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Understanding world religions

an interdisciplinary approach

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An edition of Understanding world religions (2011)

Understanding world religions

an interdisciplinary approach

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Irving Hexham's introductory world religions text explores various religions under the broad categories of African Religions, the Yogic Traditions (including Buddhism), and the Abrahamic traditions. He presents an appreciative yet realistic approach, noting both the strengths and inherent problems of various world religions. Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world's many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexham's decision to explore African religions, which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. - Publisher.

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Zondervan
Language
English
Pages
512

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. ). and index.

Published in
Grand Rapids, Mich

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
200
Library of Congress
BL80.3 .H49 2011, BL80.3.H49 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
512

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24468052M
Internet Archive
understandingwor0000hexh
ISBN 13
9780310259442
LCCN
2010013103
OCLC/WorldCat
593639159

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