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THINK Currency.  THINK Relevancy.  THINK World Religions   THINK World Religions is informed with the latest research and the most contemporary examples, allowing you to bring current events directly into your classroom with little additional work.   An engaging visual design developed through extensive student feedback will appeal to your students and deliver the core concepts of World Religions in a way that they can actually understand.   In addition, a groundbreaking instructor supplements package will help you bring the core concepts of World Religions to life without burdening your students with heavy, too dense or too expensive learning solutions.    A better teaching and learning experience The teaching and learning experience with this program helps to: . Improve Critical Thinking – The text will help you consider how each religion grapples with a series of important ideas Engage Students –  Written in an anecdotal style, students will be pulled in with the author’s narrative’s of his real-world experiences and work. Support Instructors – All supplements were developed around the textbook’s carefully constructed learning objectives.  

Table of Contents:
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents     1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1:   Thinking about Relgion Chapter 2:   Talking about Religion Chapter 3:   Hinduism:  The Eternal Law Chapter 4:   Hinduism:  Law and Life Chapter 5:   Buddhism:  Becoming Awake Chapter 6:   Buddhism:  Awakening the World Chapter 7:   East Asian Sacred Ways:  The Eternal Dao Chapter 8:   East Asian Sacred Ways:  Harmony in the World Chpater 9:   Judaism:  A Chosen People Choosing God Chapter 10:   Judaism:  Israel in the Diaspora Chapter 11:   Christianity:  The God-Man Messiah Chapter 12:   Christianity:  Communion and Community Chapter 13:   Islam:  Submission and Faith Chapter 14:   Islam:  The Pillars and the Umma Chapter 15:   Religions of Place:  A Sacred World Around Us Chapter 16:   New Religions:  A Quest for the Sacred 2.  FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:   Chapter 1: Thinking About Religion Religion as a Field of Study   Asking Questions about Religion   The Four Questions   Is There a God?   What Does It Mean to Be Human?   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Do You Have Other Questions?   Critical Thinking with THINK World Religions   The Visual Summary   Doing Research on Religions   Creating a Question Matrix   Important Parts of the Book     Chapter 2:   Talking about Religion Steeler Nation or Church of the Steelers?   Can We Describe Steeler Nation as a Religion?   Characteristics of Religions   Why Is Religion so Difficult to Talk About?   The Steeler Nation   Strategies for Studying World Religions   The Big Question: Is Religion True or False?   What Is Truth?   THINK World Religions: Truthfulness vs. “Truthiness”   Can There Be More Than One Truth?   THINK World Religions: Pontius Pilate: “What Is Truth?”   Back to Steeler Nation   Visual Summary   Chapter Review     Chapter 3:   Hinduism:  The Eternal Law A Sacred Place: A Hindu Temple   Is There a God in Hinduism?   Dharma   Sacred Texts and Traditions   A Sacred Action: The Puja   Brahman: Source of All Divinity   Three Main Gods of Hinduism   THINK World Religions: Beliefs and Science   Primary Gods: A Closer Look   Rocks, Rivers, and Animals   What Does it Mean to Be Human?   The Caste System   THINK World Religions: The Story of Purusha from the Rig-veda   Human Beings: Out of Touch with Brahman   Dharma and Karma   Internal Conflict: Cows and Hinduism   Moksha: Breaking the Cycle   Chapter Review     Chapter 4:   Hinduism:  Law and Life A Place in the World: The Bharatiya Temple   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   The Path of Works: Sacrifice, Purity, and Ritual   Internal Conflict: Ahimsa and Social Movements   The Path of Devotion: Bhakti   The Yogic Paths of Knowledge   How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Religion and the Family   Hindu Views of Death   THINK World Religions: Sati: Ritual Widow Burning   Sanatana Dharma and the Caste System   Religion + Gender: Women in Hinduism   Contemporary Religions Issues: Gandhi, Hinduism, and Politics   Conclusion   Visual Summary   Chapter Review     Chapter 5:   Buddhism:  Becoming Awake A Sacred Place: The Fogong Si Temple   Is There a God?   God or Gods in Buddhism: No, Yes, and Maybe   A Sacred Action: Alms-Giving   The Life of the Buddha   THINK World Religions: Some Sanskrit and Pali Equivalent Terms in Buddhism   Principles of Buddhism   What Does It Mean to Be Human?   The Eightfold Path   THINK World Religions: A U.S. Army Chaplain Who Is a Buddhist   The Human Condition in Theravada and Mahayana Traditions   THINK World Religions: King Ashoka and the Spread of Buddhism   Internal Conflict: Buddhism and Gender   Chapter Review     Chapter 6:   Buddhism:  Awakening the World A Place in the World: Protests in Myanmar   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   The First Jewel: Taking Refuge in the Buddha   THINK World Religions: Secret Tantric Practice   The Second Jewel: Taking Refuge in the Dharma   Religion + Health: Mind Over Body   How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Monastic Life   Monastery and Laity: Tibetan Buddhism   Buddhism Without a Monastic Sangha: Buddhism Comes to the West   Contemporary Religious Issues: Tibet and China   Conclusion   Visual Summary   Chapter Review     Chapter 7:   East Asian Sacred Ways:  The Eternal Dao A Sacred Place: Chang Ling   Is There a God?   Dao, Qi, and Yin/Yang   A Sacred Action: Tai Chi   The Yijing (I Ching)   Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism: Syncretic Traditions in East Asia  THINK World Religions: The Analects   Buddhism in East Asia   What Does It Mean to Be Human?  The Confucian View of Humanity  The Daoist View of Humanity  Internal Conflict: Legalism   THINK World Religions: The Immortals   Chapter Review     Chapter 8:   East Asian Sacred Ways:  Harmony in the World A Place in the World: Lion Dance in New York’s Chinatown   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   Veneration of Confucius   Interacting with the Dao through Qi  Contemporary Religious Issues: Falun Gong   Religion + Medicine: Acupuncture How Does the Sacred Become Community?  Confucianism   THINK World Religions: What’s in a Name?   Daoism  Community in East Asian Buddhist Traditions   THINK World Religions: Chairman Mao and the People’s Republic   Conclusion   Visual Summary   Chapter Review     Chpater 9:   Judaism:  A Chosen People Choosing God A Sacred Place: The Central Synagogue   What Is Judaism?  A Sacred Action: Bar and Bat Mitzvah  Is There a God?   Proof of God  Definition of God  The Name of God   How Does God Communicate with Us?  THINK World Religions: Where Are the Pictures?   What Does It Mean to Be Human?   “In the Beginning”   The Human Condition: Abraham, Isaac, and Becoming a Chosen People   THINK World Religions: Jews, Israel, or Children of Israel: Which Term Is Correct?   The Commandments: Words and Deeds   History and Meaning: Cycles of Sin and Redemption  THINK World Religions: What Happens after We Die?   THINK World Religions: A Psalm of Hope and Longing   Chapter Review     Chapter 10:   Judaism:  Israel in the Diaspora A Place in the World: The Eruv   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   Prayer  Following the Commandments: The Example of Food   Religion + Education: The Importance of Education in Judaism   THINK World Religions: Deuteronomy 14:1–21   Mystical Judaism and the Kabbalah   How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Calendar and Life Cycle Rituals  Denominations in American Judaism  Judaism in the Modern World   THINK World Religions: Reconstructionist Judaism  Contemporary Religious Issues: Holocaust Denial   Conclusion   Visual Summary   Chapter Review   Chapter 11:   Christianity:  The God-Man Messiah A Sacred Place: St. Stephen’s of Walbrook   The Messiah: Jesus Christ  Is There a God? A Sacred Action: Liturgy and Eucharist   THINK World Religions: Paul’s Mystical Experience   THINK World Religions: Varieties of Early Christianity   Seeking God in the Early Christian Church   THINK World Religions: Christianity and Popular Culture: The DaVinci Code   The Problem with the Holy Trinity   THINK World Religions: Don’t Understand the Holy Trinity? Try These Techniques!   What Does It Mean to Be Human?   Christian Confessions   Internal Conflict: Good Nature but Evil Deeds? 1 What Happens When Human Beings Die? Christian Ideas of Heaven and Hell   Christianity + Literature: Dostoevsky, On Hell   Internal Conflict: Christianity and Evolution Chapter Review   Chapter 12:   Christianity:  Communion and Community A Place in the World: Mother Teresa of Calcutta   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   What’s in a Name? Churches, Denominations, and Communities   THINK World Religions: Justin Martyr Describes Christian Interaction with the Sacred   The Eucharist: An Ancient Christian Form of Communion with God   Prayer: Personal and Communal Interaction with the Sacred   THINK World Religions: Music and Prayer   Contemplation and Quiet as Forms of Interaction with the Sacred   THINK World Religions: Spiritual Double Clicking   Finding a Direct Link to God: The Charismatic Movement   How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Monasticism  Calendars, Rituals and Community Celebrations   Communal Worship and Identity   Christians in the World   Religion + Politics in the USA: The Religious Right   Conclusion   Visual Summary   Chapter Review     Chapter 13:   Islam:  Submission and Faith A Sacred Place: Selimiye Mosque, Turkey   Is There a God?   The “Glorious Qur’an”   A Sacred Action: Sandys Travailes   God and the Kaaba   THINK World Religions: “Allah” or “God”?   Comprehending God in Islam   Religion + People of the Book: Judaism and Christianity in the Qur’an   What Does It Mean to Be Human?   Muhammad’s Biography   Islam After Muhammad’s Death   Women in Islam   THINK World Religions: Behind the Veil: Why Islam’s Most Visible Symbol Is Spreading   The Sira, Sunna, and Hadith   Religion + Secular Literature: The Fatwa of Salman Rushdie   What Happens after Humans Die?  Chapter Review     Chapter 14:   Islam:  The Pillars and the Umma A Place in the World: Mecca   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   Shahada: Witnessing and Professing Faith in God   The Shia Shahada: Purity and Fidelity   THINK World Religion: Message to the Blackman in America by Elijah Muhammad  Interacting with the Divine through Prayer: The Second Pillar of Islam   Interacting with God through Food and Fasting: The Third Pillar of Islam   THINK World Religions: Islam and Ritual Purity   Sufism: Mystical Interaction with the Sacred  Religion + Poetry: The Poet Rumi   THINK World Religions: The Intoxication of Qalandar   How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Giving to the Poor: The Fourth Pillar of Islam   The Hajj: The Fifth Pillar of Islam   Jihad in a Modern World?   Conclusion   Visual Summary   Chapter Review     Chapter 15:   Religions of Place:  A Sacred World Around Us A Sacred Place: The Tipi   Is There a God?   A Sacred Action: Black Elk’s Vision   THINK World Religions: Glooskap the Divinity   The Medicine Wheel   THINK World Religions: Sacred Land and Sacred Power Across the Globe   What Does It Mean to Be Human?   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred? How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Sacred Words   From Words to Steps: The Vision Quest   Steps Become Ritual: The Sun Dance   American Indian Spirituality Meets Christian Spirituality: Is God Red or White?   Breaking the Sacred Bonds of the Land: Native Americans and the U.S. Government   Thinking About Indigenous World Religions  THINK World Religions: Casinos and Native American Life  Conclusion  Visual Summary   Chapter Review     Chapter 16:   New Religions:  A Quest for the Sacred A Sacred Place: Stonehenge   A Sacred Action: The Blessing Ceremony   Defining the New Religious Movements   Is There a God?   A New Path for Christianity: The Unification Movement   Wicca and the New Age: Ancient Magick for a Modern Era   Religion + Violence: New Religious Movements + Violence 5 Cults?   Religion + The Supernatural: UFOlogy   What Does It Mean to Be Human?   Unificationism   Wicca and the New Age   How Do Humans Interact with the Sacred?   Unificationism   Wicca and the New Age   How Does the Sacred Become Community?   Unificationism   Wicca and the New Age   Community and Celebrity in the New Age   Religion + Controversy: Religious Pluralism   Conclusion: Thinking about New Religious Movements   Visual Summary  Chapter Review

About the Author :
Roy R. Robson is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He teaches courses on modern Europe, Russia, and world religions. His interdisciplinary teaching includes “Intellectual Heritage: Time” and “Views of the Cosmos." Robson writes extensively on Russian history and world religions. His last book, Solovki, won praise from the New Yorker, The Times (London), Condé Nast Traveler, and the Journal of Modern History. Robson serves as the series editor on Orthodox Christianity for Northern Illinois University Press. This year, the National Endowment for the Humanities honored the University’s Intellectual Heritage program by granting Dr. Robson a fellowship to expand his course on Time. Dr. Robson is president-elect of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, the largest regional association of Slavic scholars in America.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780205895717
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 680 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0205895719
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2012
  • Binding: SA
  • No of Pages: 312


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