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• Primary source readings–Included at the end of each chapter with shorter quotations in text boxes
  • Allows students to gain first-hand exposure to the writings that help define each religion.
• Exploration of living religions.  Explores living religions in terms of the historical and cultural factors that produced them, the lives of their founders, their basic teachings, and their historical development and current status in the world.
  •  Gives students a well-rounded education on each religion.
• Accessible style.  Explains religious diversity and complex themes within context of real people and real life.
  • Provides students with a relevant text, written at a level undergraduates can understand.
• Media resources integrated in the text.  The Sacred World CD and Time Magazine Special Edition: World Religions are referenced throughout the text to lead students to more material on the subject.
  • Engages students in the material.
• Original photos.  Many of the photographs were taken specifically for use in this book.
  • Provides students with meaningful photographs that cannot be found anyplace else
• Comprehensive coverage.  The coverage is broad enough that professors can choose which religions they want to cover and not find it necessary to use handouts, course packs, or supplemental texts. 
  • Supplies instructors with all they need to teach the course under one cover.
• Broad range of religions.  This text includes chapters on Zoroastrianism, Sikhim and the Baha’i  Faith, Native American and African religions. The chapter on Native American religion includes a discussion of Christianity among Native Americans. The chapter on African religion includes discussions of Christianity and Islam in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Provides students with a full introduction to the major religions of the world.
• Oustanding student pedagogy    
  • Examples include basic vocabulary explanations, bibliographic references, description and explanation of all major holy days, study questions, and a comprehensive glossary.

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New features in the 11th edition:

• NEW! Four-color design.
  • Makes the text more readable and interesting for students.
• NEW! Now includes color photographs throughout the text. Photographs taken by the author are directly connected to text.  
  • Gives students a clearer presentation of the material, while full-color photos enhance the impact of religious imagery, engaging students' attention.
• NEW! Expanded coverage of religion and violence. Far greater coverage, both in the introduction and in traditionally focused chapters, than any other textbook.
• NEW! Text boxes for primary source and discussions of religion and violence.
• NEW! Chapter opening spreads provide students with the key learning objectives and important terms in the chapter to come.
• UPDATED!  Coverage of religions in the Middle East.  
  • Provides an up-to-date view of the religions that are currently in today's news
• UPDATED!  Suggested readings section of each chapter.
  • Adds even more valuable further reading and research sources for students.
  • Now includes novels and narrative histories
• UPDATED!  Contemporary coverage.  It includes discussions of contemporary issues including but not limited to religion and violence, conversion and religious responses to modernity. 

Table of Contents

Brief Table of Contents

1 Basic Religions and World Religions 

2 Native American Religions

3 African Religions

RELIGIONS ORIGINATING IN INDIA

4 Hinduism

5 Jainism

6 Buddhism

7 Sikhism

RELIGIONS ORIGINATING IN CHINA AND JAPAN

8 Chinese Religions

9 Shinto

RELIGIONS ORIGINATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST

10 Zoroastrianism

11 Judaism

12 Christianity

13 Islam

14 Baha’i

GLOSSARY

CREDITS

INDEX

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World Religions  [WORLD RELIGIONS]   (Religion)

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• Religions of the World, 12/E
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  Discover the historical importance of religion in the world's cultures

   

  Closely edited for clarity and readability, and conceived for students with little or no background in the academic study of religions, Religions of the World offers the most up-to-date and historically accurate coverage of the world’s major religions.  It not only explains to students why it is imperative to study religions, but does this through the support of primary source documents, coverage of religions as they exist today, and integrated media resources.

   

  In preparing the twelfth edition of Religions of the World, Mark Woodward drew on his introductory teaching experience — to thousands of undergraduates over the last decade — and his living / working experiences in Asian Christian, Buddhist, Confucian and Muslim societies for extended periods.  He continues to stress the importance of religion in the world’s cultures, and the need to promote harmony and understanding among people of different faiths.

   

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