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| Preface | |
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| What is Religion? Definition of Religion | |
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| Religion Versus Science? Religion Versus Other Values | |
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| Components of Religion | |
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| God or Gods? Religion Versus Government | |
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| Sacred Writings | |
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| Religious Roles | |
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| Scholarly Approaches | |
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| Tribal Religions | |
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| Earliest Religion | |
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| Common Themes in Tribal Religion | |
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| The Sacred | |
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| The Profane | |
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| Animism | |
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| Taboo | |
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| Rites of Passage | |
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| Sacrifice | |
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| Magic | |
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| Exorcism | |
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| Healing | |
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| Divination | |
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| Creation Myths | |
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| Tricksters | |
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| Totems | |
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| The High God | |
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| Afterlife and Ancestors | |
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| Megaliths | |
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| The Shaman | |
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| Australian Aborigines | |
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| Inuits (Eskimos) | |
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| Native Americans | |
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| Africans | |
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| Southeast Asians and Melanesians | |
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| Polynesians | |
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| Ainu | |
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| Teutons | |
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| Celts | |
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| Religions of Ancient Civilizations | |
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| Religious Themes | |
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| Mesopotamia | |
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| Case Study: Enuma Elish | |
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| Case Study: Gilgamesh | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Iran | |
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| New World Civilization | |
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| Hinduism | |
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| History | |
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| Pre-Vedic India | |
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| Vedic India | |
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| Case Study: The Isa Upanishad | |
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| The Period of Native Challenge | |
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| The Period of Reform and Elaboration | |
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| Case Study: Stories from the Mahabharata | |
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| The Period of Foreign Challenge | |
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| Contemporary Hinduism: Popular Religion | |
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| Worldview | |
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| Nature | |
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| Society | |
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| Self | |
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| Case Study: The Hindu Child | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Summary: The Hindu Center | |
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| Judaism | |
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| History | |
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| The Biblical Period | |
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| Case Study: Jeremiah | |
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| Rabbinic Judaism | |
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| The Medieval Period | |
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| The Modern Period | |
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| Case Study: Hasidic Tales | |
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| Worldview | |
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| Nature | |
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| Society | |
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| Case Study: Jewish Rituals | |
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| Self | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Case Study: Jewish Prayer | |
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| Summary: The Jewish Center | |
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| China And Japan | |
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| The History of China | |
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| Preaxial Chinese Religion | |
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| The Six Schools | |
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| Case Study: The Cult of Confucius | |
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| The Communist Era | |
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| The Chinese Worldview | |
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| Nature | |
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| Society | |
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| Self | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Summary: The Chinese Center | |
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| The History of Japan | |
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| The Ancient-Formative Period | |
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| Japan's Modern-Reformative Period | |
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| The Japanese Worldview | |
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| Nature | |
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| Society | |
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| Self | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Summary: The Japanese Center | |
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| Greek And Hellenistic Religion | |
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| History | |
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| The Earliest Religion | |
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| The Olympian Pantheon | |
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| Oracles and Divination | |
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| The Older Mystery Cults | |
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| Philosophy | |
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| The Hellenistic Mystery Cults | |
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| Worldview | |
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| Nature and Ultimate Reality | |
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| Society | |
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| Women | |
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| Self | |
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| Summary: The Greek and Hellenistic Center | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| History | |
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| Overview | |
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| The Buddha | |
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| The Dharma (Buddhist Doctrine) | |
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| Early Buddhism | |
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| Case Study: Theravada | |
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| Mahayana | |
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| Case Study: The Diamond Sutra | |
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| Tantrism | |
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| The Demise of Indian Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism in China | |
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| Buddhism in Japan | |
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| Contemporary Buddhist Rituals | |
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| Worldview | |
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| Nature | |
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| Society | |
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| Self | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Case Study: Nagarjuna | |
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| Summary: The Buddhist Center | |
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| Christianity | |
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| History | |
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| Jesus | |
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| Case Study: Jesus' Parables | |
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| The Early Centuries | |
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| The Conciliar Age | |
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| Eastern Orthodox Churches | |
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| The Medieval Period | |
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| The Period of Reform | |
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| Worldview | |
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| Nature | |
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| Society | |
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| Self | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Summary: The Christian Center | |
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| Islam | |
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| History | |
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| Muhammad | |
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| Qur'anic Religion | |
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| The Age of Conquest | |
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| Case Study: Mary | |
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| The Golden Civilization | |
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| Case Study: Architecture and Poetry | |
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| The Period of Division | |
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| Late Empire and Modernity | |
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| Case Study: Lessons from Recent Iran | |
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| Worldview | |
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| Nature | |
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| Society | |
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| Self | |
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| Case Study: Islamic Rituals | |
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| Case Study: Muslim Saints | |
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| Ultimate Reality | |
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| Summary: The Muslim Center | |
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| Modern Times | |
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| Enlightenment | |
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| Demythologization | |
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| Modern Science | |
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| Liberalism | |
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| The U.S | |
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| Situation | |
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| Marxism | |
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| Existentialism | |
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| Worldview | |
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| Nature and Divinity in Humanistic Perspective | |
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| Society and Self in Humanistic Perspective | |
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| Summary: The Humanistic Center | |
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| Responses to Secularism | |
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| The Great Awakening and the Great Revival | |
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| Pentecostalism | |
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| Christian Science | |
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| Apocalypticism | |
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| Jehovah's Witnesses | |
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| Seventh Day Adventists | |
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| Communistic Societies | |
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| Mormonism | |
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| Evangelicalism | |
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| Ecumenism | |
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| Cao Dai, Santeria, Cults | |
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| International terrorism, Unity and Diversity | |
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| Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Glossary | |