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An Introduction to Religion
James Livingston
ISBN: 9780136003809
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Pearson Education (US)
Edition: 6th Revised edition
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This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in religious studies, (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.
For one-semester, undergraduate courses in Introduction to Religion and Comparative Religion, and more advanced courses dealing with issues in the theoretical study of religion. This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in religious studies, (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.
| ISBN | 013600380X | | Pages | 448 | | ISBN13 | 9780136003809
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 494 | | Imprint | Pearson | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780131835641 | | Publication date | 21 Jul 2008 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Library of Congress | 2008024504 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 200 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | Part I The Study of Religion | | 1 | | | | 1. What Is Religion? | | 3 | | | | Key Words and Names | | 3 | | | | Overview | | 3 | | | | Defining Religion | | 4 | | | | Why Are Humans Religious? | | 9 | | | | Why Study Religion? | | 11 | | | | Notes | | 14 | | | | Review Questions | | 14 | | | | Suggestions for Further Reading | | 14 | | | | 2. Ways of Studying Religion | | 15 | | | | Key Words and Names | | 15 | | | | Overview | | 15 | | | | The Ways Religion is Studied | | 16 | | | | Religion and Theology | | 16 | | | | Literary Criticism | | 17 | | | | Historiography | | 20 | | | | Anthropology | | 21 | | | | Sociology | | 22 | | | | Philosophy | | 23 | | | | Phenomenology | | 25 | | | | Interpreting and Explaining Religion | | 26 | | | | The Perspective of the Student Commitment and Objectivity | | 28 | | | | Notes | | 32 | | | | Review Questions | | 32 | | | | Suggestions for Further Reading | | 33 | | | | Part II Universal Forms of Religious Experience and Expression | | 35 | | | | 3. The Sacred and the Holy | | 37 | | | | Key Words and Names | | 37 | | | | Overview | | 37 | | | | The Concept of Sacred Power | | 38 | | | | The Ambivalence of Sacred Power | | 38 | | | More... | | |
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