Anatomy of the Sacred An Introduction to Religion

Name: Anatomy of the Sacred An Introduction to Religion
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ISBN: 9780136003809

ISBN-10: 013600380X

ISBN-13: 9780136003809

Edition: 6th 2009

Authors: James Livingston, Emeritus Livingston

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This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in the study of religion, (2) examines the universal forms of religious experience, (3) offers a cross-cultural study of a broad range of classic types of religious belief and practice in terms of the seven basic concepts of a religious world view, and (4) surveys the challenges faced by religions today.

Book details

List price: $153.32
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 7/21/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion, 6th Edition



The Study of Religion



What is Religion?



Ways of Studying Religion



Universal Forms of Religious Experience and Expression



The Sacred and the Holy



Sacred Symbol, Myth, and Doctrine



Sacred Ritual



Sacred Scripture



Society and the Sacred: The Social Formations and Transformations of Religion



Universal Components of a Religious Worldview



Deity: Concepts of the Divine and Ultimate Reality



Cosmogony: Origins of the Natural and Social Order



Views of the Human Problem



Theodicy: Encountering Evil



Ethics: Patterns of Moral Action



Soteriology: Ways and Goals of Salvation and Liberation



The Sacred and The Secular in Modernity



Secularization - New Religious Revitalization Movements - COntemporary Religious Fundamentalism



Contemporary Challenges to Traditional Religion: The Status and the Roles of Women - Relations Between Religion and the State