Worldviews Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefs

This book offers a balanced, wide-ranging, andrealistic approach to thefull range of worldviews, showing how, whether religious or secular, they define the human values that drive the engines of both continuity and change worldwide. It shows readers thedynamics of each tradition, and emphasizes that although the various traditions may all share similar aspects, they each assign varying levels ofimportance to specific areas. Explores the major religious traditions and secular ideologies (Marxism, nationalisms, scientific humanism) from six dimensions: experiential/emotional; narrative/mythic; doctrinal/philosophical; ethical/legal; ritual/practical; and social/organizational. For anyone interested in comparative worldviews, religious and secular.