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Living Religions, 7/E
Mary Pat Fisher

ISBN-10: 0136141056
ISBN-13: 9780136141051

Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 568 pp
Published: 10/30/2007

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For one semester/quarter courses in World Religions or Comparative Religion.

Living Religions presents a highly readable and stimulating survey of the modern religious world. Exploring the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions, and new religious movements, this book considers how each of these traditions has evolved into contemporary beliefs and practices. This text explores in detail the changing nature of each religion, the spread of religious pluralism, the rise in violence in the name of religion, and the movement toward interfaith dialogue. Author Mary Pat Fisher offers fresh and challenging insight into how believers of today's faiths perceive their religion and its role in the changing world in which they live.

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MyReligionKit provides an outstanding array of student and faculty resources for learning and teaching with Fisher’s Living Religions. Students are given robust self-assessment opportunities, including quizzes with feedback, access to over 75 dynamic video clips of the world’s religions with assessment questions, and a unique collection of primary and secondary sources reflecting the world’s major scriptural traditions. Instructors are given access to a rich bank of illustrated PowerPoints, unique test questions, and more. All of these resources are designed to maximize your students’ understanding of world religions today.

Sacred World CD-ROM provides opportunities to explore the riturals, beliefs, art, and key personalities of the world's major religions.

Bringing Religion to Life

Personal interviews with followers of each faith provide interesting and informative first-person accounts of each religion as perceived from within the religion.

“Religion in Public Life” feature focuses on people such as Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, and Desmond Tutu and th spiritual roots of people who are making significant contributions to modern society.

“Religion in Practice" feature portrays the spiritual activities and beliefs of religious groups or individuals.

“Teaching Stories" feature serves as take-off points for discussions about core values in each faith.

Pedagogy

Key terms at the end of each chapter listing the main terms and their definitions pertaining to each religion; and an extended glossary at the end of the book.

Study questions at the end of each chapter that pertain to the text, and listings of relevant articles found in the exclusive Prentice Hall TIME Magazine Special Edition: World Religions. These help students review using their text, along with timely, relevant TIME articles that bring topics to life with the bold coverage for which TIME Magazine is known.

Timelines used to summarize the historical development of the major religions and compare the simultaneous development of all religions in the overall timeline on the end pages.

Maps give a sense of geographical reality to the historical discussions.

New To This Edition

NEW- Updated and expanded material on the role of women in religion throughout the text.

NEW- Chapter 1 has been organized and expanded to provide students with a clearer understanding of organized religion as a whole.

NEW- Expanded coverage of current issues, including fundamentalism and religion in politics.

NEW- Each chapter has been significant revised and updated. For a detailed list of changes, please contact your local Pearson representative.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Religious Responses.

Chapter 2. Indigenous Sacred Ways.

Chapter 3. Hinduism.

Chapter 4. Jainism.

Chapter 5. Buddhism.

Chapter 6. Daoism and Confucianism.

Chapter 7. Shinto.

Chapter 8. Judaism.

Chapter 9. Christianity.

Chapter 10. Islam.

Chapter 11. Sikhism.

Chapter 12. New Religious Movements.

Chapter 13. Religion in the Twenty-First Century.

Glossary.

Index.

Timeline.

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Living Religions, 8/E
Fisher
©2011 | Pearson | Paper; 576 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205835856 | ISBN-13: 9780205835850
Net price: $91.80 (What's this?)Brief Description |
Living Religions presents a highly readable and stimulating survey of the modern religious world though an emphasis on the personal consciousness of believers and their own accounts of their religion and relevance in contemporary life. It reflects modern religions in today’s changing world!

"Religion is not a museum piece. Religion is a vibrant force in the lives of many people around the world, and many religions are presently experiencing a renaissance." - Mary Pat Fisher, Preface to Living Religions

Along with a team of specialist consultants in each faith, and drawing on a wealth of scholarly research and firsthand source material, Mary Pat Fisher provides a fresh and challenging insight into the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions, and new religious movements. She considers how the contemporary beliefs and practices of each of these traditions has evolved, and explores the changing nature of each religion; particularly the role of women, and the issues and controversies such as fundamentalism, violence, globalization, and interfaith initiatives.

Click here for an online book walk-through: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showtell/fisher_0205835856/web

NEW! Pearson Education cordially invites you and your students to attend our free Online Living Religions Forum, which will take place on Thursday April 14th, 2011. Through our esteemed guest speakers and our keynote addressee, Mary Pat Fisher, Director of International Communications at The Gobind Sadan Institute for Advanced Studies in Comparative Religions, this forum is truly a wonderful opportunity to gain inspirational insights and learn from high-interest topics such as “God’s House without Walls”.

To learn about our agenda, our guest speakers, and to register for sessions, please visit: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/livingreligionsforum

Take advantage of our free Online Living Religions Forum and include it as part of your classroom experience! This is a wonderful opportunity for students to explore captivating aspects of modern religions in today’s changing world along with you. Consider these few simple ideas:

Participate: Choose sessions that fall within your class-time(s). During class, have your students listen to one of our guest speakers, then instant message questions live to the presenter.

Discuss: Have your students listen to a session of your choice on their own, and hold a discussion group on our guest speaker’s topic the days following.

Link In: Reserve a smart classroom for your department and link into our forum for the entire day. That way, you, your colleagues, and any participating student will be able to stop by to listen to our speakers.

Questions? Please contact LivingReligionsForum@Pearson.com. We look forward to “seeing” you online!

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