The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the WorldPearson Education, 2006 - 577 頁 This book combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. In this way, the book helps readers to explore each of the major religions as a unique and integral system of meaning and life. At the same time, readers are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions. Covering the religions arising from India, China, Japan, and the Mediterranean world, this book introduces the key dimensions of religious experience, outlining the basic human concerns that give rise to religious experience, such as origin and identity, ultimate reality, human nature, and the good life. For anyone interested in exploring the origins and development of the diverse religions of the world. |
搜尋書籍內容
第 1 到 3 筆結果,共 93 筆
... Chinese heritage live all over the world , often maintaining their distinctive culture in Chinese com- munities in places such as Singapore , Bangkok , San Fran- cisco , London , and many , many other places . In the Chinese homeland ...
... Chinese religions , the overall impact of Islam on Chinese religion has been limited . There is also an interesting though brief story of Jewish presence in traditional China . During the Song dynasty , a Jewish community was ...
... China , evidence that deeply based religious attitudes persist even in drastically changed con- ditions . Scholars again are studying and writing about the Confucian heritage of China . Some Chinese philosophers are working on what they ...