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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Prolegomena to World Religions | |
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| What Is Religion? | |
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| Four Functional Modes of Religion | |
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| Three Basic Views on Faith and Reason | |
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| Terms Relating to Religion | |
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| Six Dimensions of Religion | |
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| Do All Religions Lead to God? | |
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| Comparison of Foundational Religious Worldviews | |
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| Comparison of World Religions | |
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| Major World Religions in Order of Founding | |
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| Comparison of Beliefs Among Religions | |
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| Holy Books of World Religions | |
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| Ancient Mediterranean Religions | |
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| Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean World | |
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| Ancient Near Eastern Deities (Excluding Egypt) | |
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| Egyptian Paganism | |
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| Gods of the Egyptian Pantheon | |
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| Greek Paganism | |
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| Roman Paganism | |
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| Graeco-Roman Deities | |
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| Western Religions | |
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| Historical Relationships of Western Religions | |
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| Comparison of Western Religions Judaism | |
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| Timeline of Judaism | |
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| Judaism | |
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| Comparison of Beliefs within Judaism | |
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| Orthodox Judaism | |
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| Conservative Judaism | |
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| Reform Judaism | |
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| Hasidic Judaism | |
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| Jewish Scriptures According to Rabbinic Tradition | |
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| Jewish Holy Days | |
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| The Jewish Calendar | |
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| The Jewish Covenants Christianity | |
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| Timeline of Christianity | |
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| Christianity | |
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| Comparison of Beliefs within Christianity | |
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| Roman Catholicism | |
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| Eastern Orthodoxy | |
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| Liberal Protestantism | |
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| Evangelical Protestantism | |
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| Fundamentalist Protestantism | |
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| Pentecostal-Charismatic Protestantism | |
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| Christian Creeds and Councils | |
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| Christian Holy Days | |
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| Christian Scriptures Islam | |
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| Timeline of Islam | |
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| Islam | |
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| Comparison of Beliefs within Islam | |
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| Sunni Islam | |
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| Shi'ite Islam | |
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| Sufi Islam | |
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| Nation of Islam | |
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| Islamic Calendar and Holy Days Baha'i | |
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| Timeline of Baha'i | |
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| Baha'i Secular Humanism | |
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| Timeline of Secular Humanism | |
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| Secular Humanism | |
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| Eastern Religions | |
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| Historical Relationships of Eastern Religions | |
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| Comparison of Eastern Religions Hinduism | |
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| Timeline of Hinduism | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| Comparison of Beliefs within Hinduism | |
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| Brahmanism | |
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| Advaita Vedanta | |
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| Bhakti | |
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| Self-Realization Fellowship, Appendix on Transcendental Meditation | |
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| Ananda Marga Yoga Society | |
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| Hare Krishna (ISKCON) Buddhism | |
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| Timeline of Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Comparison of Beliefs within Buddhism | |
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| Mahayana Buddhism, Appendix on Pure Land Buddhism | |
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| Theravada Buddhism | |
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| Vajrayana Buddhism | |
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| Zen Buddhism | |
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| Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism Taoism | |
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| Timeline of Taoism | |
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| Taoism, Appendix on Religious Taoism Jainism | |
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| Timeline of Jainism | |
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| Jainism Zoroastrianism | |
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| Timeline of Zoroastrianism | |
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| Zoroastrianism Shintoism | |
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| Timeline of Shinto | |
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| Shinto Confucianism | |
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| Timeline of Confucianism | |
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| Confucianism Sikhism | |
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| Timeline of Sikhism | |
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| Sikhism | |
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| Indigenous Religions | |
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| Historical Relationships of Indigenous Religions | |
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| Comparison of Indigenous Religions African | |
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| Timeline of African Traditional Religion | |
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| African Traditional Religion Caribbean | |
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| Caribbean Religions | |
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| Comparison of Caribbean Religions | |
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| Timeline of Rastafari | |
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| Rastafari | |
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| Timeline of Santeria and Palo Mayombe | |
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| Santeria, Appendix on Palo Mayombe | |
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| Timeline of Umbanda and Candombl+� | |
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| Umbanda, Appendix on Candombl+� | |
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| Timeline of Voudon (Voodoo) | |
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| Voudon (Voodoo) Native American | |
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| Timeline of Native American Religion | |
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| Native American Religion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Sources | |
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| Recommended Reading List | |