--Isms: Understanding ReligionFollowing Isms: Understanding Art and Isms: Understanding Architecture comes a handy visual guide that offers synopses of the religions of the world and highlights their artistic and architectural manifestations. This one-stop resource to understanding human spiritual belief is organized into familiar groupings (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, etc.), each of which is then further broken down into individual sects, denominations, or branches-in short, the "isms." Each ism gets a two-page spread that distills the basic tenets of the creed, identifies how it differs from other religions, highlights important historical figures (from popes to prophets and political or cultural notables) associated with the ism. In any culture, religion has always inspired art, architecture, and design. Each religion featured here is illustrated by the outstanding aesthetic achievements for which it is known, and it concludes with a helpful timeline that puts all the religions included into chronological context. |
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Amish ancient Anglican Church Bahai Baptist believed Bible bishops bodhisattva Buddha Caodaism Cathedral Catholicism centre century BCE Christ Christian Church Confucianism Confucius Congregationalism cultural deities divine doctrine Druidism Druids Druze Emperor England enlightenment Episcopalianism faith founded goddess Greek Orthodox Guru Hindu Hinduism historical Holy Spirit human Imam India Ishmaelis Islam Israel Jainism Japan Jehovah's Witnesses Jesus Jewish Jews John known Lutheran Mahayana Buddhism monks Mormon Mosque movement Muhammad Museum Muslim Neopaganism organised original Orthodox Church Orthodox Judaism Pentecostalism Pilgrimage city Pope practices prayer Presbyterianism Protestant Protestantism Punjab Quakerism Quran Rajasthan Rastafarianism Reform Judaism religion religious ritual sacred Sahib saints Santerianism Satan Scientology scripture Seventh-day Adventism Shaivism Shaktism Shi'a Shi'ism Shinto Shiva Shrine Siddhartha Gautama Sikh Sikhism Sufism Sunni'ism Synagogue Taoism teachings Temple term Theravada Buddhism tomb tradition Unification Church Unificationism Unitarian Uttar Pradesh Vaishnavism Vishnu Vodun Voodoo Wicca worship Zoroastrianism