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| Understanding the World's Religious Heritage | |
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| the Sacred in Nature | |
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| Life against Time | |
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| Wisdom Embarked for the Farther Shore | |
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| Dragon and Sun | |
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| One God, Many Words and Wonders | |
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| Keeping Covenant with God in History | |
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| Spreading the Word of God in the World | |
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| Submitting to the Will of God | |
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| Spirits Rising | |
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| Understanding the World's Religious Heritage | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| A New Day of Religious Encounter | |
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| Visiting a Strange Land | |
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| Conditioned and Unconditioned Reality | |
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| Doors and Windows to the Ultimate | |
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| Forms of Religious Expression | |
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| Descriptive and Critical Approaches | |
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| Religion, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Religion Through Time | |
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| Religion, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Women in World Religions | |
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| Fundamental Features of Religions | |
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| the Sacred in Nature | |
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| First Peoples and Indigenous Religion | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Encountering First Peoples' Indigenous Religion | |
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| The First Faiths | |
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| The Natural World in the Realm of the Sacred | |
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| Gods, Spirits, and the World | |
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| Initiation Rites of Men and Women | |
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| Shamans | |
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| Indigenous Tribal Religion of Ancient Europe and the Middle East | |
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| From Archaic Hunter/Gatherers to Agriculture and Its Effects on Religion and Culture | |
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| The Native Americans | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on Prehistoric and Tribal Religions | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| Life against Time | |
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| The Spiritual Paths of India | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| The Face of India | |
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| The Hindu Tradition | |
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| The Practice of Hinduism Today | |
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| Hinduism, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Women in Hinduism | |
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| Jainism | |
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| Sikhism | |
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| India in America | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on the Religions of India | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| Wisdom Embarked for the Farther Shore | |
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| The Journey of Buddhism | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| A Religion of Transformation of Consciousness | |
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| The Life of the Buddha | |
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| Basic Buddhist Teaching | |
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| Theravada Buddhism | |
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| Mahayana Buddhism | |
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| Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism | |
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| Chan or Zen Buddhism | |
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| Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Women in Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism in America | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on Buddhism | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| Dragon and Sun | |
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| Religions of East Asia | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| The East Asian Spiritual World | |
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| Religion in China | |
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| Ancient China | |
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| The Dao-Foundational to Confucianism and Daoism | |
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| Confucianism | |
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| Daoism | |
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| Buddhism in China | |
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| Religion in Traditional China-A Syncretistic Practice | |
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| Religion in China, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Women in Chinese Religion | |
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| The Influence of Daoism and Confucianism in America | |
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| Religion in Japan | |
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| Shinto | |
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| Buddhism in Japan | |
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| Confucianism in Japan | |
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| The Japanese "New Religions" | |
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| Religion in Japan, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Women in Japanese Religion | |
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| Religion in Korea | |
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| Religion in Vietnam | |
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| Religion in Mongolia | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on East Asian Religion | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| One God, Many Words and Wonders | |
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| The Family of the Three Great Monotheistic Religions and Zoroastrianism | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| The Nature of Monotheistic Religion | |
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| The Abrahamic Faiths | |
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| Zoroastrianism | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on Zoroastrianism | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| Keeping Covenant with God in History | |
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| The Unique Perspective of Judaism | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Jewish Uniqueness | |
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| The Ancient Story of Judaism | |
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| From the Second Temple to the Talmud | |
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| Medieval and Modern Judaism | |
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| Judaism in America | |
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| Jewish Beliefs | |
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| Jewish Life | |
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| Festivals and Practices | |
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| Judaism, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Women in Judaism | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on the Hebrew Scriptures and Judaism | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| Spreading the Word of God in the World | |
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| The Growth of Christianity | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| The Scope of Christianity | |
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| Jesus | |
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| The Early Jesus Movement | |
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| Paul | |
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| Varieties of Early Christianity | |
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| The Emergence of Normative Christianity | |
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| The Christian Triumph | |
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| The Foundations of Medieval Christianity | |
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| Medieval Christendom | |
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| The Reformation and Martin Luther King | |
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| Calvin | |
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| The English Reformation | |
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| Radical Reform | |
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| The Catholic Reformation | |
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| Christian Mysticism and Devotion | |
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| Eastern Orthodoxy | |
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| Roman Catholicism | |
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| Protestantism | |
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| Independent Christianities | |
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| Christianity, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Christianity in America: A Wellspring of Denominationalism | |
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| Missionaries and the Modern Expansion of Christianity | |
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| The New Face of World Christianity | |
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| Women in Christianity | |
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| Christianity in the World Today | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on Christianity | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| Submitting to the Will of God | |
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| Building the House of Islam | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| The Meaning of Islam | |
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| Muhammad | |
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| The Qur'an | |
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| The Five Pillars of Islam | |
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| Prayers and Mosques | |
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| Jihad | |
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| Historic Islam | |
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| Features of Classic Islam Civilization | |
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| Sunni Islam | |
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| Shi'a Islam | |
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| Islamic Mysticism | |
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| Islam, Governance, and Political Life | |
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| Islam in America | |
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| Women in Islam | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on Islam | |
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| Suggested Websites | |
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| Spirits Rising | |
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| New Religious Movements | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| The World of New Religions | |
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| Types of New Religions | |
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| New Religions Around the World | |
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| Features of New Religious Movements | |
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| Summary | |
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| Questions for Review | |
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| Suggested Readings on New Religious Movements | |
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| Suggested Websites | |