The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the World 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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... Faith The path for salvation is necessarily a two - way affair , even in Christianity , and in the Christian vision the appropriate human response is faith , which is the accepting of the grace that comes from God in Christ . It is not ...
... faith and love be- come more perfect . Christianity : Eucharist The struggle of life continues , how- ever . Christians realize that until the end of life a person will always be both a sinful human being and a redeemed human being ...
... faith , ” but its meaning is somewhat different from the Christian notion of faith . Muslims point out that Christians often see " faith " as a believing without knowing why , an accepting without rational certainty , a " leap of faith ...
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333 | 87 |
Hindu Ritual and the Good Life | 108 |
Chinese Worlds of Meaning | 232 |
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