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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... sacred to be experienced in numerous forms and powers . Some speak of an impersonal sacred power that penetrates and interacts with everything . Wherever we turn , in nature and in society , we encounter Power . Often the sacred is per ...
... sacred power can trans- form life . Although people of all religions agree that it is the power of the sacred that transforms humans , there are dif- ferent visions as to how this power arises and operates in restoring the relationship ...
... power and , thus , participate in sacred reality . Even though they inhabit the world of spirits , they are still present in the human community as guardians of the family traditions , providers of good fortune , and punish- ers of ...
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333 | 87 |
Hindu Ritual and the Good Life | 108 |
Chinese Worlds of Meaning | 232 |
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