World Religions: A Guide to the Essentials - Brossura

Robinson, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0801049717 ISBN 13: 9780801049712

Casa editrice: Baker Academic, 2014

Riassunto

A masterful survey for college and university courses, this wide-ranging introduction presents a clear and condensed portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of specific eastern and western religions. Rich with definitions, it includes a helpful CD with a wealth of images and study aids including a full glossary of terms, Internet links to scholarly sites, more than 500 color images, self-test quizzes, and other helps.• Provides a straightforward presentation of the history, beliefs, and practices of the major religious traditions • Conveys the scope and importance of religion in the human experience • Sidebars offer short, fast-grasp summaries of the major aspects of each religion • Explains a vast number of terms throughout the text • CD-ROM includes a full complement of supporting study aids including links, images, quizzes, and moreIn addition to the CD, the authors have established a separate website to complement this textbook (http://people.uleth.ca/~robinson/Religion/General/WRIntro.html).

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Informazioni sull?autore

Thomas A. Robinson (PhD, McMaster University) is professor of religious studies and chair of the department at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.

Hillary P. Rodrigues (PhD, McMaster University) is professor of religious studies, also at the University of Lethbridge.

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This masterful survey of world religions presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religions. The new edition contains added material and has been revised throughout.

"Already a very good textbook introducing the student to world religions, in its second edition this book adds a number of useful teaching aids that recommend it even more highly. Each chapter now begins with a useful selection of 'quick facts' to complement the many sidebars of 'factoids' found throughout the book. There is now a thoughtfully chosen selection of photos, illustrations, and maps incorporated into each chapter, and each now concludes with a list of suggested readings. Many will be pleased to see that the authors have thoughtfully added discussions of the roles of women to their coverage of each tradition. Other smaller additions, such as the discussion of 'sect' and 'cult,' contribute to the value of this textbook. Highly recommended for first-year college courses on world religions."
--Michael DeRoche, Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland

"One of the best introductory surveys of religions gets better in a second edition with revised and additional materials, including quick-facts pages, sections on women, and more illustrations. This multiauthored text maintains a remarkable cohesive fluidity and clarity that is extremely accessible and attractive. Its concise and well-structured exposition minimizes technical jargon and sticks to interesting essential details in a well-balanced development of history, beliefs, and practices of major and minor religious traditions. Although the book is only three hundred pages long, the depth of discussion is significant and quite creative for an introductory overview. Enhanced by a substantial chapter on minor religions and major subgroups, a fine introduction to methods of religious studies, a spelling guide, and excellent summary sidebars, it also makes available to instructors extensive multiple-choice test questions."
--Michael Stoeber, Regis College and Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Baker Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0801049717
• ISBN 13: 9780801049712
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 362
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile