TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hexham,Irving
TI  - Understanding world religions
SN  - 9780310259442 (hbk.)
AV  - BL 80.3 .H49 2011
U1  - 200 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Zondervan
KW  - Religions
N1  - Cover subtitle: An interdisciplinary approach; Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. Studying religion. Introductory issues -- A biased canon -- pt. 2. African traditions. African religious traditions -- Witchcraft and sorcery -- God in Zulu religion -- The case of Isaiah Shembe -- pt. 3. The Yogic tradition. The origins of yogic religions -- The richness of the H8indu tradition -- Rethinking the Hindu tradition -- Gandhi the great contrarian -- Buddhism -- The development of Buddhist belief and practice -- The moral quest of Edward Conze -- Other yogic-type traditions -- pt. 4. The Abramic tradition. Early Judaism -- Rabbinic and other Judaisms -- Jewish faith and practice -- Martin Buber's Zionist spirituality -- Christianity -- Christian history -- Christian faith and practice -- Christian politics according to Abraham Kuyper -- The challenge of Islam -- Muslim beliefs and practices -- Muslim piety -- Sayyid Qutb and the reborth of contemporary Islam -- Conclusion: Whither religious studies?
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