Ninian Smart

The World's Religions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new edition of a beautifully produced, popular book with an up-to-date approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 194mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1284g
• ISBN-13: 9780521637480
• ISBN-10: 0521637481
• Artikelnr.: 21282694

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I: 1. Earliest religions
2. South Asia
3. China
4. Japan
5. Southeast Asia
6. The Pacific
7. The Americas
8. The ancient Near East
9. Persia and Central Asia
10. The Greek and Roman world
11. Classical and medieval Christianity and Judaism
12. Classical and medieval Islam
13. Classical African religions
Part II: 14. The explosion of Europe and the re-forming of Christianity
15. North America
16. South Asia and reactions to colonial intervention
17. China and Korea in modern times
18. Modern Southeast Asia
19. Japan in modern times
20. Islam passes through the shadows
21. The colonial impact in the Pacific
22. Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
23. Africa in the modern world
24. Latin America and the Caribbean
25. Some final reflections on global religion
Bibliography
Credits
Index.