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Anatomy of the Sacred : An Introduction to Religion by James Livingston (2008,
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pearson Education
ISBN-10
013600380X
ISBN-13
9780136003809
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038292789
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Anatomy of the Sacred : an Introduction to Religion
Subject
Comparative Religion, General
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
21.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
6
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2008-024504
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
200
Table Of Content
Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion, 6th Edition PART I) THE STUDY OF RELIGION: 1) What is Religion? 2) Ways of Studying Religion PART II) UNIVERSAL FORMS OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION 3) The Sacred and the Holy 4) Sacred Symbol, Myth, and Doctrine 5) Sacred Ritual 6) Sacred Scripture 7) Society and the Sacred: The Social Formations and Transformations of Religion PART III) UNIVERSAL COMPONENTS OF A RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW 8) Deity: Concepts of the Divine and Ultimate Reality 9) Cosmogony: Origins of the Natural and Social Order 10) Views of the Human Problem 11) Theodicy: Encountering Evil 12) Ethics: Patterns of Moral Action 13) Soteriology: Ways and Goals of Salvation and Liberation PART IV) THE SACRED AND THE SECULAR IN MODERNITY 14) Secularization - New Religious Revitalization Movements - COntemporary Religious Fundamentalism 15) Contemporary Challenges to Traditional Religion: The Status and the Roles of Women - Relations Between Religion and the State
Synopsis
For one-semester, undergraduate courses in Introduction to Religion and Comparative Religion, and more advanced courses dealing with issues in the theoretical study of religion. This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in religious studies, (2) examines the universal forms of religious experience, (3) offers a cross-cultural study of a broad range of classic types of religious belief and practice in terms of the seven basic concepts of a religious world view, and (4) surveys the challenges faced by religions today., For one-semester, undergraduate courses in Introduction to Religion and Comparative Religion. This comprehensive text introduces students to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice. It shows the ways religion is studied, a cross-cultural study of the variety of history forms of religious belief and practice, such as deity conceptions at the divine myth, ritual scripture, rites of passage, views of the human problem evil, and the ways and goals of an examination of the challenges faced by religion today.
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BL48
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