Scriptures of the World's Religions - Couverture souple

Fieser, James; Powers, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0072865229 ISBN 13 : 9780072865226

Editeur : McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2003

Synopsis

This work is an anthology of scriptures from the world's living religions. Sections discuss the nature and scope of scripture within each religion as well as the history of the scripture presented. They focus on the lives and teachings of religious founders and present central doctrines.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

James Fieser is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He received his B.A. from Berea College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Purdue University. He is author, co-author or editor of ten textbooks, including Philosophy: A Historical Survey with Essential Readings (9/e 2014), Scriptures of the World's Religions (5/e 2014), Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong (7/e 2012), Business Ethics and the Bottom Line (2012), A Historical Introduction to Philosophy (2003), and Moral Philosophy through the Ages (2001). He has edited and annotated the ten-volume Early Responses to Hume (2/e 2005) and the five-volume Scottish Common Sense Philosophy (2000). He is founder and general editor of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy web site (www.iep.utm.edu). His personal website can be accessed at www.utm.edu/staff/jfieser.

John Powers is Professor of Asian Studies in the School of Culture, History, and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. He received a BA from the College of the Holy Cross, an MA from McMaster University, and a PhD from the University of Virginia. He is the author of fourteen books and more than sixty articles, including A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009); History as Propaganda: Tibetan Exiles versus the Peoples Republic of China (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004); and Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2007). He teaches courses on Buddhism, contemporary India, methodology for Asian Studies, and Asian Religions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0072865229
• ISBN 13: 9780072865226
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible