Synopses & Reviews
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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 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.
Glossary.
Index.
Timeline.