ABSTRACT

- Organized by themes which are central to understanding religion today - Suitable for advanced undergraduates: emphasis on controversy and debates in the field - International range of sources and religions - Includes popular as well as scholarly sources

part 1|46 pages

From Sacred Text to Internet

chapter 1.1|4 pages

‘Mark’s Gospel’

chapter 1.3|2 pages

‘Seeing the Sacred’

chapter 1.5|2 pages

‘Idol Worship’

chapter 1.6|1 pages

‘Defence of Image Worship’

chapter 1.7|1 pages

‘Glimpses of Religion’

chapter 1.8|1 pages

‘Images as an Aid to Worship’

chapter 1.10|1 pages

‘The FWBO and the Buddhist Tradition’

chapter 1.11|1 pages

‘Learning About Buddhism’

chapter 1.12|1 pages

‘Kadampa Buddhism’

part 2|52 pages

Religion and Social Transformations

chapter 2.3|4 pages

‘Human Rights Declaration, 1948’

chapter 2.8|2 pages

‘Black Feminism and Theology’

chapter 2.10|4 pages

‘God as Mother’

chapter 2.11|2 pages

‘A Buddhist Life is a Green Life’

chapter 2.11|3 pages

‘A Zone of Peace’

part 3|50 pages

Perspectives on Civil Religion

chapter 3.1|5 pages

‘Civil Religion in America’

chapter 3.2|7 pages

‘Baptized in Blood’

chapter 3.4|2 pages

‘War Memorials’

chapter 3.5|3 pages

‘Say Goodbye to Grandad’

chapter 3.6|4 pages

‘How did Uncle Edmund Die?’

chapter 3.7|7 pages

‘War Grave Pilgrimage’

chapter 3.8|2 pages

‘Communion at the Wall’

chapter 3.11|4 pages

‘To Heal a Nation’

chapter 3.13|2 pages

‘Act of Donation of the City of Siena to the Most Holy Virgin Mary’

On display in Siena cathedral

chapter 3.15|3 pages

‘Palio’

part 4|58 pages

Global Religious Movements in Regional Context

chapter 4.3|2 pages

‘Christianity for a New Age’

chapter 4.6|3 pages

‘The Legacy of John Wimber’

chapter 4.9|2 pages

‘View from the Other Side’

chapter 4.13|1 pages

‘Happiness in This World’

chapter 4.14|2 pages

‘The One Essential Phrase’

chapter 4.15|2 pages

‘Soka Gakkai International Charter’

chapter 4.16|2 pages

‘President Ikeda’s Guidance’

chapter 4.18|3 pages

‘Flood Disaster in Venezuela’

part 5|75 pages

Belief Beyond Boundaries

chapter 5.1|2 pages

‘Pagan Theologies’

chapter 5.2|3 pages

‘Neopaganism’ 1

chapter 5.4|3 pages

‘New Age or Pagan’

chapter 5.5|4 pages

‘The Stations of the Sun’

chapter 5.6|2 pages

‘The Celtic Year’

chapter 5.7|2 pages

‘Three ‘P’S’

chapter 5.8|3 pages

‘Are the Modern Celts Bogus?’

chapter 5.10|2 pages

‘Apologies to Native People’

chapter 5.11|2 pages

‘Behind the Buckskin Curtain’

chapter 5.15|3 pages

’Drawing Down the Moon’

chapter 5.17|2 pages

’The Burning Times’

chapter 5.18|2 pages

’Sorceresses’

chapter 5.19|1 pages

’The Witches of Eastwick’

chapter 5.20|1 pages

’The Worst Witch’

chapter 5.21|1 pages

’The Ride-By-Nights’

chapter 5.22|4 pages

’Witch at Home’

chapter 5.23|2 pages

’Science and Religion’

chapter 5.25|3 pages

’Psychology and Religion’

chapter 5.26|2 pages

‘Syncronicity’

chapter 5.27|3 pages

‘Foreword to the I Ching’