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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... sense of identity among Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders . And some Polynesians and Melanesians are tak- ing renewed interest and pride in their specific cultural and spiritual heritages . In spite of their considerable diversity ...
... sense , from without , from lack of nourishing by society . The tendency of human nature is to do good , Mengzi said ... sense of modesty and yielding with which one was born disap- pears . One is born with feelings of envy and hate ...
... sense of community , especially as the Zoroastrians have often been considered to be " fire worshipers " or infi- dels by their Muslim neighbors . This restricted sense of community shows itself in the signs often posted at the ...
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333 | 87 |
Hindu Ritual and the Good Life | 108 |
Chinese Worlds of Meaning | 232 |
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