- ISBN: 9780205246809 | 020524680X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/6/2011
The Anthology of Living Religions, 3/ecombines classic texts with contemporary issues in order to provide an anthology that is meaningful and captivating to students. Written by Mary Pat Fisher and Lee Worth Bailey, the Anthology of Living Religionsincludes samples of scriptures and classical historical texts - while also include many articles on the study of world religions, including descriptions of how believers are living their faiths today.
Brief Contents
CHAPTER 1
RELIGIOUS RESPONSES 2
CHAPTER 2
INDIGENOUS SACRED WAYS 39
CHAPTER 3
HINDUISM 64
CHAPTER 4
JAINISM 96
CHAPTER 5
BUDDHISM 114
CHAPTER 6
CHINESE RELIGIONS 144
CHAPTER 7
SHINTO 182
CHAPTER 8
JUDAISM 198
CHAPTER 9
CHRISTIANITY 235
CHAPTER 10
ISLAM 275
CHAPTER 11
SIKHISM 316
CHAPTER 12
NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 335
CHAPTER 13
RELIGION IN A NEW ERA 352
Comprehensive
CHAPTER 1
RELIGIOUS RESPONSES 2
The study of world religions 3
Methodologies for Studying Religions by Lee W. Bailey 3
The Sacredness of Nature and Cosmic Religion by Mircea Eliade 8 Dimensions of the Sacred by Ninian Smart 10
Materialistic perspectives on religion 11
The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud 11 Religion as the Opium of the People by Karl Marx 13
God is Dead by Friedrich Nietzsche 14
God is Society by Emile Durkheim 14
Ritual, symbol, and myth 16
Mandalas: Deity Unfolding in the World by Carl G. Jung 16
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell 18
Myth and Religion: The Irish Voyage of Bran 21
The Sound of One Hand: Ritual in Zen Buddhism 22
Religious points of view 24
The Oneness of the Divine by Abraham Heschel 24
The New Polytheism by David Miller 25
The Ground of Being by Tarthang Tulku 27
Scientific perspectives on religion 28
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins 28
Deeper than Darwin by John F. Haught 30 Women and the feminine in religion 32
The Spiritual Idea of the "Feminine" by Vijaya Ramaswamy 32
The need for religion today 34
The Lost Dimension in Religion by Paul Tillich 34
Glossary 37
Review Questions 38
Discussion Questions 38
Information Resources 38
CHAPTER 2
INDIGENOUS SACRED WAYS 39
Understanding indigenous sacred ways 40
African Spiritual Tradition by Harvey J. Sindima 40
The Talking Drum: African Sacred Liturgy by Georges Niangoran-Bouah 41
The Theft of Light by the Tsimshian Nation 43
The circle of right relationships 45
That Mountain Has Spirit by Southwest Indigenous Peoples 45
The Energy of Oya by Judith Gleason 45
Maori Environmental Ethics by Manuka Henare 46
Spiritual specialists 49
Calling of the Shaman by John A. Grim 49
Group observances 51
An African Boy’s Initiation by Malidoma Patrice Somé 51
Women’s Health Rituals by Diane Bell 56
Contemporary issues 57
The Hopi Message to the United Nations General ssembly by Thomas Banyacya 57
Adivasis in India Encounter Modernity and Majority bySmitu Kothari 58
Glossary 60
Typical Holy Ways 61
Historical Outline 61
Review Questions 62
Discussion Questions 62
Information Resources 62
CHAPTER 3
HINDUISM 64
Sruti texts 65
Hymn to Agni, God of Fire from the Rig Vedas 65
Hymn on Creation from the Rig Vedas 65
Married Life from the Rig Vedas and Atharvaveda 66
The Brahman Taught by the Upanishads from the Svetasvatara Upanishad 67
Realise the Brahman from the Upanishads 68
The Soul Takes a New Body from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 69
Smrti texts 70
Worship Me with Love from the Bhagavad Gita 70 Karma Yoga: Selfless Service from the Bhagavad Gita 71
Rama, Sita, and Lakshman Enter the Forest from the Ramayana 72
Duties of the Four Castes from the Manu smrti 74
The Faithful Wife from the Manu smrti 75
A Method of Enlightening the Disciple by Sankara 76
Yoga Sutras by Patanjali 77
In Praise of Durga from the Siva Purana 78
The Way of Devotion from the Bhagavata Purana 79
Songs of the saints 80
The World of Illusion by Ravi Das 81
Without Krishna I Cannot Sleep by Mirabai 82
Two Poems by Kabir 83
Modern texts 84
Vision of the Mother by Paramahansa Yogananda 84
The Hindu way of life 85
Pilgrimage to the City of Light by Diana Eck 85
Contemporary issues 87
Untouchability by Mahatma Gandhi 87 Hindu-ness by V. D. Savarkar 88
The Secular Face of Hinduism by Joseph Vellaringatt 90 Awakening of Universal Motherhood by Mata Amritanandamayi 91
Glossary 93
Holy Days 93
Historical Outline 94
Review Questions 94
Discussion Questions 94
Information Resources 95
CHAPTER 4
JAINISM 96
Teachings of Mahavir 96
Mahavir’s Stoicism from the Akaranga Sutra 97
Harmlessness 99
On Non-Violence from the Jain Sutras 99
On Self-Restraint from the Jain Sutras 99
Respect for Life from the Akaranga Sutra 100
Perfection of the soul 101
The Five Great Vows from the Akaranga Sutra 101
The principles of anekantavada and syadvada 103
Anekantavada (The Doctrine of Manifold Aspects) by L. M. Singhvi 103 The Blind Men and the Elephant A traditional Jain fable 104
Renunciation 104
The Righteous Path for Laity and Ascetics by Acharya Kund-Kund 105 The Renunciate Life of Sa¯dhvi Vicaks.an.a by N. Shanta 106
Jain ethics today 109
Remembering our own First Principles by Michael Tobias 109
Glossary 111
Holy Days 112
Historical Outline 112
Review Questions 112
Discussion Questions 112
Information Resources 113
CHAPTER 5
BUDDHISM 114
The Awakened One 115
The Birth of the Holy One from the Buddhacarita by Asvaghosha 115
The Prince’s Perturbation from the Buddhacarita by Asvaghosha 115
The Middle Way from the Buddhacarita by Asvaghosha 116 Speculations Undeclared from the Culamalunkya Sutta 117
Mindful Breathing from the Anapanasati Sutta 118 119
Theravada 120
The Dhammapada 120
Rejection of Birth Castes from the Vasettha Sutta 122
Mahayana 122
The Heart Sutra 123
Discovering Universal Emptiness by Dogen 124
Zen and Koans by Daisetz T. Suzuki 125
Nothing to Do with Rules by Bankei 127
Vajrayana 128
Love, Kindness, and Universal Responsibility by the Dalai Lama 128
Living engaged Buddhism 131
Engaged Buddhism in Asia by Christopher Queen and Sallie King 132
North American Buddhism: Looking Forward by Charles Prebish 134 Precepts for an Engaged Buddhism by Thich Nhat Hanh 139
Glossary 140
Holy Days 141
Historical Outline 142
Review Questions 142
Discussion Questions 142
Information Resources 143
CHAPTER 6
CHINESE RELIGIONS 144
Chinese folk religions 145
The Great Goddesses of China by Lee Irwin 145
The Kitchen God by Clarence Day 148
Confucianism 149
THE CONFUCIAN CLASSICS 150
The Analects of Confucius 150 The Book of Mencius 152
The Doctrine of the Mean 153SCHOLARS’ COMMENTARIES 154
Lessons for Women by Ban Zhao 154NEO-CONFUCIANISM 155
The Great Ultimate by Zhou Dunyi 155 The Western Inscription by Zhang Zai 156LIVING CONFUCIANISM 156
Confucianism and the Twenty-first Century by Xinzhong Yao 157 The Staying Power of Religion in China by Peng Liu 158
Daoism 160
THE TRADITIONAL CANON 160
The Dao de jing by Laozi 161
The Great and Venerable Teacher by Zhuangzi 164
LATER DEVELOPMENTS 165
The Way of Perfect Truth by Wang Zhe 165
The Story of He Xiangu, A Female Immortal 167
The Essence of Tai Ji by Al Chung-liang Huang 169
The Significance of Daoist Ethical Thought in the Building of a Harmonious Society by Zhou Zhongzhi 170
Chinese Buddhism 171
The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra 172
Pure Land, Pure Mind by Zhu Hong and Cong Ben 173
The Gates of Chan by Venerable Jing Hui 175
Glossary 177
Holy Days 178
Historical Outline 179
Review Questions 180
Discussion Questions 180
Information Resources 180
CHAPTER 7
SHINTO 182
Scriptural sources 182
The Kojiki, Chapter 3 182
The Kojiki, Chapter 11 183
Purification 184
Purification Ritual from the Engishiki 184
Shrine worship 185
After the Spirit of Kami Descends, a Place Becomes Jinja by MotohisaYamakage 186
Sect Shinto 187
The Origin of Oomoto by Sahae Oishi 187
Shinto today 190
Misogi Shuho by Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America 190
Glossary 191
Review Questions 191
Discussion Questions 191
Information Resources 192
ZOROASTRIANISM 193
The Gathas by Zarathushtra 193
The Zoroastrian Creed 195
The Towers of Silence by Tina Mehta 196
CHAPTER 8
JUDAISM 198
The Jewish Bible: Tanakh 199 TORAH 199
In the Beginning from Genesis 1:1–2:4, 2:4–3:24 199 Abraham’s Covenant from Genesis 17:1–8 203
The Mosaic Covenant from Exodus 19:17–18, 20:1–14 204 An Eye for an Eye from Leviticus 24:15–20 205
The Davidic Covenant from II Samuel 7:8–16 205PROPHETS 206
The Prophecies of Isaiah 1:4–20, 9:1–2, 5–6 206WISDOM LITERATURE 207
Psalm 23 208
The Earth Will Teach You from Job 12:7–10 208
Where Were You When I Laid the Earth’s Foundations? from Job 38:1–7,12–13, 17–18 208
Commentaries on the Tanakh 208
Midrash 209
Talmud 209
Prayer and ceremony 210
Prayer: Shema 210
The Passover Story from the Seder Meal Ceremony 211
Evolving theology and spirituality 212
Thirteen Principles of Faith by Maimonides 212
The Baal Shem Tov and the Doctor by Doug Lipman 213
Branches of Judaism 215 ORTHODOX 215
Religion Allied to Progress by Samson Hirsch 215CONSERVATIVE 216
The Conservative Jewish Doctrine of Revelation by Seymour Siegel 216REFORM 217
Principles of Reform Judaism 218RECONSTRUCTIONIST 220
Reconstructionism on One Foot by Rabbi Les Bronstein 221
Living Judaism 222
The Perils of Indifference by Elie Wiesel 222
Women in Jewish Life by Ellen M. Umansky 224
Ten Commitments, Not Commandments by Michael Lerner 228
Glossary 231
Holy Days 232
Historical Outline 232
Review Questions 233
Discussion Questions 233
Information Resources 234
CHAPTER 9
CHRISTIANITY 235
Jesus the Christ 236
The Annunciation from Luke 1:26–35 236 The Magnificat from Luke 1:46–55 236 Jesus’s Birth from Luke 2:1–14 237
Jesus’s Ministry Begins from Matthew 4:23–5 237
The Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1–12 238
Sincerely Motivated Faith and Works from Matthew 5:21–4 238
True Treasures from Matthew 6:19–21 238 Healing the Blind from Matthew 9:27–30 238
The Light of the World from John 1:1–5 239
The Word (Logos) from John 1:14 239
The Last Supper from Mark 14:10–12, 16–25 239 The Crucifixion from Mark 15:12–24, 31–8, 43–6 239 The Resurrection from Mark 16:1–8 240
Paul’s Conversion from Acts 9:1–9, 17–20 241
Paul’s letters to new Christian churches 241
Paul on Faith and Works from Romans 3:28–31 242
Paul on Faith, Hope, and Love from I Corinthians 13:1–13 242
History and literature 242
EARLY NON-CANONICAL TEXTS 243
The Gospel of Mary from the Nag Hammadi Library 243
The Thunder, Perfect Mind from the Nag Hammadi Library 244
Eastern Orthodox Church 245
How to Interpret Scripture by Origen 245
The Nicene Creed 247
Grief and Joy by Gregory of Sinai 248
Roman Catholic Church 249
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The Eucharistic Prayer from the Roman Catholic Mass 249
The Confessions of Augustine by Augustine of Hippo 249
Everything Lives in God by Hildegard of Bingen 251
Protestant Churches 252
Baptism from the Episcopal Church’s Book of Common Prayer 252LUTHERAN CHURCH 253
Faith Can Rule Only in the Inward Man by Martin Luther 253ANGLICAN CHURCH 254
The Link Between the Environment and Millennium Development Goals 254REFORMED CHURCH 255
Essential Things by Christine Chakoian 255FREE CHURCHES 256
The Fire Falls in Los Angeles by Harvey Cox 257
Why the Amish Forgave a Killer by Steven M. Nolt 258
Living Christianity 260
Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. 260 I Don’t Want to Eat Any Sugar by Mother Teresa 262
Will South Korea Become Christian? by Christopher Landau 263 Rising Protestant Tide Sweeps Catholic Brazil by Todd Benson 264 African Christian Communities by David Chidester 266
God’s Earth is Sacred by the National Council of Churches USA 269
Glossary 271
Holy Days 271
Historical Outline 272
Review Questions 273
Discussion Questions 273
Information Resources 273
CHAPTER 10
ISLAM 275
The Prophet Muhammad 276
The Beginning of Muhammad’s Revelation from Sahih Muslim,Chapter 74 276
The Night Journey from Sahih Muslim 277
Islamic scripture: The Qur’an 279
The Outward and Inward Aspects of the Qur’an by Sayyid MuhammadHusayn Tabatabai 280
Faith in Allah 281 The Faitha 282 Allah 282 Messengers 282
People of the Book 283
Unity of Humanity 283
Righteousness 283
Mecca 284
Jihad 284
Family Relationships 285
Self-restraint 286
Adam 286
Mary and Jesus 286
The Day of Judgment 287
Hadith 287
Allah’s Mercy 288
Allah is a Light 288
Seeking Consent for Marriage 288
Prohibition of Killing Women and Children in War 288
Removal of the Idols from the Vicinity of the Ka’ba 288
The Merits of Jesus Christ (Peace Be Upon Him) 289
It is Forbidden to Commit Oppression 289
Shari’ah 289
Hajj: Asceticism and Social Leveling by Maulana Muhammad Ali 289 Legal Dictates in Saudi Arabia by Khaled Abou El Fadl 290
Reason and revelation 293
Rationalism by Ibn Sina (Avicenna) 294
Mysticism by al-Ghazali 295
Sufism 296
The Rarest Treasure by Rabi’a 296 The Sound of Love by Rumi 297
Between the Yea and the Nay by Ibn ’Arabi 298
Teachings of the Sufi Masters: Nizam Ad-Din Awliya by Amir Hasan 299
Living Islam 300
Rights of Women: Qur’anic Ideals Versus Muslim Practice by Riffat Hassan 300
Islamic Governance by Ayatolla Khomeini 303
Rules Concerning the Aspect of War in Jihad by Hamza Aktan 304
Jihad and Just War by James Turner Johnston 308
Glossary 313
Holy Days 313
Historical Outline 314
Review Questions 314
Discussion Questions 314
Information Resources 315
CHAPTER 11
SIKHISM 316
Guru Nanak at Mecca 317
Daily prayers 318
JapJi Sahib by Guru Nanak 318
Jaap Sahib by Guru Gobind Singh 31
Sikh scripture: The Guru Granth Sahib 320
One Reality Is by Nikky Gunninder Kaur Singh 320HYMNS OF THE SIKH GURUS 322
"Oh honey-bee, thou art lost in worldly flowers" by Guru Nanak(the First Guru) 322
"Oh my mind, remember the Holy Name" by Guru Amar Das(the Third Guru) 323
"The true Guru is an ocean of pearls" by Guru Arjun Dev (the Fifth Guru) 323 "The one who mingles with God" by Guru Tegh Bahadur (the Ninth Guru) 324HYMNS OF THE HINDU AND MUSLIM SAINTS 324
"God is the object of the yearning of my soul" by Nam Dev 324
"How can there be any difference between me and Thee?" by Ravi Das 325 "Pray crow, peck not these eyes, so that I may see the Beloved" by Sheikh Farid,
with commentary by Guru Nanak 326
Writings of the Tenth Guru: Dasam Granth 327
"This is the purpose for which God sent me" by Guru Gobind Singh 327 "Let all humanity be recognized as one" by Guru Gobind Singh 328
Living Sikhism 329
The Sikh Gurus’ Vision of an Ideal Society by Dharam Singh 329
Glossary 332
Holy Days 332
Historical Outline 333
Review Questions 333
Discussion Questions 333
Information Resources 334
CHAPTER 12
NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS 335
Following a charismatic leader 336
God’s Model Ideal Family and Nation, and the Peace Kingdom by Rev. Dr. SunMyung Moon 336
Offshoots of older religions 338
The Re-appearance of Jesus from The Book of Mormon 338
Continuing Revelation from the official website of The Church of Jesus Christof Latter-day Saints 340
Combinations of older religions 341
The Religious Constitution of Caodaism by His Saintness Ho Phap 341 A New Revelation from the Unifier by Baha’u’llah 343
Social Trends 344
The Goddess and Women’s Spirituality by Charlene Spretnak 344
Principles of Wiccan Belief by The American Council of Witches 346
The fate of new religious movements 347
After the Founder’s Death by J. Gordon Melton 348
Glossary 350
Review Questions 351
Discussion Questions 351
Information Resources 351
CHAPTER 13
RELIGION IN A NEW ERA 352
Globalization and religions 352
The Global Village by Lester Kurtz 352
Secularism versus exclusivism 356
The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong 356
Demonizing the "Other"—A Self-Critique from Islam by Farish A. Noor 357
Interfaith movement 362
The Essential Truth is One by Hazrat Inayat Khan 363
God Will Break All the Barriers! by Baba Virsa Singh 364
Religion and social issues 366
Sacred Whispers in the World by Lee W. Bailey 367
Spirituality 370
Authentic Spirituality by David Elkins 370
Review Questions 372
Discussion Questions 372
Information Resources 373
Literary Acknowledgments 375
Index 378
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