Exploring Religious Meaning
5th Edition
Published on 23. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-13-778358-8 (ISBN)
Description
Designed as a core text for introductory courses in Religion, Religion and Culture, and the Humanities. May also serve as a sourcebook in religion for a variety of courses in the humanities and social sciences.
A basic text for introduction to religious studies that provides the tools and resources for exploring the many dimensions of religion. The design of this text suggests an approach to critical inquiry that may be called inductive and integrative.
A basic text for introduction to religious studies that provides the tools and resources for exploring the many dimensions of religion. The design of this text suggests an approach to critical inquiry that may be called inductive and integrative.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-13-778358-8 (9780137783588)
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Robert C. Monk | Walter C. Hofheinz | Kenneth T. Lawrence
Exploring Religious Meaning
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Content
I. RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS.
1. Toward a Definition of Religion.
2. Religious Traditions.
II. EXPERIENCING RELIGION.
3. Cases of Religious Experience.
4. Elements of Religious Experience.
5. Religion in Artistic Expression.
III. THE DIVINE.
6. History, Revelation, and the Knowledge of God.
7. Ways of Conceiving the Divine.
IV. THE SELF AND RELIGION.
8. The Problem of Evil.
9. Understanding the Self.
10. Freedom and the Self.
11. Sin and Guilt.
12. Death and the Self.
13. Salvation and Redemption.
V. RELIGION AND THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT.
14. The Religious Matrix of Interpersonal Relations.
15. The Corporate Expressions of Ethical Concerns.
16. Religious Traditions and Social Stability.
17. Religious Traditions and Social Change.
VI. UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY.
18. Authority and Tradition.
VII. RELIGION AND THE NATURAL ORDER.
19. Order and Origins.
20. Human Response to the Natural Process.
21. Time and Eternity.
Index of Religious Traditions.
Index of Names and Subjects.
1. Toward a Definition of Religion.
2. Religious Traditions.
II. EXPERIENCING RELIGION.
3. Cases of Religious Experience.
4. Elements of Religious Experience.
5. Religion in Artistic Expression.
III. THE DIVINE.
6. History, Revelation, and the Knowledge of God.
7. Ways of Conceiving the Divine.
IV. THE SELF AND RELIGION.
8. The Problem of Evil.
9. Understanding the Self.
10. Freedom and the Self.
11. Sin and Guilt.
12. Death and the Self.
13. Salvation and Redemption.
V. RELIGION AND THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT.
14. The Religious Matrix of Interpersonal Relations.
15. The Corporate Expressions of Ethical Concerns.
16. Religious Traditions and Social Stability.
17. Religious Traditions and Social Change.
VI. UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY.
18. Authority and Tradition.
VII. RELIGION AND THE NATURAL ORDER.
19. Order and Origins.
20. Human Response to the Natural Process.
21. Time and Eternity.
Index of Religious Traditions.
Index of Names and Subjects.