The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices
5th Edition
By Teresa Bernheimer, Andrew Rippin
September 24, 2018
Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular, the Qurʾān and perceptions of the Prophet Muḥammad, ...
Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices
2nd Edition
By Julius Lipner
January 28, 2010
Julius Lipner’s Hindus is widely recognised as essential reading for everyone wishing to understand one of the world’s great religious traditions. Hinduism comprises the religion and culture of the great majority of the people of India, a country tipped to become a world superpower politically, ...
Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations
2nd Edition
By Paul Williams
August 29, 2008
Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo
2nd Edition
By Richard F. Gombrich
July 24, 2006
Written by the leading authority on Theravada Buddhism, this up-dated edition takes into account recent research to include the controversies over the date of the Buddha and current social and political developments in Sri Lanka. Gombrich explores the legacy of the Buddha's predecessors and the ...
The Jains
2nd Edition
By Paul Dundas
August 23, 2002
The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have,...
Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices
2nd Edition
By Mary Boyce
February 05, 2001
This book traces the continuous history of the faith from the time it was preached by Zoroaster down to the present day - a span of about 3,500 years. First taught among nomads on the Asian steppes, Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires and had a remarkable ...
The Religions of Oceania
1st Edition
By Tony Swain, Garry Trompf
February 17, 1995
More than a quarter of the world's religions are to be found in the regions of Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, together called Oceania. The Religions of Oceania is the first book to bring together up-to-date information on the great and changing variety of traditional religions in ...
The British: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices 1800-1986
1st Edition
Edited
By Terence Thomas
September 08, 1988
This is a source book for the study of religions in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It covers an important period in the history of religions in Britain, a period of challenge to religion and a period of change in the religious map of Britain. Each author is a specialist in a ...