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Religious traditions of the world : a journey through Africa, Mesoamerica, North America, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, China, and Japan / edited by H. Byron Earhart.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: [San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco, c1993.Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 1204 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 006062115X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291 20
LOC classification:
  • BL 80.2 .R448 1993
Contents:
Religions of Africa: traditions in transformation / E. Thomas Lawson -- Religions of Mesoamerica: cosmovision and ceremonial centers / David Carrasco -- Native religions of North America: the power of visions and fertility / Ake Hultkrantz -- Judaism: revelation and traditions / Michael A. Fishbane -- Christianity: a way of salvation / Sandra Sizer Frankiel -- Islam and the Muslim community / Frederick M. Denny -- Hinduism: experiments in the sacred / David M. Knipe -- Buddhism: the path to Nirvana / Robert C. Lester -- Religions of China: the world as a living system / Daniel L. Overmyer -- Religions of Japan: many traditions within one sacred way / H. Byron Earhart.
Item type: Books
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religions of Africa: traditions in transformation / E. Thomas Lawson -- Religions of Mesoamerica: cosmovision and ceremonial centers / David Carrasco -- Native religions of North America: the power of visions and fertility / Ake Hultkrantz -- Judaism: revelation and traditions / Michael A. Fishbane -- Christianity: a way of salvation / Sandra Sizer Frankiel -- Islam and the Muslim community / Frederick M. Denny -- Hinduism: experiments in the sacred / David M. Knipe -- Buddhism: the path to Nirvana / Robert C. Lester -- Religions of China: the world as a living system / Daniel L. Overmyer -- Religions of Japan: many traditions within one sacred way / H. Byron Earhart.