ABSTRACT
This text combines study of the dynamic historical development of each religious tradition with a comparative thematic structure. Students are encouraged to discover and explore the nature of religious experience by comparing basic themes and issues common to all religions, finding connections with their own personal experiences. By sensitively introducing descriptive material within a comparative thematic structure, this text helps students to understand how each religion provides, for its adherents, patterns and meanings that make up a full way of life.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |69 pages
Exploring the Sacred Paths
chapter |24 pages
Perspectives on the Religious Path
chapter |7 pages
Beginnings of the Human Religious Adventure
chapter |36 pages
Sacred Paths Among Indigenous Peoples
part |177 pages
Religions Arising in the Mediterranean World
chapter |9 pages
Religions of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece
chapter |13 pages
The Zoroastrian Tradition
chapter |20 pages
Jewish Sacred Story and Historical Context
chapter |12 pages
Jewish Worlds of Meaning
chapter |16 pages
Ritual Practices and the Good Life for Jews
chapter |24 pages
Christian Sacred Story and Historical Context
chapter |12 pages
Christian Worlds of Meaning
chapter |17 pages
Ritual Practices and the Good Life for Christians
chapter |24 pages
Muslim Sacred Story and Historical Context
chapter |10 pages
Muslim Worlds of Meaning
chapter |17 pages
Ritual Practices and the Good Life for Muslims
part |24 pages
Ongoing Explorations on the Sacred Paths