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Living Religions: A Brief Introduction, 2/E
Mary Pat Fisher

ISBN-10: 0205635644
ISBN-13: 9780205635641

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 320 pp
Published: 11/16/2008

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For courses in World Religions, Comparative Religions, or Introduction to Religion.

 

Living Religions: A Brief Introduction 2/e provides an updated and concise introduction to what is living and significant in the religions of the modern world. This survey explores the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions and new religious movements, and considers how the contemporary beliefs and practices of each of these traditions have evolved.

Hallmark features of Living Religions: A Brief Introduction.

 

Each chapter focuses on a different religion

    • Each chapter begins with a survey of the historical development and teachings of the religion, and then explores how its contemporary beliefs and practices have evolved.
    • Enables students to see each different religion unfold from its origins to the current day, while allowing professors to show how events in the early development of a religion have influenced its present state.

 

Thoroughly updated with the help of a team of internationally respected specialist advisors

    • The input from a team of specialist academics from around the world ensures the text is up-to-date and provides a unique perspective on each religion.

 

First-person interviews with followers of each faith

    • Allows students to understand how those within each tradition see and practice their religion. This edition includes new interviews with younger practitioners which helps each religion appear more relevant to today’s students.

 

Religion in Public Life boxes

    • Enables students to learn more about a significant figure in each tradition and to appreciate the contributions he/she has made to that religion and, in many cases, to religion generally.

 

Updated coverage throughout of contemporary religious issues

    • Introduces students to important contemporary religious issues and enables professors to discuss the impact of these issues in today’s world.

 

Timeline and world map

    • Provides students with a geographical and historical context for the religions covered.

 

 

 

 

New to the 2nd edition:

 

New Interview boxes with young practitioners.

    • Includes new interviews in Chapter 3: Hinduism; Chapter 4: Buddhism; Chapter 9: Islam; Chapter 10: Sikhism; and Chapter 11: Religion in the Twenty-first Century.

New section on Zoroastrianism

    • Introduces students to a tradition of increasing interest and one that has influenced both Western and Eastern religions.

Discussion and review questions included at the end of each chapter

    • Provides students with a useful study-aid and instructors with a springboard for further discussion.

Updated chapter-by-chapter suggested reading list and new list of Internet resources at end of book

    • Provides students and instructors with valuable additional sources of information.

1. The Religious Response. 
 2. Indigenous Sacred Ways. 
 3. Hinduism. 
 4. Buddhism. 
 5.Taoism and Confucianism. 
 6. Shinto. 
 7. Judaism. 
 8. Christianity. 
 9. Islam.
10. Sikhism.
11. Religion at the Turn of the Century.
Glossary.

 

    For courses in World Religions, Comparative Religions, or Introduction to Religion.

    This concise edition provides a sympathetic approach to what is living and significant in the religions of the modern world. This brief survey explores the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions and new religious movements, and considers how each of these has evolved into contemporary beliefs and practices.

  • 0130618098Living Religions: A Brief Introduction
    Fisher
    © 2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 319 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0130618098 | ISBN-13: 9780130618092
    Brief Description

Mary Pat Fisher is the author of many college textbooks on religion, including the best-selling Living Religions, as well as textbooks on art and social sciences. Since childhood she has had a deep interest in lived spirituality, an interest that was especially kindled by a near-death experience when she was thirty. She has traveled widely and done intensive spiritual practice under the guidance of Sufi, Jewish, Native American, Buddhist, Daoist, Christian, and Sikh teachers. Since 1991, she has been living and doing spiritual practice in India at Gobind Sadan (“The House of God without walls”), a unique international, interfaith, and inter-caste community.

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This title is a member of the MyReligionKit Series, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the MyReligionKit Series page.

    For one semester/quarter courses in World Religions or Comparative Religion.

     

    Living Religions presents a highly readable and stimulating survey of the modern religious world. Exploring the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions, and new religious movements, this book considers how each of these traditions has evolved into contemporary beliefs and practices. This text explores in detail the changing nature of each religion, the spread of religious pluralism, the rise in violence in the name of religion, and the movement toward interfaith dialogue. Author Mary Pat Fisher offers fresh and challenging insight into how believers of today's faiths perceive their religion and its role in the changing world in which they live.

  • 0136141056Living Religions, 7/E
    Fisher
    © 2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 568 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0136141056 | ISBN-13: 9780136141051
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    • For courses in World Religions, Comparative Religions, or Introduction to Religion.

     

    Living Religions: A Brief Introduction 2/e provides an updated and concise introduction to what is living and significant in the religions of the modern world. This survey explores the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions and new religious movements, and considers how the contemporary beliefs and practices of each of these traditions have evolved.

  • 0205635644Living Religions: A Brief Introduction, 2/E
    Fisher
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 320 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0205635644 | ISBN-13: 9780205635641
    Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

    • Save Time and Improve Results!

     

    MyReligionKit provides an outstanding array of student and faculty resources for learning and teaching with Fisher's Living Religions, 7/e. Students are given robust self-assessment opportunities, including quizzes with feedback, access to over 75 dynamic video clips of the world's religions with assessment questions, and a unique collection of primary and secondary sources reflecting the world’s major scriptural traditions. Instructors are given access an online gradebook and class manager, which allows professors to modify the course and even upload their own syllabus. All of these resources are designed to maximize you students' understanding of world religions today.

     

  • 0136052452MYRELIGIONKIT
    Pearson
    © 2008 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0136052452 | ISBN-13: 9780136052456
    URL: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/myreligionkit
    Brief Description

    • 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.

  • 0136017614Many Peoples, Many Faiths, 9/E
    Ellwood & McGraw
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 528 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0136017614 | ISBN-13: 9780136017615
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    • For introductory courses in world religions., comparative religions or introduction to religion.

     

    Conceived for students with little or no background in the academic study of religions, Religions of the World offers the most broad coverage of world religions supported by primary source documents, coverage of religions as they exist today, and integrated media resources.

     

    In preparing the eleventh  edition of  Religions of the World, Mark Woodward drew on his experience in teaching an introductory course on the religions of the world to thousands of undergraduates over the last two decades, living and working in Buddhist, Muslim and Chinese cultures for extended periods and on conversations with friends and colleagues in the Arizona Native American community.  In this edition, he has edited the text closely for clarity and readability and made other changes to keep it up to date and accurate including updating all sections on religion today for each tradition. Religions of the World  is comprehensive, readable, and engaging for all students.

  • 013606177XReligions of the World, 11/E
    Hopfe & Woodward
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 432 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 013606177X | ISBN-13: 9780136061779
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