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. |
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... established civilization , including the Jaina path . The twenty - third Tirthankara was Parshva , who lived in the middle of the ninth century B.C.E. and established an order of mendicants . Mahavira became the twenty - fourth and last ...
... established world religions , and our first step is to take a sensitive look inside them and try to understand the vision of sacred life they provide . Some Characteristics of the New Movements Though new religious movements are found ...
... established by Jesus Christ . The promise was made that a New Jerusalem would ap- pear in America . So in 1830 , Joseph Smith organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints , attracted sev- eral thousand converts , and ...