Anthology of World Religions: Sacred Texts and Contemporary Perspectives, 2nd Edition

Anthology of World Religions explores the world's religious traditions by combining substantial overviews of their history, beliefs, and practices with selections from their texts and scriptures and commentary by contemporary practitioners and scholars. It covers each major religion's history, teachings, founder, leaders, practices, and the factors that are now challenging and changing it-secularism, modernism, pluralism, science, the status of women, and sectarian or factional conflicts. The introductory chapter reviews various approaches to the study of religion, defines religious terms and concepts, discusses theories of religion, and distinguishes between the insider and outsider perspectives on religious traditions.\nAnthology of World Religions: Sacred Texts and Contemporary Perspectives 2nd Edition is written by Lewis Vaughn and published by Oxford University Press. ISBNs for Anthology of World Religions are 9780197617519, 0197617514 and the print ISBNs are 9780197617502, 0197617506. Additional ISBNs include 9780197617526, 9780195332360.