The Sacred Paths of the WestThis text combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. Students are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions, finding connections with their own personal experiences. By sensitively introducing descriptive material within a comparative thematic structure, this text helps students to understand how each religion provides, for its adherents, patterns and meanings that make up a full way of life (from Amazon). |
Contents
CHAPTER | 2 |
Basic Human Concerns and Religious Responses | 9 |
Key Terms in the Introduction | 24 |
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Abraham al-Ghazali ancestors ancient Ba'al basic became believe caliph called celebration century Christian Christian church covenant created creation creator culture Dar al-Islam death developed divine earth Egypt eternal ethical evil example experience faith Father festival God's design goddess gods Hadith Hainuwele Halakhah heaven Holy human existence humankind ideas imam important Islam Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jesus Christ Jewish Jews Judaism king kingdom land leaders live Lord means Mecca Medina messiah mitzvot modern Moses movement Mu'tazilites Muhammad Muslim mystical myths nations nature nonliterate one's oral Torah orthodox path person pilgrimage practice prayer prophets punishment Quran rabbis reality Reform religion religious revelation ritual role Roman Sabbath sacred power sacred story salvation scriptures Shari'ah Shavuot Shi'ites sins society Spirit Sufi Sunnites symbols Talmud teaching temple theology thinkers tion Torah traditional transformation Umayyad ummah unity vision whole women word worship Yahweh