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020 _a9780310259442 (hbk.)
020 _a0310259444 (hbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn593639159
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050 0 0 _aBL 80.3
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100 1 _aHexham, Irving.
_929098
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding world religions /
_cIrving Hexham.
260 _aGrand Rapids, Mich. :
_bZondervan,
_cc2011.
300 _a512 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aCover subtitle: An interdisciplinary approach.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. Studying religion. Introductory issues -- A biased canon -- pt. 2. African traditions. African religious traditions -- Witchcraft and sorcery -- God in Zulu religion -- The case of Isaiah Shembe -- pt. 3. The Yogic tradition. The origins of yogic religions -- The richness of the H8indu tradition -- Rethinking the Hindu tradition -- Gandhi the great contrarian -- Buddhism -- The development of Buddhist belief and practice -- The moral quest of Edward Conze -- Other yogic-type traditions -- pt. 4. The Abramic tradition. Early Judaism -- Rabbinic and other Judaisms -- Jewish faith and practice -- Martin Buber's Zionist spirituality -- Christianity -- Christian history -- Christian faith and practice -- Christian politics according to Abraham Kuyper -- The challenge of Islam -- Muslim beliefs and practices -- Muslim piety -- Sayyid Qutb and the reborth of contemporary Islam -- Conclusion: Whither religious studies?
650 0 _aReligions.
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