Religious Ways of Experiencing Life: A Global and Narrative Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415706605 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 548 str.

Carl Olson

Opis

Religious Ways of Experiencing Life: A Global and Narrative Approach surveys world religions, using the narratives and discourses of each tradition to describe it in its own terms. Carl Olson examines each tradition's practices, teachings, material culture, roles of women, and path to salvation, as well as the experiences of its followers. The exploration of lived experience draws out and emphasizes the plural nature of religious traditions. The volume includes chapters on all current major world religions, as well as material on ancient religions of the Mediterranean, indigenous North American and African spiritual traditions, and New Age and new religious movements. Featuring timelines and suggestions for further reading, this text will be of interest to undergraduate students seeking a broad introduction to World Religion or Lived Religion.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Chapter 3: Native American Traditions. Chapter 4: African Religious Traditions. Chapter 5: Hinduism. Chapter 6: Jainism. Chapter 7: Buddhism. Chapter 8: Sikhism. Chapter 9: Chinese Traditions. Chapter 10: Japanese Traditions. Chapter 11: Zoroastrianism. Chapter 12: Judaism. Chapter 13: Christianity. Chapter 14: Islam. Chapter 15: New Age and New Religious Movements.

O autorze

Carl Olson is Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College. He is the author of 18 books, including Indian Asceticism: Power, Violence, and Play (2015), The Allure of Decadent Thinking: Religious Studies and the Challenge of Postmodernism (2013), and Religious Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge 2011).