World religions

Presenting both the histories and the prevalent worldviews of the major world religions, Matthews' WORLD RELIGIONS methodically introduces students to the richness and diversity of these traditions. The "Worldview" sections in particular make this textbook the most helpful textbook wh...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Matthews, Warren
Awduron Eraill: Warren Matthews
Iaith:Undetermined
English
Cyhoeddwyd: Australia,Belmont, CA Wadsworth/Thomson
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Crynodeb:Presenting both the histories and the prevalent worldviews of the major world religions, Matthews' WORLD RELIGIONS methodically introduces students to the richness and diversity of these traditions. The "Worldview" sections in particular make this textbook the most helpful textbook when it comes to comparative analyses of the religions. In these sections students can see how the different religions understand a common set of ten themes that are fundamental to all traditions, including the nature of the Absolute, the place of humans in the world, rituals and symbols, and the prospects for life after death. Furthermore, this text combines insightful, engaging prose with maps, photographs, timelines, excerpts from sacred texts, and other helpful pedagogical aids, to employ a scholarly approach that neither shields students from current research nor encumbers them with it. Students are encouraged, individually and collectively, to pursue their own dialogues with the voices and nuances of these religions
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:xxiv, 402 p.
ill. (some col.), col. maps
26 cm
Llyfryddiaeth:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0495007099
9780495007098