A history of the world's religions

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Title
Copyright
Dedication
Map
Contents
Preface
Timeline
PART 1 Some Primal and Bygone Religions
	1 Religion in Prehistoric and Primal Cultures
		I. Beginnings: Religion in Prehistoric Cultures
		II. Basic Terminology: Characteristics of Religion in Primal Cultures
		III. Case Study: The Dieri of Southeast Australia
		IV. Case Study: The BaVenda of South Africa
		V. Case Study: The Cherokees of the Southeastern Woodlands
		Glossary
	2 Bygone Religions That Have Left Their Mark on the West
		I. Mesopotamia
		II. Greece
		III. Rome
		IV. Europe Beyond the Alps
		V. Mesoamerica: The Maya
		Glossary
PART 2 The Religions of South Asia
	3 Early Hinduism: The Passage from Ritual Sacrifice to Mystical Union
		I. The Religion of the Vedic Age
		II. Brahmanism, Caste, and Ceremonial Life
		Glossary
	4 Later Hinduism: Religion as the Determinant of Social Behavior
		I. Changes in Brahmanism: The Four Goals arid the Three Ways
		II. The Three Ways of Salvation
		III. The Devotional Life
		IV. Issues and Problems of the Present
		Glossary
	5 Jainism: A Study in Asceticism
		I. Mahavira's Manner of Life
		II. Philosophy and Ethics of Jainism
		III. Mahavira's Followers
		Glossary
	6 Buddhism in Its First Phase: Moderation in World Renunciation
		I. Life of the Founder
		II. The Teachings of the Buddha
		Glossary
	7 The Religious Development of Buddhism: Diversity in Paths to Nirvana
		I. The Spread of Buddhism in India and Southeast Asia
		II. The Rise of the Mahayana in India
		III. The Spread of Buddhism in Northern Lands
		IV. The Help-of-Others Message of the Mahayana
		V. The Mahayana Philosophies of Religion
		VI. Mahayana Schools of Thought in China and Japan
		VII. Buddhism in Tibet
		VIII. Buddhism Today
		Glossary
	8 Sikhism: A Study in Syncretism
		I. The Life and Work of Nanak
		II. Nanak's Teaching
		III. The Political History of Sikhism
		Glossary
PART 3 The Religions of East Asia
	9 Native Chinese Religion and Daoism
		I. The Basic Elements of Chinese Religion
		II. Daoism as a Philosophy (Dao-Jia)
		III. Daoism as Magic arid Religion (Dao-Jiao)
		Glossary
	10 Confucius and Confucianism: A Study in Optimistic Humanism
		I. The Man Confucius
		II. The Teachings of Confucius
		III. The Confucian School: Its Rivals and Champions
		IV. Νeο-Confucianism
		V. The State Cult of Confucius
		VI. Religion in China in the Modern Period
		Glossary
	11 Shinto: The Native Contribution to Japanese Religion
		I. The Background of Shinto
		II. The Shinto Myth
		III. Shinto in Medieval and More Recent Times
		IV. State Shinto to 1945
		V. Shinto and the Warrior
		VI. Shrine Shinto Today
		VII. Domestic and Sectarian Shinto
		Glossary
PART 4 The Religions of the Middle East
	12 Zoroastrianism: A Religion Based on Ethical Dualism
		I. Iranian Religion before Zoroaster
		II. The Life and Teachings of Zoroaster
		III. The Religion of the Later Avesta
		IV. The Zoroastrians of the Present Day
		Glossary
	13 Judaism in Its Early Phases: From Hebrew Origins to the Exile
		I. The Religion of the Pre-Mosaic Hebrews
		II. Moses and the Covenant with Yahweh (about 1250 BCE)
		III. Entering Canaan and Confronting the Baals
		IV. Prophetic Protest and Reform
		V. The Babylonian Exile
		Glossary
	14 The Religious Development of Judaism
		I. The Rise of Judaism in the Restoration Period
		II. New Trends of Thought in the Greek and Maccabean Periods
		III. The Roman Period to 70 CE
		IV. The Great Dispersion
		V. The Making of the Talmud
		VI. The Jews in the Middle Ages
		VII. Judaism in the Modem World
		Glossary
	15 Christianity in Its Opening Phase: The Words and Work of Jesus in Apostolic Perspective
		I. The World into Which Jesus Came
		II. The Life of Jesus: The First Phase
		III. The Themes of Jesus's Teaching
		IV. The Climactic Events
		V. The Apostolic Age
		VI. The Early Church (50-150 CE)
		Glossary
	16 The Religious Development of Christianity
		I. The Ancient Catholic Church (150-1054 CE)
		II. The Eastern Orthodox Churches
		III. The Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
		IV. The Protestant Reformation
		V. The Catholic Reformation
		VI. Crosscurrents in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
		VII. Eastern Orthodoxy in the Modern World
		VIII. Catholicism in the Modem World
		IX. Protestantism in the Modern World
		X. Recent Theological Trends
		Glossary
	17 Islam: The Religion of Submission to God: Beginnings
		I. Arabian Beliefs and Practices Before Muhammad
		II. The Prophet Muhammad
		III. The Faith and Practice of Islam
		IV. The Spread of Islam
		V. The First Five Centuries of Muslim Thought
		Glossary
	18 The Shī'ah Alternative and Regional Developments
		I. The Party (Shī'ah) of 'Alī
		II. Further Developments
		III. Islam and Culture
		IV. Issues in the Modern Period
		V. Regional Developments
		VI. Movements toward Innovation and Syncretism
		Glossary
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