Cycles of Faith : The Development of the World's Religions

Cycles of Faith : The Development of the World's Religions

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 215 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780759104617
  • DDC分類 200

Full Description


Can the histories of the great religious traditions help us to predict their futures? Are broad common patterns discernable within the developments of Hinduism, Chinese religion, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam? This text makes the case that the five largest world religions all move through the stages of apostolic, imperial, devotional, reformation and folk religion. It is a completely revised edition of Ellwood's 1988 book "The History and Future of Faith" and should provide a useful theoretical framework to many classes in religious studies.

Contents

Religion past and present; religious origins and meanings; religion and the discovery of history; the development of the world's religions; beginnings - the apostolic stage; empire and wisdom; medieval devotionalism; reformation; folk religion; the modern world and secularization; religion and the clash of faith-civilization; summation and a look ahead.