Study Guide for World Religions - Softcover

Warren Matthews

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534566928 ISBN 13: 9780534566920

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 1999

Synopsis

Presenting both the histories and the prevalent worldviews of the major world religions, Matthews' WORLD RELIGIONS methodically introduces students to the richness and diversity of these traditions. The "Worldview" sections in particular make this textbook the most helpful textbook when it comes to comparative analyses of the religions. In these sections students can see how the different religions understand a common set of ten themes that are fundamental to all traditions, including the nature of the Absolute, the place of humans in the world, rituals and symbols, and the prospects for life after death. Furthermore, this text combines insightful, engaging prose with maps, photographs, timelines, excerpts from sacred texts, and other helpful pedagogical aids, to employ a scholarly approach that neither shields students from current research nor encumbers them with it. Students are encouraged, individually and collectively, to pursue their own dialogues with the voices and nuances of these religions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534566928
• ISBN 13: 9780534566920
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3