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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... experience : the limited human level and the level of that which is felt to be the sa- cred . Of course , we cannot examine the sacred as if it was an objective realm of reality , something to be proved or disproved . Here we are not ...
... experience of the sacred , more than words can say . Bathing in " Mother Ganges " pro- vides a direct , nonverbal sacred experience for Hindus . After the reception of the Eucharist in a Christian church , a moment of silence is often ...
... experience has created new denominations on the fringes , such as Church of the Latter Day Saints . ( Mormons ) ... experience in England , emphasizing the need for an inner experience of Christ and a feeling of certainty of salvation ...