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001			ocn593639159
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093217.0
008			100329s2011 miuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2010013103
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780310259442
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780310259442
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dIG# _dOOY _dDTM _dVF$
020			_a9780310259442 (hbk.)
020			_a0310259444 (hbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)593639159
050	0	0	_aBL 80.3 _b.H49 2011
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aHexham, Irving.
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding world religions / _cIrving Hexham.
260			_aGrand Rapids, Mich. : _bZondervan, _cc2011.
300			_a512 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
500			_aCover subtitle: An interdisciplinary approach.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPt. 1. Studying religion. Introductory issues -- A biased canon -- pt. 2. African traditions. African religious traditions -- Witchcraft and sorcery -- God in Zulu religion -- The case of Isaiah Shembe -- pt. 3. The Yogic tradition. The origins of yogic religions -- The richness of the H8indu tradition -- Rethinking the Hindu tradition -- Gandhi the great contrarian -- Buddhism -- The development of Buddhist belief and practice -- The moral quest of Edward Conze -- Other yogic-type traditions -- pt. 4. The Abramic tradition. Early Judaism -- Rabbinic and other Judaisms -- Jewish faith and practice -- Martin Buber's Zionist spirituality -- Christianity -- Christian history -- Christian faith and practice -- Christian politics according to Abraham Kuyper -- The challenge of Islam -- Muslim beliefs and practices -- Muslim piety -- Sayyid Qutb and the reborth of contemporary Islam -- Conclusion: Whither religious studies?
650		0	_aReligions.
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