{"product_id":"encountering-religion-isbn-9780631206743","title":"Encountering Religion","description":"This comprehensive, user-friendly text introduces students to the principal world faiths. This text is cross-referenced to and can be used in conjunction with Markham's \u003ci\u003eWorld Religions Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, Second Edition as a complete teaching package for comparative religion courses. \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Studying Religion: Issues in Definition and Method 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Religion and Sociology 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Religion and Psychology 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Religion and Scripture: The Function of the Special Books of Religion 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Religion, Ritual, and Culture 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Religion and the Arts 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Secular Humanism 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Hinduism 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Buddhism 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Sikhism 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Chiness Religion 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Judaism 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Shintoism 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Christianity 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Islam 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 375\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eIan S. Markham\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theology at Liverpool Hope University College. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003ePlurality and Christian Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and also numerous articles and reviews. In 1993 he was appointed to the Council of the Advertising Standards Authority. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Tinu Ruperell\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Theology at Liverpool Hope University College.\u003c\/p\u003e  This comprehensive, user-friendly text introduces students to the principal world faiths. Along with the substantial content and information, each chapter includes classroom exercises that are designed to generate certain skills, such as teamwork, evaluation and analysis. Teachers will also welcome the inclusion of a full glossary, annotated bibliography, fact sheets, revision questions and comparative questions. A helpful introduction looks at ways the teacher can use the book in the classroom and explains its structure and purpose. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis text is cross-referenced to and can be used in conjunction with Markham's \u003ci\u003eWorld Religions Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, Second Edition as a complete teaching package for comparative religion courses. The two texts follow a similar structure, so that for each religion they look at the Spirit of a Tradition, Worldviews, Institutions and Rituals, Ethical Expression and Modern Expressions. This structure enables cross-religious comparison. Each chapter of Encountering Religion also includes a substantial historical survey so the student understands the origins of the beliefs, rituals, and ethics which are then described. To set the scene for examining different religious traditions, initial chapters look at what religion is and at different approaches to studying religion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989128593637,"sku":"NP9780631206743","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631206743.jpg?v=1761782910","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/encountering-religion-isbn-9780631206743","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}