THINK World Religions - Softcover

Robson, Roy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205934439 ISBN 13: 9780205934430

Publisher: Pearson, 2012

Synopsis

THINK Currency.    THINK Relevancy.    THINK World Religions

 

THINK World Religions   is informed with the latest research and the most contemporary examples, allowing you to bring current events directly into your classroom with little additional work.

 

An engaging visual design developed through extensive student feedback will appeal to your students and deliver the core concepts of World Religions in a way that they can actually understand.

 

In addition, a groundbreaking instructor supplements package will help you bring the core concepts of World Religions to life without burdening your students with heavy, too dense or too expensive learning solutions. 

 

A better teaching and learning experience

The teaching and learning experience with this program helps to:

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• Improve Critical Thinking – The text will help you consider how each religion grapples with a series of important ideas
• Engage Students –  Written in an anecdotal style, students will be pulled in with the author’s narrative’s of his real-world experiences and work.
• Support Instructors – All supplements were developed around the textbook’s carefully constructed learning objectives.

 

About this title

About the Author:

Roy R. Robson is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He teaches courses on modern Europe, Russia, and world religions. His interdisciplinary teaching includes “Intellectual Heritage: Time” and “Views of the Cosmos." Robson writes extensively on Russian history and world religions. His last book,  Solovki, won praise from the New Yorker, The Times (London), Condé Nast Traveler, and the Journal of Modern History. Robson serves as the series editor on Orthodox Christianity for Northern Illinois University Press. This year, the National Endowment for the Humanities honored the University’s Intellectual Heritage program by granting Dr. Robson a fellowship to expand his course on Time. Dr. Robson is president-elect of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, the largest regional association of Slavic scholars in America.

Review:

"Visually attractive, easy to read, with resources that facilitate cross-cultural comparison and critical thinking."

        - Abraham Velez of Eastern Kentucky University 

 

“A cuting-edge text for the digital 21th-century generation studing World Religions or Comparative Religions.”

        - Nathaniel Murrell of UNC Wilmington 

 

“Colorful, well-written, appealing to students, good possibilities for connections to resources on the Web.”

       - Alan Meyers of Lindenwood University

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0205934439
• ISBN 13: 9780205934430
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320