Living Religions: An Encyclopaedia of the World's Faiths

Mary Pat Fisher

I.B.Tauris, 1997 - Religions - 464 pages

Encompassing traditional faiths, indigenous religions, and new religious movements, this book focuses on the historical development and teachings of each religion and explores how these religions have evolved into contemporary beliefs and practices.

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User Review  - Dan Bates - Goodreads

A overview of most of the world's religions, obviously can't do them all since that would be a tens of volumes.

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User Review  - Chakara - Goodreads

really enjoyed this textbook each and every chapter helped me learn so much about other religions and religions as a whole.

Contents

• Preface: 9
• Science religion and the new understanding: 21
• Understandings of the Ultimate Reality: 27
• Fundamentalist and liberal interpretations: 33
• Cultural diversity: 42
• Spiritual specialists: 51
• Contemporary rituals: 58
• CHAPTER THREE: 69
• Hanuman: 83
• An Interview with: 95
• Modern world Hinduism: 107
• Suggested reading: 113
• JAINISM: 114
• The Story of Bahubali: 121
• The Dharma: 131
• An Interview with: 142
• Life in a Western Zen Monastery 1 58: 158
• TAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM: 164
• Confucianism the practice of virtue: 176
• An Interview with: 185
• Purification by Waterfall: 194
• Suggested reading: 201
• CHAPTER NINE: 216
• from the Hebrew Bible: 226
• Torah: 247
• Holy days: 255
• Suggested reading: 263
• The Good Samaritan: 273
• The Early Church: 280
• The Eastern Orthodox Church: 286
• Russian Orthodox Kenoticism: 293
• The Protestant Reformation: 299
• Vatican Councils I and II: 305
• Contemporary trends: 320
• An Interview with John Blazo: 328
• ISLAM: 331
• The Humility of the Prophet: 338
• The SunniShiite split: 346
• The Five Pillars and jihad: 352
• The spread of Islam: 359
• Relationships with the West: 365
• Suggested reading: 373
• Guru Arjun Devs Devotion: 383
• Sikhism today: 389
• Supernatural powers and revelations: 399
• An Interview with Ursula: 411
• The Baha 7 Model for Governance of the World: 419
• Interfaith movement: 425
• Religion and social issues: 432
• Glossary: 448
• Credits: 456

Bibliographic information

• Title: Living Religions: An Encyclopaedia of the World's Faiths; An encyclopaedia of the world's faiths
• Author: Mary Pat Fisher
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 1997
• ISBN: 1860641482, 9781860641480
• Length: 464 pages