World Religions

by Cichon-Mulcrone, Colleen; Wilt, Michael; Yu-Phelps, Jonathan; Brodd, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780884897262
• ISBN10: 0884897265
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: St Marys Pr

Summary

The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism has judged that the text falls outside the scope of the types of materials they review for conformity to the Catechism. * "Why do Muslims face Mecca to pray? Why do Buddhists chant?" The major religions of the world are a mystery to many high school teens. Now you can help them unlock the doors of these traditions with our new text, World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery. The book is an introductory survey that helps eleventh and twelfth graders understand the people, dimensions, and religious principles of the world's major religions.The teaching manual, by authors Jonathan Yu-Phelps and Michael Wilt (edited by Colleen Cichon-Mulcrone), provides additional background information and employs student-centered active-learning strategies. Classroom lesson plans include small-group activities, role-play situations and skits, case studies, suggestions for interviews and guest speakers, recommendations for audiovisual resources, writing activities, Internet-based activities, and research projects. *The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism reviews only materials which are catechetical in nature and which teach the beliefs, practices, and doctrine of the Catholic Faith. World Religions falls outside the scope of the types of materials the Committee reviews. This text outlines the basic beliefs and practices of the major religions of the world, taking a comparative approach, as do most texts on this topic, to identify the distinctive elements of the various religions. This edition of World Religions, however, also includes a very important forward that introduces "The Roman Catholic Church and Non-Christian Religions," and references documents of the Second Vatican Council. This forward explains the Catholic viewpoint on the importance of learning about and coming to a basic understanding of the other major religions of the world.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to World Religions	9	(18)
Teaching Strategies
Studying the World's Religions	27	(6)
Primal Religious Traditions:	33	(15)
What Harm Is in Our Sun Dance?	47	(1)
Hinduism	48	(21)
Tell Me More About This Self	62	(1)
Teacher Evaluation: The Game of Samsara	63	(1)
Peer Evaluation: The Game of Samsara	64	(1)
The Fruits of Action	65	(1)
The Master and the Untouchable	66	(1)
Karma Marga: ``The Path of Works''	67	(1)
``The Dance of Love''	68	(1)
Buddhism	69	(26)
The First Sermon at Deer Park	86	(2)
The Lion, the Elephant, and the Merchants' Cries	88	(1)
Right Meditation	89	(1)
Right Speech	90	(1)
The Fasting Siddhartha	91	(1)
Objects Used in Tibetan Rituals	92	(1)
Monks	93	(1)
Kuan-Yin	94	(1)
Jainism	95	(10)
The Biographies of the Tirthankaras	104	(1)
Sikhism	105	(10)
The Ten Gurus of Sikhism	113	(1)
The Sikh Khalsa	114	(1)
Confucianism	115	(12)
Confucius Says	124	(2)
Chinese Calligraphy	126	(1)
Taoism	127	(9)
Who Is the Sage?	135	(1)
Zen Buddhism	136	(12)
The Riddler	144	(1)
Koans: Food for Intuition	145	(1)
``The Sound of One Hand''	146	(1)
The Haiku of Basho	147	(1)
Shinto	148	(7)
``The Canticle of Brother Sun''	154	(1)
Ancestors of the West	155	(12)
A Zoroastrian Symbol	165	(1)
Greek and Roman Gods Today	166	(1)
Judaism	167	(20)
Rings of Interpretation	181	(1)
Wisdom from a Hasidic Master	182	(1)
Elie Wiesel: An Eloquent Voice from the Holocaust	183	(2)
Miriam's Shabbat	185	(2)
Christianity	187	(15)
Images of Jesus	200	(1)
``In the Beginning Was the Word''	201	(1)
Islam	202	(15)
The Story of Noah	212	(1)
The Ninety-nine Names of God	213	(2)
Wisdom from the Sufi Masters	215	(2)
Religion in the Modern World	217
An Interreligious Interview	230	(2)
Teacher Evaluation: An Interreligious Interview	232	(3)
Appendices
1. Sample Test Questions	235	(56)
2. Audiovisual Recommendations	291	(9)
3. For Further Reading	300	(11)
4. The Comparative Study of Religions	311	(13)
5. Worldviews: Religions and Their Relatives	324