We're sorry, but eCampus.com doesn't work properly without JavaScript.
Either your device does not support JavaScript or you do not have JavaScript enabled.
How to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Need help? Call 1-855-252-4222
120-day digital access to one eTextbook on Pearson+
Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Purchase Benefits
7-Day eTextbook Access
What is included with this book?
The World’s Religions provides an orientation to the study of religion.
Surveying the stages of development, worldviews, and current situations of the major world religions, this text discusses the ways these religions respond to contemporary ethical issues. It also presents a sampling of new religious movements and looks to the possible ways the world's religions may interact in the 21st century. Its distinctive “framework for understanding” religious worldviews allows readers to compare and contrast the teachings of religions objectively.
Teaching and Learning Experience
0205949428 / 9780205949427 World's Religions, The Plus NEW MyReligionLab with eText -- Access Card Package
Package consists of:
0205871429 / 9780205871421 NEW MyReligionLab with Pearson eText -- Valupack Access Card
0205917615 / 9780205917617 World's Religions, The
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. Brief Table of Contents
Part One: Introduction
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Religions and the Study of Religion
Part Two: The Wold’s Religions—Histories and Worldviews
Chapter 2: Indigenous Religions—Quest for Harmony
Chapter 3: Hinduism—Many Paths to the Summit
Chapter 4: Theravada Buddhism—The Middle Way
Chapter 5: Jainism—The Way of Noninjury
Chapter 6: Daoism—The Way of Nature
Chapter 7: Confucianism—The Way of Virtue
Chapter 8: Mahayana Buddhism (The Great Vehicle) and Vajrayana Buddhism (The Thunderbolt Vehicle)
Chapter 9: Shinto—The Way of Kami
Chapter 10: Judaism—The Way of Torah
Chapter 11: Christianity—The Way of Jesus Christ
Chapter 12: Islam—The Way of Submission to Allah
Chapter 13: Sikhism—The Way of the Guru
Chapter 14: The New Religious Movements—Renewal and Innovation
Part 3: The World’s Religions and Contemporary Ethical Issues
Chapter 15: The Ecological and Economic Crises—Humans and Resources
Chapter 16: War and Capital Punishment—Society and Violence
Chapter 17: Abortion and Euthanasia—Life and Death
Chapter 18: Gender and Sexual Orientation—Roles and Identity
Part 5: Conclusion
Chapter 19: The Future of the World’s Religions
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
What Is Religion?
Why Are People Religious?
Why So Many Religions?
Why Is the Study of Religion So Important in the Twenty-First Century?
What Is the Relationship Between Science and Religion?
How Might Religion Be Studied?
How Will We Study the World’s Religions?
Looking Ahead: An Overview of the Rest of the Text
An Orientation to Indigenous Peoples and Their Religions
The Yoruba of West Africa
The Oglala Lakota (Souix) of the Great Plains of North America
The Continuing Impact of Indigenous Religions in the Twnty-First Century
An Orientation to South and Southeast Asia
Stages of Development and Sacred Texts
The Hindu Worldview
Hinduism in the Twenty-First Century
The Theravada Buddhist Worldview
Theravada Buddhism in the Twenty-First Century
The Jain Worldview
Jainism in the Twenty-First Century
An Orientation to East Asia
Daoism: The Way of Nature
The Confucian Worldview
Confucianism and Other Religions in the People’s Republic of China
A Brief History of Korea and Japan
Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in East Asia
Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Theravada Buddhism Contrasted
Major Mahayana Schools in East Asia
Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet
Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism in the Twenty-First Century
The Shinto Worldview
Religion in Twenty-First-Century Japan and Korea
An Orientation to the Middle East
Judaism: The Way of Torah
The Christian Worldview
Christianity in the Twenty-First Century
The Islamic Worldview
Islam in the Twenty-First Century
The Sikh Worldview
Sikhism in the Twenty-First Century
Preparing for the End: Apocalyptic New Religious Movements
Faith and Spirit: New Religious Movements of Healing and Awareness
Reviving the Church: Christian New Religious Movements of Renewal
Nature and Spirit: Earth-Based and Ecological New Religious Movements
Liberation and Enlightenment: New Religious Movements with Asian Roots
African-American and Afro-Caribbean New Religious Movements
Native American New Religious Movements
Focusing on the Human and the Natural: Secular New Religious Movements
The Quest for Unity: Universalist New Religious Movements
The Ecological Crisis: Is the Balance of Life on Planet Earth in Jeopardy?
The Economic Crisis: Why Hunger and Abject Poverty in a World of Plenty?
War: When, If Ever is War Justified
Capital Punishement: When May the State Take a Criminal’s Life?
Abortion: Right to Life or Right to Choose?
Euthanasia: A “Good Death” or “Playing God”?
The Changing Roles of Women: Liberation or Confusion?
Homosexuality: Orientation, Preference, or Perversion?
How the World’s Religions Will Relate to One Another: Three Possible Futures
The Search for Common Ground: The Ecological Crisis
The World’s Religions after September 11, 2001
The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.