Ross Aden

Religion Today

A Critical Thinking Approach to Religious Studies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Religion Today introduces students to key concepts in religious studies through a compelling problem-solving framework. Each chapter opens with a contemporary case study that helps students engage in current religious issues, explore possible solutions to difficult religious problems today, and learn key themes and concepts in religious studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 848g
• ISBN-13: 9780742563728
• ISBN-10: 0742563723
• Artikelnr.: 35893993

Autorenporträt

Ross Aden recently retired from a long career teaching religious studies at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introducing a Critical Thinking Approach to Religious Studies 2: Methods
of Studying Religion 3: Would You Believe! Religious Beliefs and their
Reasons 4: The Right to Sacred Things: Symbol, Myth, and Ritual 5: Inside
the Religious Brain: New Research into Religious Experience 6: Chapter 6:
Trouble in the Global Village: Violence in the Name of Religion 7: Making
It After All: The Future of Religion Glossary Key Scholars Notes
Bibliography Index About the Author