A Brief Guide to Beliefs: Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and MovementsWestminster John Knox Press, 2001 - 578 páginas This wide-ranging and highly readable introduction focuses on the contemporary fascination with the big questions about God and the supernatural, setting out clearly and fairly what people believe and their reasons for believing it. All the major faiths are covered, along with new and alternative movements, neo-pagan and New Age thought, and spiritualities of human potential and self-enhancement. Offering a wealth of information on key concepts, movements, and thinkers, A Brief Guide to Beliefs will be especially helpful to students of religion or related subjects, and to all who want to know more about the most popular and influencial beliefs in the world today. |
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... Confucianism has been the mainstream philosophy in China for the past two thousand years and has also influenced the cultures of Korea , Japan , and Indochina . Confucianism is both a religion and a system of social and ethical phi ...
... Confucianism has been the mainstream philosophy in China for the past two thousand years and has also influenced the cultures of Korea , Japan , and Indochina . Confucianism is both a religion and a system of social and ethical phi ...
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... Confucianism focused on the importance of five forms of relationship , or filial piety ( Hsiao ) : Father and son Elder and younger brothers Husband and wife Elder and younger Ruler and subject Confucianism also combines political ...
... Confucianism focused on the importance of five forms of relationship , or filial piety ( Hsiao ) : Father and son Elder and younger brothers Husband and wife Elder and younger Ruler and subject Confucianism also combines political ...
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... Confucianism What has been termed the neo - Confucian movement is the later development of Confucian thought , which avoided both extensive rationalism and the appeal of superstitions and omens and instead drew the riches of spiritual ...
... Confucianism What has been termed the neo - Confucian movement is the later development of Confucian thought , which avoided both extensive rationalism and the appeal of superstitions and omens and instead drew the riches of spiritual ...
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Postmodernism and the Challenge to Religion | 9 |
The Existence of God | 19 |
The Meaning of Morality | 31 |
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A Brief Guide to Beliefs: Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and Movements Linda Edwards Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
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The Re-Enchantment of the West: Volume 1 Alternative Spiritualities ... Christopher Partridge Vista de fragmentos - 2004 |