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More copies of this ISBN:Living Religions - With CD (6TH 05 - Old Edition)by Mary Pat Fisher
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Living Religions, 7/e presents a highly readable and stimulating survey of the modern religious world. Exploring the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions, and new religious movements, this book considers how each of these traditions has evolved into contemporary beliefs and practices. This book explores in detail the changing nature of each religion, the spread of religious pluralism, the rise in violence in the name of religion, and the movement toward interfaith dialogue. Author Mary Pat Fisher offers fresh and challenging insight into how believers of today's faiths perceive their religion and its role in the changing world in which they live. Synopsis:KEY BENEFIT: "Living Religions" is a sympathetic approach to what is living and significant in the world's major religious traditions and in various new movements that are arising. KEY TOPICS: This book provides a clear and straightforward account of the development, doctrines, and practices of the major faiths followed today. The emphasis throughout is on consciousness of believers and their own accounts of their religion and its relevance in contemporary life. MARKET: For professional theologians and others interested in the development of the major religions practiced today.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Religious Responses. Chapter 2. Indigenous Sacred Ways.
Chapter 3. Hinduism. Chapter 4. Jainism. Chapter 5. Buddhism. Chapter 6. Daoism and Confucianism. Chapter 7. Shinto. Chapter 8. Judaism. Chapter 9. Christianity. Chapter 10. Islam. Chapter 11. Sikhism. Chapter 12. New Religious Movements. Chapter 13. Religion in the Twenty-First Century.
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