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Scriptures of the World's Religions James Fieser

Scriptures of the World's Religions By James Fieser

Scriptures of the World's Religions by James Fieser

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An anthology that gathers together many of the world's most influential sacred texts. It includes chapters on the twelve major religious traditions, and two additional chapters on indigenous religious practices. With comprehensive introductions, it emphasizes the religion's founders, central doctrines, and historical development.

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Scriptures of the World's Religions by James Fieser

Scriptures of the World's Religions, third edition is an anthology that gathers together many of the world's most influential sacred texts. This leading book includes chapters on the twelve major religious traditions today, plus two additional chapters on indigenous religious practices. With comprehensive introductions in each chapter, the selected writings emphasize the religion's founders, central doctrines, and historical development. The translated texts in this collection are stylistically clear and up-to-date, many of which were translated specifically for this book. The selections vary in length from a few paragraphs to 10 pages. It can be used in a wide range of courses including introduction to religion.

About James Fieser

James Fieser is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He received his B.A. from Berea College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Purdue University. He is author, co-author or editor of ten textbooks, including Philosophy: A Historical Survey with Essential Readings (9/e 2014), Scriptures of the World's Religions (5/e 2014), Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong (7/e 2012), Business Ethics and the Bottom Line (2012), A Historical Introduction to Philosophy (2003), and Moral Philosophy through the Ages (2001). He has edited and annotated the ten-volume Early Responses to Hume (2/e 2005) and the five-volume Scottish Common Sense Philosophy (2000). He is founder and general editor of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy web site (www.iep.utm.edu). His personal website can be accessed at www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser. John Powers is Professor of Asian Studies in the School of Culture, History, and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. He received a BA from the College of the Holy Cross, an MA from McMaster University, and a PhD from the University of Virginia. He is the author of fourteen books and more than sixty articles, including A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009); History as Propaganda: Tibetan Exiles versus the Peoples Republic of China (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004); and Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2007). He teaches courses on Buddhism, contemporary India, methodology for Asian Studies, and Asian Religions.

Table of Contents

PrefaceHINDUISMIntroductionVedasVedanta: The Upanisads and their CommentariesYogaPuranas and EpicsDevotional LiteratureTreatises on DharmaJAINISMIntroductionJaina scripturesBUDDHISMIntroductionThe Life of the BuddhaPali CanonMahayana ScripturesTibetan Buddhist ScripturesChinese and Japanese Buddhist ScripturesSIKHISMIntroductionSikh ScripturesCONFUCIANISMIntroductionConfucian ScripturesDAOISMIntroductionDaoist ScripturesSHINTOIntroductionShinto ScripturesAUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGIONIntroductionAustralian Aboriginal MythsZOROASTRIANISMIntroductionThe AvestaPahlavi WritingsZurvan WritingsJUDAISMIntroductionBooks of MosesConquest and United KingdomDivided Kingdom and ExilePost-Exilic WritingsRabbinic WritingsMedieval JudaismRecent MovementsOrthodox Judaism: Service Prayer for Day of AtonementCHRISTIANITYIntroductionJesus' Birth and MinistryJesus' DeathNew Testament ChurchNon-Canonical GospelsEarly Statements of FaithChurch Fathers, Saints, and MysticsThe Rule of Saint BenedictThe Council of TrentProtestant Statements of FaithRecent Sectarian MovementsISLAMIntroductionQur'an: Muhammad in MeccaQur'an: Muhammad in MedinaHadithSunni and Shi'i WritingsSufi WritingsBAHA'I FAITHIntroductionThe BabBaha'u'llahAbdu'l-BahaShoghi EffendiUniversal House of JusticeINDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF THE WESTIntroductionAfricaWar of the Gods: Yoruba MythAmerica

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CIN0073535842G
9780073535845
0073535842
Scriptures of the World's Religions by James Fieser
James Fieser
Used - Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2011-04-01
560
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