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A Comparative Study of Religions : Second Edition /
This books is the result of concerted teamwork among the academia staff of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Nairobi between 1986 and 1990. The Project was prompted by the necessity to produce relevant and comprehensive textbooks for the undergraduate degree programme. The book has...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Nairobi, Kenya :
University of Nairobi Press,
2010.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface to the Second Edition; SECTION I
- General Introduction and Theories of the Origin of Religion; 1. The Scope of Comparative Religion; Definition of Religion; Some specific Definition in the Fields of Comparative Religion; History of the Study of Religion; Impact of Anthropology on Comparative Religion; Meaning and Scope of Comparative Religion; Methodological Perspectives in Comparative Religion; 2. Theories of the Origin of Religion; Introduction; Fetichism and Magic; Naturism; Animism and Animatism; Euhemerism.
- TotemismFurther Reading; SECTION II
- Religions of Pre-Literate Peoples Outside Africa; 3. Religion of Eskimos; Introduction; Belief in Supernatural Beings; Belief in Shamanism; Eskimo Taboo System; 4. Religion of the Indigenous Australians; Introduction; Belief in Supernatural Beings; belief in Totemism; The Medicine-Man and his Initiation; 5. Religion of the Indigenous Americans; Introduction; Belief in Mana; Belief in Supernatural Beings; Belief in Totemism; Belief in Shamanism; Modern Developments; Further Reading; SECTION III
- African Religion; 6. Earlier Studies of African Religion.
- IntroductionStereotypes; Animism; Fetishism; 7. Nature and Structure of African Religion; Integration of African Religion and Culture; The Main Elements which Constitute African Religion; 8. The Conception of God in African Religion; Introduction; Evolutionary Interpretation in Earlier Writing; God in African Religion; Monotheism and Polytheism in African Religion; 9. The Conceptions of Divinities and Spirits; Introduction; The Divinities; Spirits; Present State and Future Prospects of Africa Religion; SECTION IV
- Religions of India; 10. Pre-Vedic Elements in Hinduism; Introduction.
- Pre-Vedic Religion (Proto-Hinduism)Contributions of the Pre-Vedic Era to Hinduism; 11. Vedic Hinduism; Introduction; Vedic Hinduism; Vedic Literature; Vedic Gods; Cultic Practice; Soma; Horse Sacrifice; Domestic Sacrifice; 12. Classical Hinduism; Introduction; Challenge to Vedic Hinduism; Salvation by Devotion; The Krishna Bhakiti; The Rama Bhakiti; The Vishnu Bhakiti; The Shiva Bhakiti; The Shakti Bhakiti; Medieval Hinduism; Vedanta Thinkers; Reform in Hinduism; Further Reading; 13. Origins and Teachings of Jainism; Introduction; The Character of Jainism; Before Mahavira; Mahavira.
- The Basic Teachings of JainismThe Universe is Believed to be Uncreated and Eternal; 14. The Lay Aspect of Jainism; The Ethical Codes for Jain Law Adherents; Temple Worship and Veneration of the Jains at a Later Period; Jain Sects; The Jains Today; Further Reading; 15. The Origins of Buddhism; The Early life of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha; The Four Signs; The Great Renunciation; The Great Quest for Salvation and Enlightenment; 16. The Enlightenment of the Buddha; The Great Enlightenment; The Buddha's First Sermon; The Establishment of the Sangha; The Significance of the Sangha; Buddha's Death.