After World Religions

After World Religions
Author: Christopher R Cotter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2016-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317419952

The World Religions Paradigm has been the subject of critique and controversy in Religious Studies for many years. After World Religions provides a rationale for overhauling the World Religions curriculum, as well as a roadmap for doing so. The volume offers concise and practical introductions to cutting-edge Religious Studies method and theory, introducing a wide range of pedagogical situations and innovative solutions. An international team of scholars addresses the challenges presented in their different departmental, institutional, and geographical contexts. Instructors developing syllabi will find supplementary reading lists and specific suggestions to help guide their teaching. Students at all levels will find the book an invaluable entry point into an area of ongoing scholarly debate.

After World Religions

After World Religions
Author: Christopher R Cotter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2016-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317419960

The World Religions Paradigm has been the subject of critique and controversy in Religious Studies for many years. After World Religions provides a rationale for overhauling the World Religions curriculum, as well as a roadmap for doing so. The volume offers concise and practical introductions to cutting-edge Religious Studies method and theory, introducing a wide range of pedagogical situations and innovative solutions. An international team of scholars addresses the challenges presented in their different departmental, institutional, and geographical contexts. Instructors developing syllabi will find supplementary reading lists and specific suggestions to help guide their teaching. Students at all levels will find the book an invaluable entry point into an area of ongoing scholarly debate.

Life After Death in World Religions

Life After Death in World Religions
Author: Harold G. Coward
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1997
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Experts from six traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese religions discuss rituals, practices, and emotions as they relate to death and the hope of life that follows death.

Life After Death

Life After Death
Author: Farnaz Masumian
Publisher: Oneworld Publications Limited
Total Pages: 153
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781851680740

This volume looks in detail at the life-after-death doctrines of seven world religions and asks many questions such as: are there important parallels between the many accounts of near-death experiences, and what happens to us when we actually die?; is there a part of us that conquers death?; If so, will that entity have a personal or universal encounter with it's creator at some point? The author draws out many corresponding features in reported near-death experiences, and demonstrates the unity of all religions in their approach to death and the afterlife.

World Religions and Cults Volume 1

World Religions and Cults Volume 1
Author: Bodie Hodge
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2015-08-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1614584605

Religions in today’s culture seem to be multiplying. Have you ever wondered why certain religions believe and practice what they do? Or how they view the Bible? This volume delves into these and other engaging questions, such as: How can a Christian witness to people in these religions? Do these other religions believe in creation and a Creator? How do we deal with these religions from a biblical authority perspective? Many religions and cults discussed in this first volume openly affirm that the Bible is true, but then something gets in their way. And there is a common factor every time—man’s fallible opinions. In one way or another the Bible gets demoted, reinterpreted, or completely ignored. Man’s ideas are used to throw the Bible’s clear teaching out the window while false teachings are promoted. This book is a must for laymen, church leaders, teachers, and students to understand the trends in our culture and around the world where certain religions dominate, helping you discern truth and guard your faith. When you understand a religion’s origins and teachings, you are in a better position to know how to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as you take the good news to those in false religions.

Understanding World Religions

Understanding World Religions
Author: Irving Hexham
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2011-03-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310314488

Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world’s many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexham’s decision to explore African religions, which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

National Geographic Concise History of World Religions

National Geographic Concise History of World Religions
Author: Tim A. Cooke
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 1426206984

Presented in a time line format, the book offers a survey of world religions. It examines global perspectives on the history of faith in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania, Africa and the Middle East.

Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality

Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality
Author: Bob Larson
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780842364171

In this indispensable reference tool for parents, students, and pastors alike, Larson analyzes dozens of world religions and spiritual movements from Islam to UFOs, New Age movements to witchcraft. This volume helps address tough questions from a biblical perspective.

Beyond the Threshold

Beyond the Threshold
Author: Christopher M. Moreman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2008-09-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0742565521

Beyond the Threshold is the first book to seriously consider the interplay between traditional world religions and metaphysical experiences in exploring the timeless question of what happens when we die. Christopher M. Moreman examines and compares the beliefs and practices of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, as well as psychic phenomena such as mediums and near-death experiences. While ultimately the afterlife remains unknowable, Moreman's unique, in-depth exploration of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own understanding of the afterlife and how to live.

Understanding World Religions

Understanding World Religions
Author: David Whitten Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2007-10-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1461666775

Understanding World Religions studies major worldviews in relation to justice and peace: Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Marxist, and Native American. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is given as a case study for how worldviews impact justice and peace. Further chapters explore Christian social teaching, liberation theologies, active nonviolence, and just war theory.