Anthology of Living Religions / Edition 3

by Mary Fisher, Lee Bailey

Overview

The Anthology of Living Religions,3/e combines classic texts with contemporary issues in order to provide an anthology that is meaningful and captivating to students.

Written by Mary Pat Fisher and Lee Worth Bailey, the Anthology of Living Religions includes samples of scriptures and classical historical texts - while also include many articles on the study of world religions, including descriptions of how believers are living their faiths today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780205246809
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	08/03/2020
Series:	MyReligionLab Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Brief Contents

CHAPTER 1

RELIGIOUS RESPONSES 2

CHAPTER 2

INDIGENOUS SACRED WAYS 39

CHAPTER 3

HINDUISM 64

CHAPTER 4

JAINISM 96

CHAPTER 5

BUDDHISM 114

CHAPTER 6

CHINESE RELIGIONS 144

CHAPTER 7

SHINTO 182

CHAPTER 8

JUDAISM 198

CHAPTER 9

CHRISTIANITY 235

CHAPTER 10

ISLAM 275

CHAPTER 11

SIKHISM 316

CHAPTER 12

NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 335

CHAPTER 13

RELIGION IN A NEW ERA 352

Comprehensive

CHAPTER 1

RELIGIOUS RESPONSES 2

The study of world religions 3

Methodologies for Studying Religions by Lee W. Bailey 3

The Sacredness of Nature and Cosmic Religion by Mircea Eliade 8 Dimensions of the Sacred by Ninian Smart 10

Materialistic perspectives on religion 11

The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud 11 Religion as the Opium of the People by Karl Marx 13

God is Dead by Friedrich Nietzsche 14

God is Society by Emile Durkheim 14

Ritual, symbol, and myth 16

Mandalas: Deity Unfolding in the World by Carl G. Jung 16

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell 18

Myth and Religion: The Irish Voyage of Bran 21

The Sound of One Hand: Ritual in Zen Buddhism 22

Religious points of view 24

The Oneness of the Divine by Abraham Heschel 24

The New Polytheism by David Miller 25

The Ground of Being by Tarthang Tulku 27

Scientific perspectives on religion 28

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins 28

Deeper than Darwin by John F. Haught 30 Women and the feminine in religion 32

The Spiritual Idea of the "Feminine" by Vijaya Ramaswamy 32

The need for religion today 34

The Lost Dimension in Religion by Paul Tillich 34

Glossary 37

Review Questions 38

Discussion Questions 38

Information Resources 38

CHAPTER 2

INDIGENOUS SACRED WAYS 39

Understanding indigenous sacred ways 40

African Spiritual Tradition by Harvey J. Sindima 40

The Talking Drum: African Sacred Liturgy by Georges Niangoran-Bouah 41

The Theft of Light by the Tsim