Understanding world religions : an interdisciplinary approach /
Irving Hexham.
- 512 páginas : ilustraciones ; 24 centímetros
Índice: páginas 497-512
Studying religion -- Introductory issues in the study of religion -- A biased canon -- African traditions -- African religious traditions -- Witchcraft and sorcery -- God in Zulu religion -- The case of Isaiah Shembe -- The yogic tradition -- The origins of yogic religions -- The richness of the Hindu tradition -- Rethinking the Hindu tradition -- Ghandi the great Contrarian -- Buddhism -- The development of Buddhist beliefs and practice -- The moral quest o Edward Conze -- Other yogic-type traditions -- The Abramic tradition -- Early Judaism -- Rabbinic and other Judaisms -- Jewish faith and practice -- Martin Buber's Zionist spirituality -- Christianity -- Christian history -- Christian faith and practice -- Christian politics according to Abraham Kuyper -- The challenge of Islam -- Muslim beliefs and practices -- Muslim piety -- Sayyid Qutb and the rebirth of contemporary Islam.