Name: The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Religions, 3rd Edition
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Opening Up to Other Traditions	p. 1
Why Learn About Other Faiths?	p. 3
"I Read the News Today, Oh Boy"	p. 3
Catching Up with the Constitution	p. 4
Then and Now	p. 5
How This Book Can Help	p. 6
"I Don't Have to Bother with This! I'm an Agnostic (or: an Atheist)!"	p. 7
"Hey, This Sounds Familiar!"	p. 7
The Academic Obstacle	p. 8
Beyond Fear	p. 8
Lots of Different Names, Some Familiar Ideas	p. 11
This Just In ...	p. 11
Ancient Truths	p. 12
Humanity and the Eternal	p. 13
Interconnectedness with All Creation	p. 15
Beyond Words, Beyond Mind	p. 16
One More Thing	p. 18
Speaking Softly and Dropping the Stick	p. 21
Non-Sectarian Knees	p. 22
Six Ways to Alienate Someone Whose Faith Is Unfamiliar to You (and What to Do Instead)	p. 23
Ask Questions!	p. 25
And Now, a Word from the Federal Government	p. 26
The Best Advice: Don't Pretend to Have All the Answers	p. 27
When in Doubt, Repeat: "We're All in the Same Boat"	p. 27
Judaism	p. 29
The Roots of Judaism	p. 31
The Hebrews	p. 31
The Kingdom and the Dispersion	p. 34
The Prophets	p. 35
Fundamental Precepts	p. 36
In Depth: Some Key Aspects of Judaism	p. 37
Modern Jewish Experience	p. 41
Reactions to the Modern World	p. 42
The Orthodox Tradition	p. 43
Conservative Judaism	p. 44
Reform Judaism	p. 45
The Pressures of the Outside World	p. 45
Two Extraordinary Modern Events	p. 48
Jewish Ritual and Celebration	p. 51
Life: The Ultimate Religious Ceremony	p. 51
Dietary Laws	p. 53
What Happens in the Service?	p. 53
Shabbat	p. 54
Major Observances	p. 54
Life Rituals	p. 57
Judaism and the Afterlife	p. 59
Beware of Generalizations!	p. 59
What Jewish People Believe	p. 60
A Stark Contrast	p. 61
Breaking Down Barriers to Judaism	p. 63
Zionism Equals Judaism	p. 63
The Jewish People Are Guilty of Deicide	p. 64
Judaism Views Women in a Negative Way	p. 65
"Judeo-Christian" Means, Basically, "Christian"	p. 66
Judaism is Monolithic	p. 66
Christianity	p. 69
Christian Beginnings	p. 71
The Man at the Center of the Faith	p. 71
Mystery	p. 74
Christianity in the World	p. 75
Peter and Paul--and Beyond	p. 76
Development, Conflict, and Acceptance	p. 76
Beyond the Divisions	p. 79
The Many Christian Denominations	p. 81
Roman Catholicism	p. 81
The Orthodox Church	p. 86
Protestantism	p. 88
Faith, Not Works	p. 89
Other Major Denominations	p. 90
Different Drummers: "Distinctive" Protestant Movements	p. 91
The Quilt of Many Squares	p. 92
Christian Celebration	p. 95
Advent	p. 95
Christmas	p. 96
Lent	p. 97
Palm Sunday	p. 98
Good Friday	p. 99
Easter	p. 99
Pentecost	p. 99
The Feast of the Assumption	p. 100
New Year	p. 100
Is That It?	p. 101
Christianity and the Afterlife	p. 103
The Day of Judgment	p. 103
Where Are Human Beings Sent After They Die?	p. 104
What Will Win Success in the Afterlife?	p. 107
What Is Heaven Like? What Is Hell Like?	p. 108
What Will Happen to Christians Who Are Still Alive on Earth at the Time of the Second Coming?	p. 109
The Eternal Reward	p. 110
Breaking Down Barriers to Christianity	p. 113
The Myth of Christian Unanimity	p. 113
Only Catholics Practice Confession	p. 114
Christianity Condemns Homosexuals	p. 115
All Christians Believe That Their Version of Christianity Is the Only True Religion	p. 117
Catholics Believe the Pope to Be Infallible in All His Pronouncements	p. 117
The Modern Mormon Church Permits or Encourages Polygamy	p. 117
Islam	p. 119
The Early History of Islam	p. 121
The Deen of the Prophet	p. 122
Who Was Muhammad?	p. 123
"The God"	p. 124
The Man Who Wouldn't Go Away	p. 124
The Migration	p. 125
The Qur'an	p. 126
The Five Pillars	p. 128
Expansion and Evolution	p. 129
After Muhammad	p. 131
The Islamic Empire	p. 131
The Word	p. 133
The Sunni Muslims	p. 134
The Shia Muslims	p. 134
The Sufis	p. 136
Ramadan and Other Observances	p. 139
Day by Day	p. 139
Important Islamic Life Rituals	p. 141
Ramadan	p. 143
Other Important Islamic Holy Days	p. 143
Islam and the Afterlife	p. 145
The Trial	p. 146
The Reckoning	p. 147
A Reminder to Humanity	p. 147
Destinations	p. 148
Non-Muslims and the Afterlife	p. 149
Islam on Death and Dying	p. 150
Following the Example of the Prophet	p. 152
Breaking Down Barriers to Islam	p. 153
A Global Phenomenon	p. 154
Muslim Equals Arab	p. 154
Stereotypes Concerning the "Sword of Islam"	p. 155
Jihad	p. 157
Islam Degrades and Oppresses Women	p. 158
The Qur'an Advocates the Slaughter of Unbelievers	p. 159
Hinduism	p. 163
That Old Time Religion	p. 165
No Founder	p. 165
The Indus Valley Civilization	p. 167
One and Many	p. 168
The Vedic Period	p. 168
The Faith Develops: Circles of Life	p. 169
Hindu Philosophy	p. 170
Social Realities	p. 171
Hindu Beliefs	p. 173
God's Many Faces	p. 175
One God, Many Gods	p. 175
Having It Both Ways	p. 178
The Big Picture	p. 178
A Brief Introduction	p. 178
Respect for Life and Personal Growth	p. 183
Life and Death	p. 183
"Watch Out for Rebirth"	p. 184
Religion, Religion Everywhere	p. 185
Where's the Sabbath?	p. 185
Temples and Homes	p. 186
Celebrations	p. 187
Life Rituals	p. 187
Hinduism and the Afterlife	p. 189
Exiting the Body	p. 189
Moving On: Embracing the Death Experience	p. 190
Death Rituals in Hinduism	p. 191
Breaking Down Barriers to Hinduism	p. 193
Hinduism Is a Polytheistic Religion	p. 194
Hindus Are Idol Worshippers	p. 194
Hinduism Promotes Social Discrimination and the Exploitation of the Poor	p. 195
Buddhism	p. 197
The Prince Who Left the Palace: Buddhist Origins and Doctrine	p. 199
The Legend of the Buddha	p. 200
Nirvana (Before It Was a Rock Band)	p. 201
Beyond Substance	p. 203
Gods	p. 204
Teaching, Living, Dying	p. 205
Mahayana and All That	p. 207
After the Buddha	p. 207
The Two Schools of Buddhism	p. 208
Tibetan Buddhism	p. 212
Zen and Other Buddhist Schools Popular in the West	p. 215
What Is the Sound of Zen Beginning?	p. 215
Bodhidharma Gets Things Started	p. 216
"Original Mind"	p. 217
Two Schools	p. 217
Next Stop: Japan	p. 218
Other Buddhist Sects	p. 219
Celebrations	p. 220
Buddhism and the Afterlife	p. 223
The Cycle of Life	p. 223
Karma and Death	p. 224
What's the Focus?	p. 225
Breaking Down Barriers to Buddhism	p. 227
Buddhists Worship Buddha as Christians Worship Jesus	p. 228
Overemphasizing Reincarnation	p. 228
Buddhism Is Masochistic	p. 229
All Buddhists Look at Meditation in the Same Way	p. 229
Buddhists Hate Life	p. 230
Nature, Man, and Society: Other Asian Traditions	p. 231
Confucianism: Human Relations 101	p. 233
Who Was He?	p. 234
Five Interactions	p. 234
Opposition, Departure, Return	p. 235
The Analects	p. 235
Other Literary Stuff	p. 236
After the Master	p. 238
Confucianism Tops the Charts	p. 239
New Confucianism	p. 240
The Changing, Changeless Way of Confucius	p. 240
Taoism: The Effortless Path	p. 243
"Not to Be Impolite, But ..."	p. 243
Wow: The Tao!	p. 247
Who Founded Taoism?	p. 248
Back and Forth with Buddhism	p. 249
How Has Taoism Expressed Itself?	p. 250
It Caught On!	p. 250
Shinto: Harmony and Clarity	p. 253
Shinto: The Basics	p. 253
Two Big Dates	p. 255
The Heart of Shinto	p. 256
Core Beliefs	p. 258
A Binding Force	p. 259
Old Paths, New Paths	p. 261
Ancient Creeds	p. 263
Ancient Egyptian Worship	p. 264
Ancient Greek Worship	p. 267
Ancient Mayan Worship	p. 270
Ancient Druidic Worship	p. 272
Ancient Aztec Worship	p. 275
Nonscriptural Nature Religions	p. 279
Inside, Outside	p. 280
Ideas That Stay	p. 281
Huna Kupua	p. 283
African Traditions	p. 284
Native American Traditions	p. 286
New Religious Movements	p. 289
What Is a "New Religion"?	p. 289
Seven New Faiths ... and a Movement	p. 290
The Nation of Islam	p. 291
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness	p. 293
Transcendental Meditation	p. 295
Neo-Paganism	p. 296
The Baha'i Faith	p. 300
Santeria	p. 302
Rastafarianism	p. 303
The New Age Movement	p. 304
Additional New Religious Practices	p. 304
Mystic Voices	p. 309
Let the Mystics Do the Talking	p. 310
The Kabbalah	p. 310
Sufism	p. 312
The Christian Mystic Tradition: Thomas a Kempis	p. 313
Religious Extremism in the Twenty-First Century	p. 317
The Hand of Blind Rage	p. 317
A Global Phenomenon	p. 318
So What Is the Answer?	p. 321
Big Questions	p. 323
War and Peace	p. 323
Judaism on Euthanasia and Suicide	p. 329
Christianity on Euthanasia and Suicide	p. 330
Islam on Euthanasia and Suicide	p. 330
Buddhism on Euthanasia and Suicide	p. 331
Hinduism on Euthanasia and Suicide	p. 331
Thoughts on Abortion	p. 332
All Down in Black and White	p. 333
Scripture as a Meeting Place	p. 334
The Limits of Language (Holy or Not)	p. 334
A Sense of Purpose	p. 336
The Importance of Resolution	p. 337
Loving Others as Ourselves	p. 337
The Almighty as Protector and Sustainer	p. 338
Constant Praise to the Almighty	p. 339
Striving Toward the Infinite	p. 340
Suffering and Death	p. 341
Appendixes
Fellow Travelers	p. 343
Scriptures to Keep You Company	p. 353
Timelines of Major World Religions	p. 359
The Names of God	p. 367
Glossary	p. 379
Index	p. 389
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