Download or read book Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions written by Frank Whaling and published by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive outline of spiritual concepts from prehistory to the present"--Cover.
Download or read book Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions written by Rosemary Goring and published by Chambers. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More comprehensive than any other single volume reference on this subject, the dictionary covers all the world's major religions and beliefs, both current and historical. With 2,900 concise and informative entries, the dictionary spans all periods and places. It provides coverage of today's Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, along with the rites of ancient civilizations, as well as less mainstream beliefs such as scientology and pantheism. Supplements include a subject index, a calendar of festivals, and a chart detailing the population distribution of the major faiths.
Download or read book Chambers Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Reli written by Hodder & Stoughton and published by Chambers. This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islam and Other Major World Religions written by Kaiyume Baksh and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for the average reader who would like a general introduction to the world's major religions with an emphasis on Islam. All organized religions assume the existence of God as the Creator of the universe and all things in it. The first chapter, Is There a God?, inclines toward this belief and sets the stage for the next five chapters, each on a major world religion. The chapters Angels, Miracles, and Reincarnation reflect mainly the viewpoints of these religions. The main focus, however, is on Islam. Toward this end the penultimate chapter, Is the Qur'an God's Word? attempts to answer this question in the affirmative, while the final chapter is devoted to two views within Islam regarding the all-important topic of Life after Death. The first is the majority-held view regarding belief in a soul-body dualism, while the second view holds that there is no soul, only a body. Overall, the intent is to provide a springboard for further reading and discussion by the interested reader.
Download or read book The Concise Dictionary of Religion written by Irving Hexham and published by Regent College Publishing. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dictionary of Religion written by William Benham and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Religion written by Ramesh Chopra and published by . This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present publication is an up-to-date, authentic and comprehensive dictionary of religion, which recognises that religion is a field in its own right and with its own language. It aims to provide clear, concise, and correct definitions and descriptions of the terms used in all world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Shintoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Animism and so on. This work is designed to be a comprehensive reference tool for researchers, students, religious practitioners and all who are interested in religions and religious practices. It is earnestly hoped that it will be an authoritative source to which one can turn with confidence for meaning and knowledge of the common and specialised terms used in world religions.
Download or read book The Study of Religion written by George D. Chryssides and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated textbook unravels the complex issues related to methodology and theory in the study of religion. It equips students with the knowledge needed for the academic study of religion, explaining the history of the methodology, including ideas of key theorists, and discusses key issues in the field, such as gender, phenomenology, and the insider/outsider discourse. Updated throughout, additional material includes: -New chapter on colonialism and post-colonialism -New chapter on insider/outsider discourse -Coverage of 'cyber-religion' and the internet as a research tool in religious studies Study and classroom features in each chapter include: -Chapter outlines -Case studies -Boxed key concepts -Discussion questions -Chapter bibliographies The text is illustrated throughout with 35 images, and extra resources can be found online, including additional coverage of 'levels of religion'.
Download or read book Philosophy written by Hans E. Bynagle and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly reorganized, up-to-date overview of key reference works in philosophy, reflects a veritable explosion of reference sources, both print and online, published over the past decade. Nearly 300 of the 700+ entries consist of new material, with an additional 50 entries substantially revised and updated. English-language sources are emphasized, but important non-English works are also well represented. For professional philosophers, philosophy educators, students from beginning to graduate, and librarians. This guide represents a substantial updating and complete re-organization of the author's 1997 Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature, 2nd edition (1st edition, 1986). It reflects a veritable explosion of reference sources, both print and online, in the field of philosophy over the past decade. Nearly 300 entries (or 40 percent) are entirely new. An additional 50 or so entries have substantial revisions recording new editions, changes in serial publications, series, and websites, or additional volumes completed in multi-volume sets. In addition, it has been entirely re-organized along topical lines. Each of its twenty-three chapters is divided into four sections: (1) general sources, (2) history of philosophy, (3) branches of philosophy, and (4) miscellanea. This new arrangement accords better with the greatly expanded range of philosophy reference sources and makes it easier for the user to identify related sources of different types (bibliographies, dictionaries, web gateways, etc.) on the same topic. Like its predecessor Guide to Reference Sources in Philosophy, the 3rd edition aims to serve a diverse audience of professional philosophers, philosophy educators, students from beginning to graduate, and librarians. All entries include generous annotations that are often evaluative as well as descriptive. English-language sources are emphasized, but non-English works important to researchers or of interest to users with facility in other languages are also well-represented.
Download or read book The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion written by Jonathan Z. Smith and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers more than three thousand articles on the world of religion.
Download or read book Authentic Knowing written by Imants Barušs and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the meaning of life? Where does everything come from? Why is anything? In Authentic Knowing, Imants Baruss shows us how we might transform ourselves so that we can come closer to answering these existential questions. Baruss argues persuasively that our knowledge is limited by the interpretations of experiences provided by the society around us. These include the materialistic explanations belonging to a traditional scientific worldview, which can account for neither the nature of matter nor anomalous phenomena, such as near-death experiences. However, authenticity, the effort to act on the basis of one's own understanding, can form the basis for answers to existential and scientific questions.
Download or read book Concise Dictionary of Religion written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wordsworth Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions written by Rosemary Goring and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dictionary of Religion an Encyclopedia of Christian and Other Religious Doctrines Denominations Sects Heresies Ecclesiastical Terms History Biography Etc Etc written by William Benham and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book GLOSSARY OF BUDDHISM written by Various Authors and published by Fivestar. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised and expanded edition of The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism, which first appeared a year ago. The text is a compendium of excerpts and quotations from some 350 works by monks, nuns, professors, scholars and other laypersons from nine different countries, in their own words or in translation. The editors have merely organized the material, adding a few connecting thoughts of their own for ease in reading.
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Download or read book International Handbook of Inter religious Education written by Kath Engebretson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 1173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook is based on the conviction of its editors and contributing authors that understanding and acceptance of, as well as collaboration between religions has essential educational value. The development of this Handbook rests on the f- ther assumption that interreligious education has an important role in elucidating the global demand for human rights, justice, and peace. Interreligious education reveals that the creeds and holy books of the world’s religions teach about sp- itual systems that reject violence and the individualistic pursuit of economic and political gain, and call their followers to compassion for every human being. It also seeks to lead students to an awareness that the followers of religions across the world need to be, and to grow in, dialogical relationships of respect and understa- ing. An essential aim of interreligious education is the promotion of understanding and engagement between people of different religions and, therefore, it has great potential to contribute to the common good of the global community. Interreligious education has grown from the interfaith movement, whose beg- ning is usually identi?ed with the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893. This was the ?rst time in history that leaders of the eastern and we- ern religions had come together for dialogue, and to consider working together for global unity.
