Cycles of Faith: The Development of the World's Religions / Edition 1

by Robert Ellwood

Overview

Can the histories of the great religious traditions help us to predict their futures? Are broad common patterns discernable within the developments of Hinduism, Chinese religion, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam? In Cycles of Faith, noted historian of religion Robert Ellwood makes the case that the five largest world religions all move through the stages of Apostolic, Imperial, Devotional, Reformation, and Folk Religion. Cycles of Faith is a completely revised edition of Ellwood's 1988 book, The History and Future of Faith. Ellwood's readable text can provide a useful, theoretical framework to many classes in religious studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780759104624
Publisher:	AltaMira Press
Publication date:	09/03/2003
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.92(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Robert Ellwood is the author of over twenty books, ranging from textbooks in religious studies (including Many Peoples Many Faiths, a popular world religion textbook) to books of religious history (The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace, The Sixties Spiritual Awakening, and Islands of the Dawn, among others). He was a professor of world religions at the University of Southern California for thirty years, from 1967 until his retirement in 1997.

Table of Contents

1 Religion Past and Present 2 Religious Origins and Meanings 3 Religion and the Discovery of History 4 The Development of the World's Religions 5 Beginnings: The Apostolic Stage 6 Empire and Wisdom 7 Medieval Devotionalism 8 Reformation 9 Folk Religion 10 The Modern World and Secularization 11 Religion and the Clash of Faith-Civilization 12 Summation and a Look Ahead

Editorial Reviews

Ellwood's effort is intriguing, even fascinating, and well worth reading and considering in detail.

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Ellwood's effort is intriguing, even fascinating, and well worth reading and considering in detail.

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Ellwood's effort is intriguing, even fascinating, and well worth reading and considering in detail.

Sociology of Religion

Ellwood's effort is intriguing, even fascinating, and well worth reading and considering in detail.

Sociology Of Religion