Author: Arvind Sharma
Publisher: HarperOne
Keywords: religions, scholars, tradition, preeminent, introduced, seven, world
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 1994-08-05
List price: $22.99
ISBN-10: 0060677007
ISBN-13: 9780060677008
An essential introduction to the world’s living religions by experts from each tradition -- published in conjunction with the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Author: Robert Pollock
Publisher: Adams Media
Keywords: everything, religions, series, ancient, modern, cultures, beliefs, world, book, discover, traditions
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2002-08-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1580626483
ISBN-13: 9781580626484
Want to know more about other people’s religions? Look no further than this exceptional introductory volume. The Everything World’s Religions Book is an encyclopedic resource describing, in plain English, all major and scores of minor religions throughout the world and throughout history, citing: Their origins and history; Geographic spread; Customs and practices; Ceremonies and celebrations; Leaders past and present
Author: Michael Molloy
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Keywords: religions, world, powerweb, change, tradition, experiencing, challenge
Number of Pages: 587
Published: 2004-07-02
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0072980788
ISBN-13: 9780072980783
This leading seller successfully addresses what a person should know about religions, and why. In an exceptionally clear and compelling account of the teaching of the world’s religions, the text goes beyond traditional approaches to personally connect students with the vitality of the great religions. The third edition has been thoroughly updated in both content and illustration, to address recent world events.
Author: Patrick Laude
Publisher: World Wisdom
Keywords: world, religions, treasures, invocation, ceasing, way, pray
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-04-25
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1933316144
ISBN-13: 9781933316147
Like a multi-faceted gem through which different colored lights shine from the same clear source, this definitive anthology on the Prayer of the Heart, or the way of invocation, presents for the first time in print key selections from major classics of spirituality, accompanied by elucidating essays by some of the most renowned scholars and spiritual authorities of the twentieth century. Drawn from all of the world’s major religions, this work takes the reader on a pilgrimage to the heart of prayer and reveals the reasons why prayer is the essence of the human condition. These luminous pages a
Authors:U. Bianchi, C. J. Bleeker, A. Bausani,
Publisher: Brill Academic Publisher
Keywords: history, religions, society, numen, book, italian, series, conference, methods, proceedings, study, problems, organized
Number of Pages: 122
Published: 1997-08-01
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 9004026401
ISBN-13: 9789004026407
Author: B.L. Smith
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers,Netherland
Keywords: history, religions, studies, essays, new, hinduism
Number of Pages: 239
Published: 1982-12-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9004067884
ISBN-13: 9789004067882
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: introduction, religions, global
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2003-03-20
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0195158733
ISBN-13: 9780195158731
The essays collected here provide brief and accessible introductions to the major world religions in their global contexts. The volume begins with an introduction to the globalization of religion by Mark Juergensmeyer, and is followed by individual essays on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and local religious societies. The book concludes with three essays reflecting on the global religious scene. Taken together, these essays provide a concise, authoritative, and highly readable introduction to the state of worldwide religion in the 21st century.
