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Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion
Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion
Author: Livingston, James
Edition/Copyright: 6TH 09
ISBN: 0-13-600380-X
Publisher: Prentice Hall, Inc.
Type: Paperback
New Print:  $153.50 Used Print:  $115.00
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This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in the study of religion, (2) examines the universal forms of religious experience, (3) offers a cross-cultural study of a broad range of classic types of religious belief and practice in terms of the seven basic concepts of a religious world view, and (4) surveys the challenges faced by religions today.

 
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Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion, 6th Edition

PART I)

THE STUDY OF RELIGION:

1) What is Religion? Defining Religion Why Are Humans Religious? Why Study Religion?

2) Ways of Studying Religion The Ways Religion is Studied Interpreting and Explaining Religion

PART II) UNIVERSAL FORMS OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION

3) The Sacred and the Holy The Concept of Sacred Power The Ambivalence of Sacred Power The Holy asMysterium TremendumandFascinana Sacred Space Sacred Time

4)Sacred Symbol, Myth, and Doctrine Symbolic Communication Religious Symbols Metaphor, Parable, and Story Religious Myth Models and Doctrines

5) Sacred Ritual Ritual Action Types of Sacred Ritual Ritual and Sacrifice Rituals as Sacraments

6) Sacred Scripture The Pervasive Role of Sacred Scripture Some Distinctive Features of Sacred Scripture The Authority and Canonicity of Scripture The Uses of Scripture The Interpretation of Scripture

7) Society and the Sacred: The Social Formations and Transformations of Religion The Reciprocal Relationship Between Religion and Society Types of Religious Communities Voluntary Religious Communities Protest and Change in Voluntary Religious Communities The Sect The Cult and the New Religious Movements

PART III)

UNIVERSAL COMPONENTS OF A RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW

8) Deity: Concepts of the Divine and Ultimate Reality Polytheism and the Worship of Nature Dualism Pantheism and Monism Monotheism Panentheism

9) Cosmogony: Origins of the Natural and Social Order The Practical Basis of Cosmogony Emergence or Procreation from a Primal Substance or Being The Sexual Union of a Primal Male and Female Creation by Conflict and the Ordering of Chaos Creation by a Divine Craftsman Creation by Decree or from Nothing The Rejection of Cosmogonic Speculation Cosmogony Today

10) Views of the Human Problem Views of Human Plight Stoicism Christianity Theravada Buddhism Confucianism

11) Theodicy: Encountering Evil The Persistent Demand for Theodicy Theodicy of "Mystical Participation" A Future, This-Wordly Theodicy Other-Wordly Theodicy Dualism TheKarma-SamsaraTheodicy Monotheistic Theodicies

12) Ethics: Patterns of Moral Action Phi

 

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