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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... universe , full of the power of Wakan - Tanka , the supreme god . The door is to the east , from which wisdom comes , and the path leading to the east is covered with dirt taken from the center of the lodge . The fireplace , used to ...
... universe . Jain writers through the ages have raised deep questions about a theistic idea of creation : If God created the world , where was he before creation ? If you say he was transcendent then , and needed no support , where is he ...
... universe itself , containing the basic substance and ele- ments of the universe . This passage from the Classic of Rites refers to " the joint assembly of gui and shen " within human nature . Chinese traditionally conceived of two souls ...