Living Religions w/CD

by Fisher, Mary Pat

• ISBN13: 9780131933156
• ISBN10: 0131933159
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

KEY BENEFIT:Living Religionsis a sympathetic approach to what is living and significant in the worldrs"s major religious traditions and in various new movements that are arising.KEY TOPICS: This book provides a clear and straightforward account of the development, doctrines, and practices of the major faiths followed today. The emphasis throughout is on consciousness of believers and their own accounts of their religion and its relevance in contemporary life.MARKET: For professional theologians and others interested in the development of the major religions practiced today.

Table of Contents

Map: Religions of the world today	ii
Preface	xi
Teaching and learning resources	xiv
Religious Responses	1	(31)
Modes of encountering Unseen Reality	2	(3)
Understandings of Sacred Reality	5	(4)
Worship, symbol, and myth	9	(3)
Teaching Story: Descendants of the Eagle	12	(1)
Absolutist and liberal interpretations	13	(1)
Historical-critical study of scriptures	14	(1)
The encounter between science and religion	15	(5)
Women and the feminine in religions	20	(3)
The usefulness of religions	23	(4)
The negative side of organized religion	27	(1)
Box: Angels Weep	28	(1)
Suggested reading	29	(1)
Key terms	30	(1)
Study questions	30	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	31	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	31	(1)
Indigenous Sacred Ways	32	(37)
Understanding indigenous sacred ways	32	(4)
Cultural diversity	36	(2)
The circle of right relationships	38	(4)
Relationships with spirit	39	(3)
Yoruba Teaching Story: Osun and the Power of Woman	42	(6)
Kinship with all creation	42	(4)
Relationships with power	46	(2)
Spiritual specialists	48	(5)
Storytellers and other sacred roles	48	(3)
Mystical intermediaries	51	(2)
Living Indigenous Sacred Ways: An Interview with Nadezhda Ananyevna Stepanova	53	(2)
Group observances	55	(4)
Individual observances	58	(1)
Contemporary issues	59	(1)
Religion in Practice: The Sun Dance Way of Self-Sacrifice	60	(4)
Religion in Public Life: Winona Laduke	64	(2)
Suggested reading	66	(2)
Key terms	68	(1)
Study questions	68	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	68	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	68	(1)
Hinduism	69	(47)
Philosophical and metaphysical elements	70	(3)
Vedic age	71	(2)
Timeline	73	(2)
Major philosophical systems	75	(7)
Samkhya	76	(1)
Advaita Vedanta	76	(1)
Yoga	77	(5)
Living Hinduism: An Interview with Sarala Chakrabarty	82	(1)
Religious and ritual foundations	82	(8)
Saktas	83	(2)
Saivites	85	(1)
Vaishnavites	86	(2)
The epics and Puranas	88	(2)
Teaching Story: Hanuman, The Monkey Chief	90	(4)
The Hindu way of life	94	(12)
Rituals	94	(2)
Castes and social duties	96	(1)
Life stages	97	(1)
Home puja	98	(1)
The Guru	98	(2)
Fasts, prayers, and auspicious designs	100	(1)
Reverence of trees and rivers	100	(1)
Pilgrimages	101	(2)
Festivals	103	(3)
Hinduism in the modern world	106	(3)
Global Hinduism	108	(1)
Religion in Practice: Dharmic Principles: The Swadhyaya Movement	109	(3)
Hindu identity	110	(2)
Religion in Public Life: Dr Karan Singh	112	(1)
Suggested reading	113	(1)
Key terms	114	(1)
Study questions	115	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	115	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	115	(1)
Jainism	116	(13)
The Tirthankaras and ascetic orders	116	(2)
Freeing the soul: the ethical pillars	118	(3)
Karma	118	(1)
Ahimsa	119	(1)
Aparigraha	120	(1)
Religion in Practice: Jain Purification	121	(1)
Anekantwad	121	(1)
Spiritual practices	122	(2)
Teaching Story: The Story of Bahubali	124	(1)
World Jainism	125	(1)
Living Jainism: An Interview with Samani Charitra Prajna	126	(1)
Suggested reading	127	(1)
Key terms	128	(1)
Study questions	128	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	128	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	128	(1)
Buddhism	129	(47)
The life and legend of the Buddha	129	(3)
Timeline	132	(2)
The dharma	134	(6)
The basic facts of existence	135	(2)
The Eightfold Path of liberation	137	(1)
The wheel of birth and death	138	(2)
Teaching Story: The Great Ape Jataka Tale	140	(2)
Nirvana	141	(1)
Buddhism south and north	142	(5)
Theravada: the path of mindfulness	142	(5)
Devotional practices	147	(10)
Mahayana: the path of compassion and wisdom	150	(4)
Vajrayana: indestructible way to unity	154	(3)
Religion in Public Life: His Holiness the Dalai Lama	157	(2)
Zen: the great way of enlightenment	158	(1)
Box: Zen Oxherding Pictures	159	(4)
Pure Land: calling on Amida Buddha	161	(1)
Nichiren: salvation through the Lotus Sutra	162	(1)
Buddhism in the West	163	(1)
Living Buddhism: An Interview with Karma Lekshe Tsomo	164	(2)
Religion in Practice: Life in a Western Zen Monastery	166	(3)
Socially engaged Buddhism	169	(3)
Suggested reading	172	(2)
Key terms	174	(1)
Study questions	174	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	175	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	175	(1)
Daosim and Confucianism	176	(31)
Ancient traditions	176	(1)
Timeline	177	(2)
Daoism---the way of nature and immortality	179	(3)
Teaching of Daoist sages	180	(2)
Teaching Story: Three in the Morning	182	(9)
Organized Daosim	184	(4)
Daoism today	188	(3)
Confucianism---the practice of virtue	191	(11)
Master Kong's life	192	(2)
The Confucian virtues	194	(2)
Divergent followers of Confucius	196	(1)
The state cult	197	(2)
Confucianism under communism	199	(3)
Living Confucianism: An Interview with Ann-Ping Chin	202	(2)
Confucianism in East Asia	203	(1)
Suggested reading	204	(1)
Key terms	205	(1)
Study questions	206	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	206	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	206	(1)
Shinto	207	(15)
The essence of Shinto	207	(6)
Kinship and nature	207	(1)
Honoring the kami	208	(2)
Shrines	210	(1)
Ceremonies	211	(1)
Purification	212	(1)
Religion in Practice: Purification by Waterfall	213	(2)
Festivals	214	(1)
Buddhist and Confucian influences	215	(3)
State Shinto	216	(2)
Shinto today	218	(1)
Living Shinto: An Interview with Hitoshi Iwasaki	219	(1)
Suggested reading	220	(1)
Key terms	221	(1)
Study questions	221	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	221	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	221	(1)
ZOROASTRIANISM	222	(273)
Judaism	226	(58)
A history of the Jewish people	226	(2)
Biblical stories	227	(1)
Timeline	228	(10)
Teaching Story: From the Hebrew Bible---David and Goliath	238	(23)
Return to Jerusalem	240	(3)
Rabbinic Judaism	243	(5)
Judaism in the Middle Ages	248	(3)
Enlightenment	251	(1)
Kabbalah and Hasidism	251	(3)
American Judaism	254	(1)
The Holocaust	254	(3)
Zionism	257	(4)
Torah	261	(5)
The one God	262	(1)
Love for God	263	(1)
The sacredness of human life	263	(1)
Law	264	(1)
Suffering and faith	265	(1)
Sacred practices	266	(3)
Living Judaism: An Interview with Herman Taube	269	(1)
Holy days	270	(5)
Contemporary Judaism	275	(3)
Major branches today	275	(2)
Jewish feminism	277	(1)
Religion in Public Life: Senator Joseph Lieberman	278	(4)
Jewish renewal	279	(2)
Suggested reading	281	(1)
Key terms	282	(1)
Study questions	283	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	283	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	283	(1)
Christianity	284	(78)
The Christian Bible	284	(3)
The life and teachings of Jesus	287	(5)
Birth	287	(1)
Preparation	288	(2)
Ministry	290	(2)
Living Christianity: An Interview with David Vandiver	292	(2)
Teaching Story: The Good Samaritan	294	(1)
Timeline	295	(7)
Challenges to the authorities	296	(3)
Crucifixion	299	(2)
Resurrection	301	(1)
The Early Church	302	(8)
From persecution to empire	302	(3)
Evolving organization and theology	305	(4)
Early monasticism	309	(1)
The Eastern Orthodox Church	310	(2)
The history of the Orthodox Church	310	(1)
The Russian Orthodox Church	311	(1)
Relgion in Practice: Russian Orthodox Kenoticism	312	(6)
The Orthodox world today	315	(2)
Distinctive features of Orthodox spirituality	317	(1)
Medieval Roman Catholicism	318	(6)
Papal power	319	(3)
Intellectual revival and monasticism	322	(1)
Medieval mysticism	323	(1)
The Protestant Reformation	324	(5)
The Roman Catholic Reformation	329	(1)
The impact of the Enlightenment	330	(1)
The Second Vatican Council	331	(1)
Central beliefs in contemporary Christianity	332	(2)
Sacred practices	334	(1)
Religion in Practice: Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity	335	(11)
Worship services and sacraments	336	(3)
The liturgical year	339	(2)
Contemplative prayer	341	(2)
Devotion to Mary	343	(2)
Veneration of saints and angels	345	(1)
Contemporary trends	346	(9)
Evangelicalism	349	(1)
Charismatics	350	(1)
Cultural broadening	351	(1)
Liberation theology	352	(3)
Religion in Public Life: Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu	355	(4)
Feminist theology	356	(1)
Creation-centered Christianity	357	(1)
Ecumenical movement	358	(1)
Suggested reading	359	(1)
Key terms	360	(1)
Study questions	361	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	361	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	361	(1)
Islam	362	(55)
The Prophet Muhammad	362	(2)
Timeline	364	(5)
Teaching Story: The Humility of the Prophet	369	(1)
The Qur'an	370	(2)
The central teachings	372	(2)
The Oneness of God and of humanity	372	(1)
Prophethood and the compass of Islam	373	(1)
Religion in Public Life: Farid Esack	374	(4)
Human relationship to the divine	375	(1)
The unseen life	376	(1)
The Last Judgment	376	(2)
The Sunni--Shi'a split	378	(3)
Sunnis	378	(2)
Shi'a	380	(1)
The Five Pillars and Jihad	381	(7)
Belief and witness	381	(1)
Daily prayers	381	(1)
Zakat	382	(1)
Fasting	383	(1)
Hajj	383	(3)
Jihad	386	(2)
Sufism	388	(4)
The spread of Islam	392	(4)
Islamic culture	394	(2)
Living Islam: An Interview with Khaled Aly Khaled	396	(3)
Eastward expansion	397	(2)
Relationships with the West	399	(4)
Islam in the United States	401	(2)
Muslim resurgence	403	(10)
Tradition and modern life	404	(2)
Outreach and education	406	(1)
Islam in politics	407	(5)
Islam for the future	412	(1)
Suggested reading	413	(2)
Key terms	415	(1)
Study questions	415	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	416	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	416	(1)
Sikhism	417	(23)
The sant tradition	417	(1)
Guru Nanak	418	(2)
The succession of Gurus	420	(2)
Teaching Story: Guru Arjun Dev's Devotion	422	(4)
Central beliefs	426	(4)
Sacred practices	430	(1)
Religion in Public Life: His Holiness Baba Virsa Singh	431	(2)
Sikhism today	433	(2)
Living Sikhism: An Interview with G. S. Jauhal	435	(2)
Suggested reading	437	(1)
Key terms	438	(1)
Study questions	438	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	439	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	439	(1)
New Religious Movements	440	(36)
Social context of new religious movements	440	(2)
Apocalyptic and millennial expectations	442	(8)
Catastrophic millennialism	443	(4)
Progressive millennial movements	447	(3)
Living New Religions: An Interview with Ursula McLackland	450	(2)
Supernatural powers and revelations	452	(1)
Offshoots of older religions	453	(3)
Mormon Church	453	(3)
Radhasoami	456	(1)
Combinations of older religions	456	(3)
Nature spirituality	459	(4)
Revival of old models	459	(2)
Deep ecology	461	(2)
Universalist religions	463	(3)
Theosophical Society	463	(1)
Baha'i	464	(2)
Religion in Practice: The Baha'i Model for Governance of the World	466	(2)
New Age spirituality	468	(2)
Opposition to new religious movements	470	(2)
Will new religious movements last?	472	(1)
Suggested reading	473	(1)
Key terms	474	(1)
Study questions	475	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	475	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	475	(1)
Religion in the Twenty-First Century	476	(19)
Religious pluralism	476	(5)
Hardening of religious boundaries	477	(4)
Interfaith movement	481	(1)
Box: Control of the Mind	482	(1)
Responses to other faiths	483	(1)
Box: Guidelines for Inter-Religious Understanding	483	(4)
Interfaith initiatives	484	(3)
Teaching Story: The Frog in the Well	487	(1)
Religion and social issues	488	(1)
Religion in Public Life: Jimmy Carter	489	(1)
Religion and materialism	490	(1)
Religion and the future of humanity	491	(1)
Suggested reading	492	(1)
Key terms	493	(1)
Study questions	494	(1)
Time Special Edition articles	494	(1)
Research Navigator.com tools	494	(1)
Notes	495	(12)
Glossary	507	(9)
Timeline	516	(2)
Index	518	(9)
Credits	527