| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
ix, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-563) and index. |
| Contents |
1 Postmodernism and the Challenge to Religion 9 -- 2 Philosophy and Religion: The Existence of God 19 -- 3 Ethics and Religion: The Meaning of Morality 31 -- 4 Science and Religion 45 -- 5 Problem of Evil and Suffering 55 -- 6 Aspects of Religion 67 -- 6:1 God and Religious Language 72 -- 6:2 Salvation 81 -- 6:3 Death and the Afterlife 89 -- 6:4 Moral Action 96 -- 6:5 Prayer and Meditation 104 -- 6:6 Gender and Religion 113 -- 6:7 Mysticism 121 -- 6:8 Scripture and Sacred Text 125 -- 7 Twelve World Faiths 135 -- 7:1 Hinduism 135 -- 7:2 Buddhism 148 -- 7:3 Sikhism 162 -- 7:4 Judaism 173 -- 7:5 Christianity 192 -- 7:6 Islam 213 -- 7:7 Shintoism 230 -- 7:8 Taoism 237 -- 7:9 Confucianism 245 -- 7:10 Zoroastrianism 252 -- 7:11 Jainism 261 -- 7:12 Baha'i Faith 269 -- 8 Some Alternative and Indigenous Religions 277 -- 8:1 Elan Vital (The Divine Light Mission) 277 -- 8:2 ISKCON (Hare Krishna) 279 -- 8:3 Nichiren Shoshu/Soka Gakkai 283 -- 8:4 Osho International (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) 286 -- 8:5 Transcendental Meditation 289 -- 8:6 Rastafarianism 291 -- 8:7 Native American Religion 297 -- 9 Christianity: A Brief History 305 -- 9:1 Earliest Christians 306 -- 9:2 Second Century: Heresies and Martyrs 312 -- 9:3 Constantine, Creeds, and Councils 318 -- 9:4 Eastern Church 326 -- 9:5 Western Church in the Dark Ages and Middle Ages 337 -- 9:6 Renaissance and Reformation 345 -- 9:7 English Reformation and the Evangelical Awakening 352 -- 9:8 Rise of Puritanism and Separatism 360 -- 9:9 Millennarianism 369 -- 9:10 Twentieth Century: Protestantism and the Rise of Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism 374 -- 9:11 Roman Catholicism 384 -- 10 Some Alternative Christian Movements 394 -- 10:1 Christian Science 395 -- 10:2 Unification Church (The Moonies) 398 -- 10:3 Seventh-day Adventists 403 -- 10:4 David Koresh and the Branch Davidians 407 -- 10:5 Armstrongism and the Worldwide Church of God 409 -- 10:6 Mormons 416 -- 10:7 Christadelphianism 420 -- 10:8 Spiritualism 424 -- 10:9 Unitarianism 429 -- 10:10 Swedenborgian Church 433 -- 10:11 Jehovah's Witnesses 437 -- 10:12 Family (The Children of God) 440 -- 11 Pagan, Esoteric, and Occult Thought 445 -- 11:1 Rosicrucians 450 -- 11:2 Gurdjieff and Ouspensky 454 -- 11:3 Theosophy and Anthroposophy 459 -- 11:4 Raelian Religion 466 -- 11:5 New Age Religion 471 -- 11:6 Magick and Thelema 477 -- 11:7 Wicca 482 -- 11:8 Druidry 488 -- 11:9 Satanism 493 -- 12 Belief in Human Potential 501 -- 12:1 Humanistic Psychology 501 -- 12:2 Humanism 507 -- 12:3 Scientology 512. |
| Summary |
Edwards introduces philosophical and religious ideas such as the existence of God, the meaning of morality, and the problem of evil before she begins to briefly describe the tenets of most Western religions and movements. Belief structures include Roman Catholicism, mainline Protestant Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox tradition, alternative Christian movements such as Christian Science or Unitarianism, pagan and occult thought, and human potential movements. |
| Subject |
Religions.
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Religions. (OCoLC)fst01093898
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Edwards, Linda, 1951- Brief guide to beliefs. 1st ed. Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, ©2001 (OCoLC)988772821 |
| ISBN |
0664222595 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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9780664222598 (paperback; alk. paper) |
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