The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the World (4th Edition)

Ludwig, Theodore M.

ISBN 10: 0131539035 / ISBN 13: 9780131539037

Published by Pearson, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the World (4th Edition)
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131539035
• ISBN 13: 9780131539037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

This book combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. In this way, the book helps readers to explore each of the major religions as a unique and integral system of meaning and life. At the same time, readers are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions. Covering the religions arising from India, China, Japan, and the Mediterranean world, this book introduces the key dimensions of religious experience, outlining the basic human concerns that give rise to religious experience, such as origin and identity, ultimate reality, human nature, and the good life. For anyone interested in exploring the origins and development of the diverse religions of the world.

From the Publisher

By combining a historical-descriptive presentation of individual religions with a comparative-thematic approach, this text accomplishes two important goals. First, it allows students to examine each of the world's major religions as a unique system of meaning. At the same time, it lets them to explore the inner nature of sacred experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions and pertinent to their own personal lives. An introductory chapter discusses the basic human questions and concerns behind religion, such as origin and identity, ultimate reality, human nature, and the good life. These essential concepts are then used to help describe the beliefs, practices, and historical development of each religion. This new edition has been streamlined in several key areas, while including more material on sacred art and the role of women in religion. As the work of a single scholar--much of it based on original research--this book offers a consistency and depth missing in many of the texts in this field.