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LEADER: 01690cam a2200253 a 4500
001 2010013103
003 DLC
005 20110901083325.0
008 100329s2011 miuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010013103
020 $a9780310259442 (hbk.)
020 $a0310259444 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn593639159
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dIG#$dOOY$dDTM$dDLC
050 00 $aBL80.3$b.H49 2011
082 00 $a200$222
100 1 $aHexham, Irving.
245 10 $aUnderstanding world religions /$cIrving Hexham.
260 $aGrand Rapids, Mich. :$bZondervan,$cc2011.
300 $a512 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aCover subtitle: An interdisciplinary approach.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $apt. 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?
650 0 $aReligions.