Introducing World Religions

2. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-032-81651-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

This second edition of Introducing World Religions continues to offer a pioneering approach to the study of world religions.

Taking its inspiration from performance studies and using an innovative dramatic metaphor, the book enables students to explore religious ideas and cultures in terms of the players (key figures), the script (basic, support, and challenge “textures”), and performances (religious practices). The new edition has been thoroughly updated and offers fresh discussions on deconstructive analysis and postcolonial theory, alongside relevant interpretative tools from established comparative studies. It presents workable concepts through both religionist and reductionist perspectives, as it introduces a stereoscopic view for the history of religions. Specially designed textbook features include:

- chapter timelines showing key persons, events, and dates for context

- themed boxes to encourage methodological enquiry and explore cutting-edge case studies

- key point chapter summaries to support understanding and revision

- study questions to assist large and small group discussions

- illustrative images and figures with engaging captions

- glossary of key concepts and terms to build a body of knowledge

- key reading, a comprehensive bibliography, and index for reference

Ideal for one-semester or modular introductory survey courses, Introducing World Religions continues to be essential reading for students of religions worldwide.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kennick, Victoria

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Approaching Religious Traditions  2. Expressive Traditions of Oceania  3. Mazdean Traditions  4. Judaic Traditions  5. Christian Traditions  6. Islamic Traditions  7. Bahá’í Traditions  8. Jain Traditions  9. Buddhist Traditions  10. Hindu Traditions  11. Sikh Traditions  12. Chinese Dàoist and Confucian Traditions  13. Shinto Traditions  14. The Challenge of Religions

Über Autor(innen)

Victoria Kennick is an independent scholar whose PhD came through The Committee on the History of Culture at the University of Chicago. After four degrees from that institution, Kennick spent decades teaching undergraduates a wide spectrum of religious traditions and devised graduate courses and written works to explore cross-cultural strategies of interpretation. Methodological inquiry begun in the doctoral thesis on Tibetan Buddhist biography matured into a stereoscopic view for the history of religions that balances analysis from the human and social sciences.