The World's Religious Traditions

Herausgeber: Whaling, Frank

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The aim of this book is to make a major contribution to the field of religious studies while at the same time paying tribute to the work of Wilfred Smith. Although the basis of the chapters is provided by Smith's themes of faith and tradition and Smith's approach to the study of religion, this book stands in its own right as a significant addition to both content and method in the global history of religions. First published in 1984, it includes contributions by Geoffrey Parrinder, Annemarie Schimmel, George Rupp, Ninian Smart and others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9781474289269
• ISBN-10: 1474289266
• Artikelnr.: 44795936

Autorenporträt

Frank Whaling is Emeritus Professor of the Study of Religion at Edinburgh University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
A. Introductory Essay Frank Whaling
B. Faith and Tradition in the World's Religious Traditions
1. The Hindu Tradition: The Vedic Root J. L. Mehta
2. The Confucian Tradition: A Confucian Perspective in Learning to be Human
Tu Wei-Ming
3. The Jewish Tradition Louis Jacobs
4. The Christian Tradition George Williams
5. The Muslim Tradition Annemarie Schimmel
C. Current Approaches to the Study of Religion
1. Religious Pluralism John Hick
2. The Critical Appropriation of Traditions: Theology and the Comparative
History of Religion George Rupp
3. The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of Religion Seyyed Hossein Nasr
4. The Dialogical Dialogue Raimundo Panikkar
5. Bangalore Revisited: Balancing Understanding and Evaluation in the
Comparative Study of Religion John Carman
6. Thematic Comparison Geoffrey Parrinder
7. Scientific Phenomenology and Wilfred Cantwell Smith's Misgivings Ninian
Smart
D. Bibliography
The Works of Wilfred Cantwell Smith
E. Notes on Contributors
F. Index