Religions Today

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-26282-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 400 g

Religions Today provides a sympathetic account of what living religions really are. Fisher traces the historical development and practices of major religious movements and explores how these evolve into contemporary belief and teaching. She considers major faiths as well as indigenous religions and new religious movements, focusing on how living religions affect contemporary society. Case studies and interviews with living people ensure that this concise guide is both readable and stimulating.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fisher, Mary Pat

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Leben & Brauch, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Religious Response 2. Indigenous Sacred Ways 3. Hinduism 4. Jainism 5. Buddhism 6. Taoism and Confucianism 7. Shinto 8. Judaism 9. Christianity 10. Islam 11. Sikhism 12. New Religious Movements 13. Religion at the Turn of the Century
Notes Glossary Credits Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Pat Fisher lives and writes in India. She is author of Religion in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge/Prentice-Hall, 1999) and co-author, with Lee Bailey, of An Anthology of Living Religions (Prentice-Hall, 2000).