World religions The great faiths explored and explained
Book - 2021
An essential guide to learning everything you need to know about the history, central practices, and the key teachings of many religions. A compelling and insightful guide for uncovering and understanding a variety of the world's major religions. This book will be the perfect gift for thinkers, borrowers, and students of religious studies and philosophy. Learn new and profound information about a variety of faiths. In this educational guide you'll find: A chapter devoted to each of the major world religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam; lesser-known religions and belief systems are covered, offering a comprehensive overview of faith; detailed illustrations and annotated works of art, and ...a timeline of religious history. Discover a variety of the world's major religions and other faiths from both the ancient and the modern world through this insightful guide. Explore over 450 classic works of religious and devotional art. With sacred texts, epic imagery, key beliefs, and religious artefacts, this educational guide is perfect for libraries, classrooms, and the bookshelves of those who simply love learning.
- Subjects
- Published
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London :
Dorling Kindersley
[2021]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- [Fourth] American edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 352 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744034752
- What Is Religion?
- Author's Preface
- Ancient Religions
- Introduction
- Egyptian Religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Greek Religion
- Roman Religion
- Norse Religions
- Celtic Religions
- Hinduism
- Introduction
- Origins of Hinduism
- Shiva the Destroyer
- The Mother Goddess
- Vishnu the Preserver
- Other Gods
- Sacred Writings
- Hindu Worship
- Pilgrimages
- Routes to Moksha
- Festivals
- Truth and the Universe
- Jainism
- Introduction
- The Five Supreme Beings
- The Life of Mahavira
- Cosmology
- Asceticism
- Temple and Image Worship
- Buddhism
- Consultants
- Introduction
- The Life of the Buddha
- The Buddha Image
- Stupas, Temples, and Relics
- Buddhist Devotion
- Cosmology
- Texts and Monasteries
- Celestial Beings
- Chinese Buddhism
- Japanese Buddhism
- Tantric Buddhism
- Sikhism
- Introduction
- The Life of Guru Nanak
- The Ten Gurus
- Special Occasions
- The Guru Granth Sahib
- The Golden Temple
- Chinese Religions
- Introduction
- Confucianism
- The Heavenly Mandate
- Popular Religion
- Religious Daoism
- Daoism-Body and Mind
- Japanese Religions
- Introduction
- The Origins of Shinto
- Addressing the Gods
- Shrines and Festivals
- Religious Action
- New Religions
- Judaism
- Introduction
- The Origins of Judaism
- The Laws of God
- Waiting for the Messiah
- Jewish Worship
- Studying the Torah
- The Kabbalah
- Divisions in Judaism
- Festivals
- Rites of Passage
- Jerusalem-City of Zion
- The Holocaust
- Christianity
- Introduction
- The Incarnation
- The Life of Christ
- The Last Supper
- The Crucifixion
- The Resurrection
- Saints and Martyrs
- The Church
- The Reformation
- The Religious Life
- The Orthodox Church
- The Last Judgment
- Islam
- Introduction
- No God but Allah
- The Prophet Muhammad
- The Quran
- The Five Pillars of Islam
- The Six Articles of Belief
- The Islamic State
- Sufi Orders and Beliefs
- Islam and Science
- The Mosque
- Indigenous Religions
- Introduction
- Shamanism
- Creation Stories
- Forces of Good and Evil
- Rites of Passage
- The Golden Rule
- Religious Timelines
- Index
- Acknowledgments