Anatomy of the Sacred An Introduction to Religion
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9780136003809
- ISBN10:
013600380X
- Edition: 6th
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 2008-07-21
- Publisher: Pearson
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Summary
This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in the study of religion, (2) examines the universal forms of religious experience, (3) offers a cross-cultural study of a broad range of classic types of religious belief and practice in terms of the seven basic concepts of a religious world view, and (4) surveys the challenges faced by religions today.
Table of Contents
| Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion, 6th Edition | |
| The Study of Religion | |
| What is Religion? | |
| Ways of Studying Religion | |
| Universal Forms of Religious Experience and Expression | |
| The Sacred and the Holy | |
| Sacred Symbol, Myth, and Doctrine | |
| Sacred Ritual | |
| Sacred Scripture | |
| Society and the Sacred: The Social Formations and Transformations of Religion | |
| Universal Components of a Religious Worldview | |
| Deity: Concepts of the Divine and Ultimate Reality | |
| Cosmogony: Origins of the Natural and Social Order | |
| Views of the Human Problem | |
| Theodicy: Encountering Evil | |
| Ethics: Patterns of Moral Action | |
| Soteriology: Ways and Goals of Salvation and Liberation | |
| The Sacred and The Secular in Modernity | |
| Secularization - New Religious Revitalization Movements - COntemporary Religious Fundamentalism | |
| Contemporary Challenges to Traditional Religion: The Status and the Roles of Women - Relations Between Religion and the State | |
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