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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... Religion ? Religion is a complex phenomenon that often defies definition or summary . The question arises : What is the best way to study it ? Emile Durkheim saw religion as being the social side of life in symbolic form , so that the ...
... Religion ? Religion is a complex phenomenon that often defies definition or summary . The question arises : What is the best way to study it ? Emile Durkheim saw religion as being the social side of life in symbolic form , so that the ...
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... religion , the task of studying religion can be quite daunting . The introduction in this chapter gives a brief out- line of four well - used approaches for studying religion and then sets out the method this book uses to guide you ...
... religion , the task of studying religion can be quite daunting . The introduction in this chapter gives a brief out- line of four well - used approaches for studying religion and then sets out the method this book uses to guide you ...
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... religions in the light of its own beliefs . People who take this approach are often concerned about the effect of studying religion objectively . They fear that such study can lead to a secular indifference to the study of all religion ...
... religions in the light of its own beliefs . People who take this approach are often concerned about the effect of studying religion objectively . They fear that such study can lead to a secular indifference to the study of all religion ...
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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 |