Religion

For courses in World Religions.

This classic work presents the religions of the world in both a factual and empathetic manner, while tackling some of today's most critical religious issues. text has been fully updated with current information on today's new religious movements, the role of women in world religions today, religion in the years to come, and more. This text includes a wealth of learning aids, including practical outlines that guide students in researching and writing papers.

• Sacred World CD-ROM included in every new copy.  Prentice Hall presents an exciting new multimedia experience for students of the world’s major religions! The Sacred World combines up-to-date background information on each religion, together with over 60 video clips, showing key historical sites, actual rituals, and major figures of each religion, and over 100 self-assessment questions to check student comprehension. The Sacred World is an important new resource for any student of World Religion. Religions covered include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism/Confucianism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Shinto. This CD-ROM helps students travel to the far-off reaches of the world without leaving their laptop, to enrich their understanding and appreciation of…The Sacred World.
• NEW - Entirely rewritten and simplified introduction.

  • Provides students with an introduction that is accessable.

• NEW - “Issues in Religion Today and Tomorrow” chapter rewritten.

  • Provides students with a completely updated look at the factors affecting religion today, religious trends and religious futures.

• NEW - Continually updated bibliography –i.e. Information on the changing role of religion in world affairs, such as religious roles of women, also includes Internet resources.

  • Provides students with updates of relevant information.

• Women in world religions–Coverage on women integrated into each chapter.

  • Broadens students' understanding of diversity in religious beliefs and practices.

• Contemporary religious movements–Devotes an entire chapter to such emerging religions as China's Falun Gong, and discusses the social conditions that give rise to such movements.

  • Makes students aware of the latest trends in religion.

• Practitioner chapter sections–Features a section in each chapter that describes the experience of each faith's practitioners in the United States and summarizes the effect of that faith on larger American culture.

  • Makes students aware what draws people to a certain faith and how a person's religious choice may affect their lives.

• Focus on individual religions–Pays close attention to the religions themselves and to the inner experiences they engender.

  • Engages students with a variety of introspective questions.

• Chapter objectives, summaries, and questions for review for each chapter.

• Helps students study, review for exams and prepare papers.

Available for packaging

• Atlas of World Religions (0131938851)-A useful reference and guide, this glossary includes important terms with definitions that are important to the study of religion.
• Common Religious Terms (0131705199)-A useful reference and guide, this glossary includes important terms with definitions that are important to the study of religion.
• TIME Special Edition: World Religions (0131457810)-offers a selection of over a dozenTIME articles on today's most current issues and debates in World Religion.

• Entirely rewritten and simplified introduction.

  • Provides students with an introduction that is assessable to today's student.

• “Issues in Religion Today and Tomorrow” chapter rewritten.

  • Provides students with a completely updated look at the factors affecting religion today, religious trends and religious futures.

• Continually updated bibliography —i.e. Information on current important and changing role of religion in world affairs, such as religious roles of women, also includes Internet resources.

  • Provides students with a continually updated presentation of relevant information.

 1. Understanding the World's Religious Heritage.


 2. The Sacred in Nature.


 3. Life Against Time.


 4. Wisdom Embarked for the Farther Shore.


 5. Dragon and Sun.


 6. One God, Many Words and Wonders.


 7. Keeping Covenant with God in History.


 8. Spreading the Word of God in the World.


 9. Submitting to the Will of God.


10. Spirits Rising.


11. Looking Over the Spiritual Horizon.


Appendix: Studying World Religions.


Notes.


Glossary.


Index.

Introduction to Religion  [WORLD RELIGIONS]   (Religion)
World Religions  [WORLD RELIGIONS]   (Religion)

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  Many Peoples, Many Faiths, 9/E
  Ellwood & McGraw
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 528 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136017614 | ISBN-13: 9780136017615
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  For courses in World Religions, Comparative Religions or Introduction to Religion.

   

  This classic work presents the world's religions in a way that captures the total human experience in a factual and empathetic manner. It helps students gain a sense of each religion's unique characteristics, while tackling some of today's most critical religious issues. It is written in an engaging style and fully updated--with fresh insights and information on each of the world’s major religions, along with new religious movements. 

   

  Specific sections on women's roles in each of the world religions, the world religions in America, religion, governance, and public life are this text's special features. This text also includes a wealth of learning aids, including practical outlines that guide students in writing and researching papers, visits to religious sites, and information to help guide students in their online research.

This classic work presents the religions of the world in a way that captures the total human experience in a factual and empathetic manner, helping students gain a sense of each religion's unique characteristics, positive meaning, romance, and beauty, while tackling some of today's most critical religious issues. Written in an engaging style, it comes fully updated-with fresh insights and information on today's new religious movements, the role of women in world religions today, religion in the years to come, and more. This text includes a wealth of learning aids, including practical outlines that guide students in researching and writing papers and through their visits to religious sites.

• Revamped introduction, making it even more relevant to today's students
• Revised final chapter on issues in and affecting religion today and tomorrow, such as globalization, fundamentalism, and pluralism
• Updated bibliography and information on the current important and changing role of religion in world affairs, including Internet resources
• Sections on women in religion as well as religion in America for each world religion

FREE! BOUND INTO EVERY NEW COPY of Many Peoples, Many Faiths is Prentice Hall's new CD-ROM for world religion: The Sacred World: Encounters with the World's Religions. It contains over 60 video segments on nine of the world's leading religions, vividly illustrating key rituals and beliefs. Also included are a glossary of terms and self-assessment questions on the web, with direct links from the CD-ROM, tied directly to The Sacred World, to improve student comprehension.

Sacred Texts of the World's Religions
Fisher
©2003 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 160 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130495220 | ISBN-13: 9780130495228
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Atlas of World Religions
Prentice Hall
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131938851 | ISBN-13: 9780131938854
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Building Bridges: The Allyn & Bacon Student Guide to Service-Learning
Hamner
©2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 128 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319742 | ISBN-13: 9780205319749
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Common Religious Terms
Prentice Hall
©2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 112 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131705199 | ISBN-13: 9780131705197
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InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205436951 | ISBN-13: 9780205436958

ResearchNavigator.com Guide
Allyn & Bacon & Barr
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 020552396X | ISBN-13: 9780205523962

ResearchNavigator.com Guide
Allyn & Bacon
©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205517196 | ISBN-13: 9780205517190

Sacred World, Encounters with the World's Religions CD-ROM, The
Prentice Hall
©2004 | Prentice Hall | CD-ROM Only; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131840908 | ISBN-13: 9780131840904
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TIME: World Religion Special Edition
Prentice Hall
©2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131457810 | ISBN-13: 9780131457812

iClicker Classroom Response System
iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205594506 | ISBN-13: 9780205594504

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