World Religions

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-04-01
Publisher(s): St Marys Pr
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Summary

Intended for eleventh- and twelfth-grade students, this manual is designed to help readers become better acquainted with the answers each of the religions of the world offers to fundamental questions about life, as well as the basic premise of each religion. Illustrations, maps. and sidebars.

Table of Contents

Foreword
The Roman Catholic Church and Non-Christian Religions
6(6)
Part 1: Points of Departure
Studying the World's Religions
12(8)
Primal Religious Traditions
20(16)
Part 2: South Asia
Hinduism
36(26)
Buddhism
62(24)
Jainism
86(14)
Sikhism
100(16)
Part 3: East Asia
Confucianism
116(16)
Taoism
132(14)
Zen Buddhism
146(12)
Shinto
158(12)
Part 4: The Ancient West
Ancestors of the West
170(20)
Judaism
190(24)
Christianity
214(24)
Islam
238(20)
Epilogue
Endings and Beginnings
256(2)
Glossary Pronunciation Key 258(1)
Index 259

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