Illustrated World s Religions

• Author : Huston Smith
• Publisher : HarperOne
• Release : 03 September 1994

Retaining all the beloved qualities of Huston Smith's classic The World's Religions, this stunning pictorial presentation refines the text to its wonderful essentials. In detailed, absorbing, richly illustrated, and highly readable chapters on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and primal religions, we find refreshing and fascinating presentations of both the differences and the similarities among the worldwide religious traditions. The approach is at once classic and contemporary, retaining all the empathy, eloquence, and erudition that millions of readers

• Author : Michael David Coogan
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 01 June 2023

Graced with rich illustrations and written by a team of eminent scholars, this book presents a wealth of information on faiths around the world. Each chapter in this volume examines one of seven major world religions--from Judaism to Christianity and from Islam to Buddhism.

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 June 1997

Everything from Primive religions, Judaism, this book covers the major intitutions.

• Author : Huston Smith
• Publisher : Harper Collins
• Release : 17 March 2009

The World’s Religions, by beloved author and pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder), is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as regional native traditions. This revised and updated edition provides sympathetic descriptions of the various traditions, explaining how they work “from the inside,” which is a big reason why this cherished classic has sold more than two million copies

• Author : Kevin O'Donnell
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 June 2023

"The living faith of millions of people in the world's most important religious traditions is portrayed here with sympathy and intelligence, in each case emphasizing key elements. Author Kevin O'Donnell does not dissect each tradition, however. Instead he looks at each faith from a more personal angle, asking what it means for a person to belong to such a faith. Covering six major traditions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, together with shorter sections on Zoroastrianism, Baha'i, Confucianism, Taoism, and

• Author : Michael David Coogan
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 January 2012

Profiles Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese traditions, and Japanese traditions.

• Author : Michael David Coogan
• Publisher : Duncan Baird Publishers
• Release : 01 June 1998

An introduction to world religions covering symbols, ceremonies, pilgrimages, the cosmos, sacred texts, and the relationship between religion and state in the world's living faiths.

• Author : Elizabeth Breuilly,Joanne O'Brien,Martin Palmer,Martin E. Marty
• Publisher : Checkmark Books
• Release : 01 June 2023

An objective guide to modern-day faiths explores the beliefs, traditions, festivals, and practices of major faiths and covers the main branches and divisions of each religion, all accompanied by photographs and illustrations.

• Author : Siroj SSorajjakool,Mark F Carr,Julius J Nam,Siroj Sorajjakool,Ernest Bursey
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 10 February 2017

Religious beliefs and customs can significantly shape patients' and professionals' attitudes toward, and expectations of, healthcare, as well as their wishes and personal boundaries regarding such daily matters as dress, diet, prayer and touch. Undoubtedly, the sensitivity with which clinicians communicate with patients and make decisions regarding appropriate medical intervention can be greatly increased by an understanding of religious as well as other forms of cultural diversity. This second edition of a popular and established text offers healthcare students and

• Author : Jean Holm
• Publisher : Burns & Oates
• Release : 01 June 1991

The main aim of this book is to indicate the nature and range of reference material available for the study of world religions. A broad interpretation of world religions has been adopted and coverage includes the Baha'i faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism, as well as cross-cultural studies and inter-faith dialogue. Following the basic pattern of the Keyguides series, the work is divided into three sections: an overview of the subject and available

• Author : Jeffrey Brodd
• Publisher : Saint Mary's Press
• Release : 01 June 2023

An illustrated introduction to the world's religions, describing the origins and histories of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shinto, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others; and also discussing seven elements common to religious traditions, which includes experiential, ethical, ritual, social, and material. Provides chapter review questions.

• Author : Anna Xiao Dong Sun
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release : 01 June 2023

Is Confucianism a religion? If so, why do most Chinese think it isn't? From ancient Confucian temples, to nineteenth-century archives, to the testimony of people interviewed by the author throughout China over a period of more than a decade, this book traces the birth and growth of the idea of Confucianism as a world religion. The book begins at Oxford, in the late nineteenth century, when Friedrich Max Müller and James Legge classified Confucianism as a world religion in

• Author : Ninian Smart
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 June 1989

This book is a revised and updated edition of a popular work, which looks at the world's religions in terms of world history, and as constantly developing systems of belief. Religions are described through their symbols, rituals, followers, architecture and art. References, statistics, maps and pictures have been updated and added, illuminating the true nature of each religion. The text has been thoroughly revised to highlight recent developments in world religion.

• Author : Jean C. Cooper
• Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
• Release : 01 June 2023

Provides 118 color illustrations and a thorough introduction to Taoism. Covers the "way of the Tao," the Yin-Yang symbol, and the relationship of Taoism to other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism.

• Author : Christopher R Cotter,David G. Robertson
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 05 February 2016

The World Religions Paradigm has been the subject of critique and controversy in Religious Studies for many years. After World Religions provides a rationale for overhauling the World Religions curriculum, as well as a roadmap for doing so. The volume offers concise and practical introductions to cutting-edge Religious Studies method and theory, introducing a wide range of pedagogical situations and innovative solutions. An international team of scholars addresses the challenges presented in their different departmental, institutional, and geographical contexts. Instructors