Living Religions: A Brief Introduction - Couverture souple

Fisher, Mary Pat

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0205635644 ISBN 13 : 9780205635641

Editeur : Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

For courses in World Religions, Comparative Religions, or Introduction to Religion.

 

Living Religions: A Brief Introduction 2/e provides an updated and concise introduction to what is living and significant in the religions of the modern world. This survey explores the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions and new religious movements, and considers how the contemporary beliefs and practices of each of these traditions have evolved.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Pat Fisher is the author of many college textbooks on religion, including the best-selling Living Religions, as well as textbooks on art and social sciences. Since childhood she has had a deep interest in lived spirituality, an interest that was especially kindled by a near-death experience when she was thirty. She has traveled widely and done intensive spiritual practice under the guidance of Sufi, Jewish, Native American, Buddhist, Daoist, Christian, and Sikh teachers. Since 1991, she has been living and doing spiritual practice in India at Gobind Sadan (“The House of God without walls”), a unique international, interfaith, and inter-caste community.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0205635644
• ISBN 13: 9780205635641
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie