Ideal for courses in Western religions and world religions, Religions of the West Today covers the same material as the parallel chapters of the authors' longer textbook, World Religions Today, Third Edition. Revealing the significance of religion in contemporary life, it explores major religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, indigenous religions, and new religions--as dynamic, ongoing forces in the lives of individuals and in the collective experience of modern societies. This unique volume accomplishes two goals; it connects today's religions to their classical beliefs and practices while also focusingon how these religions have responded to and been transformed by the modern world. INDICE: Preface: ; 1. Introduction; Globalization: World Religions in Everyone's Hometown; Understanding Religious Experience and Its Expressions; The Great Transition: From Tribal Life to Urban Life and the Emergence of World Religions; The Great Religious Stories of the World; Modernization in Global Perspective; Modern Colonialism, the Socialist Challenge, and the End of Modernity; Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World; Conclusion: We Are All Heretics in the Postmodern Situation; 2. Indigenous Religions; I. Origins of Homo Religiosus: Prehistory; II. Indigenous Religious Traditions: Soul Belief and Afterlife; III. Indigenous Religions Today; 3. The Many Stories of Judaism: Sacredand Secular; Encounter with Modernity: Modern Judaisms and the Challenge of Ultra-Orthodoxy; Premodern Judaism: The Formative Era; Premodern Judaism: The Classical Era; Judaism and Modernity; Judaism and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World; 4. Christian Diversity and the Road to Modernity; Encounter withModernity: The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy; Premodern Christianity: The Formative Era; Premodern Christianity: The Classical Era; Christianity andModernity; Christianity and Postmodern Trends in a Postcolonial World; 5. Islam: The Many Faces of the Muslim Experience; Encounter with Modernity: The Challenge of Western Colonialism; Premodern Islam: The Formative Era; Premodern Islam: The Classical Era; Islam and Modernity; Islam and Postmodern Trends in aPostcolonial World; Islam: Postmodern Challenges; 6. Globalization: From New to New Age Religions; New Religions; New Age Religions; East Goes West: Transcendental Meditation; West Goes East: The Unification Church of Sun Myung Moon and the Aum Shinrikyo Movement; Religious Postmodernism and Global Ethics; TheChallenge of Postmodern Secular Relativism; The Future of Religion in an Age of Globalization; Glossary: ; Art Credits: ; Index:
- ISBN: 978-0-19-537361-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 378
- Fecha Publicación: 08/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés