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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... RITUAL AND DEVOTION IN BUDDHIST LIFE To find new power for living , to get in touch with what is real , to make merit and progress on the path , Buddhists have a rich store of ritual practices , devotional activity , and observance of ...
... ritual and ethical behavior ( propriety ) in soci- ety to be powerful instruments of self - transformation . Both ritual and the rules of propriety , in fact , correspond to the patterns immanent in the whole of reality . It is ...
... RITUAL PRACTICES AND WORSHIP How can we renew power for life ? How can we restore bal- ance and harmony ? Through agelong experience , Chinese people have created various forms of ritual and worship as the means for renewing power and ...