Scriptures of the West - Couverture souple

Fieser-Powers

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0072865245 ISBN 13 : 9780072865240

Editeur : McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2003

Synopsis

Book by Fieser James Powers John

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This anthology of scriptures offers selections that vary in length from a few paragraphs to 10 pages, accompanied by brief introductions that discuss the nature and scope of scripture within each religion as well as the history of each scripture presented. Scriptures of The West contains sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Baha’i faith, and indigenous religions of the West; a companion text, Scriptures of The East, contains sacred writings of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and indigenous religions of the East.

Biographie de l'auteur

James Fieser is an Assistant Professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University’s Department of Philosophy (1983, 1986). He has published articles on the topics of the philosophy of religion, rights theory, environmental ethics, moral skepticism, David Hume, and Thomas Aquinas. He has created several World Wide Web sites in philosophy, including the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw Hill Higher Education
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0072865245
• ISBN 13: 9780072865240
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible