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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... network of communal rela- tions grounded in the traditions of the people . Tribal societies often have very complicated social struc- tures . Typically there are a number of clans or extended families that together make up the whole ...
... network of obligations and support ; this would be to lose all meaning and purpose while living and to become a " hungry ghost " after death . The National Family The Confucian tradition built on the family structure with its central ...
... network of shrines and sanctuaries for ritual processions . Public worship of the gods took place for the welfare of the whole community , led by ruling offi- cials , priests , and priestesses , at official temples and shrines . The ...