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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... movement has been fighting against many new religious movements because , it is claimed , they practice brainwashing and mind control over their adherents . On these grounds , any religious movement that is different and strange can be ...
... movements to- gether with them in a single " cult " category . Each new reli- gious movement provides meaning and power that people live by , as do all the established world religions , and our first step is to take a sensitive look ...
... movement , the nature spirituality movement encompass- ing Neo - Paganism and Wicca . Scientology Whereas many new religious movements draw on ancient occult and spiritualist traditions , and oth- ers receive much inspiration from ...
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Hindu Ritual and the Good Life | 108 |
Chinese Worlds of Meaning | 232 |
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