Exploring Religious Meaning

Stamey, Joseph D., Affleck, Bert, Lawrence, Kenneth T., Monk, Robert C., Hofheinz, Walter C.

ISBN 10: 0130923869 / ISBN 13: 9780130923868

Verlag: Pearson Education, Limited, 2002

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 16422408-6

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For courses in Introduction to Religion and Religion and Culture.

This text provides the tools and resources for exploring the many dimensions of religion as a central reality of human life. It was designed for introductory courses in religion, religion and culture, religion and society, and the humanities. It can also been used as a main or supplementary text for courses in comparative religion, sociology of religion, and philosophy of religion .

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This new edition explores the many dimensions of religion as a central reality of human life. It provides a functional definition of religion that suggests that religion is important to everyone because each person's life is shaped by, and all persons are concerned about, occasions in their lives that threaten or promote fulfillment of the individual's basic values and commitments.

FEATURES:

• A broad approach to defining religion in terms of value and commitment?Allows examination of traditional religious issues, beliefs, and patterns.
• A functional definition of religion?Provides several definitions of religion?with emphasis upon that which gives "pivitol value" to life.
• A variety of resource materials?Drawn from the Scriptures and classic literature of the world's great religions, as well as from classic and contemporary sources that seek to interpret religion in its various dimensions.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Updated contemporary examples from popular culture?Features poetry, drama, cinema, comics, news stories, and song lyrics.
• Expanded and revised content throughout?E.g., ecstatic religion, religion and gender, myth, religious understandings of evil, and postmodernism.
• Examination of recent world events?As they relate to religion.
• Fuller treatment of religious orientations and movements in simpler and contemporary society.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Exploring Religious Meaning
Verlag: Pearson Education, Limited
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 6th Edition.