All you want to know but didn't think you could ask : Religions, cults, and popular beliefs
Title:
All you want to know but didn't think you could ask : Religions, cults, and popular beliefs
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Summary:
As our global world becomes smaller, we encounter more religions and popular beliefs than we ever have before. This book, from a high school religion teacher and a professor of religion, clarifies the founding, history, practices, and beliefs of forty groups. Each chapter puts the group in context and explains how the religion is similar to or different from Christianity. No other book covers such a wide range of topics from Islam, Shamanism, and Mormonism, to atheism, vampirism, and astrology.
Year Published:
2012
2002
Physical Description:
316 p. : illus. 21 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- WORLD TRADITIONS: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Baha'i, World Traditions compared -- RELIGIONS OF PLACE: Taoism, Shinto, Shamanism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Rastafarianism, The Orisha Traditions, Neopaganism, Wicca, and Druidism, Native American Religion, Religions of Place compared to Christianity -- UNIQUIELY AMERICAN RELIGIONS: Mormonism, Unitarian Universalism, Scientology, Anabaptist Traditions, Nation of Islam, Jehovah's Witness, Hare Krishna, Uniquely American Traditions compared to Christianity -- POP CULTURE-BASED RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS: Vampirism, Jediism, Divining, Astrology, Tarot Cards, and New Age, Belief in the Paranormal and Spirits, Demonology and Angelology, Fandom, Pop Culture-based Religions compared to Christianity -- NONRELIGIOUS BELIEFS: Atheism, Agnosticism, Postmoderism, Secular Humanism, Nonreligious beliefs compared to Christianity -- EXTREMISM: Fundamentalism, Religious Violence, Apocalypticism, Charismatic Leadership.
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ISBN:
9781418549176
Publisher:
Nashville, TN : Thomas Nelson, c2012.
