל
כניסה עם פייסבוק
Major world religions
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
This book focuses upon those religions that continue to demand the attention of the Western world.
| כותר |
Major world religions : from their origins to the present / edited by Lloyd Ridgeon. |
|---|---|
| מוציא לאור |
London New York : RoutledgeCurzon |
| שנה |
2003 |
| הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Book Cover Title Contents LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION: STUDYING RELIGION HINDUISM In what sense is Hinduism a religion? Hinduism in history The Harappan period The period of the north Indian empires The period of regional kingdoms The period of Muslim rule The period of British rule Independence Karma, rebirth and cyclic time Karma and rebirth Theodicy Karma and other determinants of destiny Cyclic time Karma and cosmic time in the modern world Dharma: norms of conduct The literature of dharma Differentiation by gender Differentiation by caste Differentiation by stage of lifeDifferentiation by age of the world The gods and God Patterns of worship and its objects The divine feminine Local deities and pan-Hindu deities Avataras and saints Hindu worship and theology in the modern world BUDDHISM Pragmatism The Four Noble Truths The sangha The Abhidharma The emergence of Mahayana Buddhism The Bodhisattva Emptiness (sunyata) The Yogacara The Tathagata-garbha From India to China Translation Sudden enlightenment Philosophization and simplification Hua-yen Pure-Land Buddhism Pure-Land Buddhism in Japan Zen Transcendentalism againJUDAISM Reliable and unreliable sources of knowledge 'Judaism is not a Christian heresy' The roots of Judaism The historical beginnings of Rabbinic Judaism The religious principles of Rabbinic Judaism The Mishnah and Tosefta Some parallels with Christianity The medieval flowering of Judaism The Talmuds The commentaries and grammars Philosophy and ethics Zohar and kabbalah Messianism Sabbatai Sevi Jewish Christians, Jews for Jesus and Messianic Judaism Towards modernity: Hasidism and the Haskalah The Hasidic movement The Haskalah Reform, Orthodox and Conservative JudaismAnti-Semitism and the Holocaust The Holocaust Zionism and the land of Israel Eretz Yisrael CHRISTIANITY Key texts: the formation of the biblical canon Theological 'canon'? The Church and the world: a variety of approaches The early Christian Church Constantine: first Christian emperor East and West: the first Christian centuries The Christian Church in the Western world: the Protestant Reformation The Christian Church: communities of resistance and renewal Western Christianity and the challenges of the modern world The challenge of Enlightenment philosophyChallenges of secularism, pluralism and postmodernism The challenge of evil: the Holocaust The challenge of feminism The Church beyond Europe India: the Church of St Thomas Africa: the Ethiopian Church The epic tale of Christian missionaries The Church in North America ISLAM The testament of faith (shahada) ' and Muhammad is his messenger.' Prayer (salat) Sufism Fasting (sawm) The Qur'an The Qur'an as a text Limits of interpretation The alms tax (zakat) Islamic law Pilgrimage (hajj) The hajj rites Pluralism Jihad: Islam and the state |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (399 p.) |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| מספר מערכת |
997010708291005171 |
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