Religion Matters 1st Edition by Stephen Prothero, ISBN-13: 978-0393422047
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- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (July 1, 2020)
- Language: English
- 640 pages
- ISBN-10: 0393422046
- ISBN-13: 978-0393422047
Building religious literacy through the greatest stories ever told.
Table of Contents:
Cover
Publisher’s Notice
Halftitle
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
About the Author
Chapter One: Introduction: Why Religion Matters
Religion Matters
Two Ways to Talk about Religion
The Problem of Essentialism
The Necessity of Generalization
What Is Religion All About?
Religions Are Not One
A Four-Part Model of the World’s Religions: Problem, Solution, Techniques, Exemplars
Format of This Book
The Power of Questions
Chapter Review
Part One: Religions of Release: India
Chapter Two: Hinduism: The Way of Devotion
Our Story
Hinduism in Today’s World
Hinduism 101
Hindu History
Hinduism in the United States
Lived Hinduism
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: Hindu Nationalism
Chapter Review
Chapter Three: Buddhism: The Way of Awakening
Our Story
Buddhism in Today’s World
Buddhism 101
Buddhist History
Buddhism in the United States
Lived Buddhism
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: Buddhism and Violence
Chapter Review
Chapter Four: Sikhism: The Way of the Guru
Our Story
Sikhism in Today’s World
Sikhism 101
Sikh History
Sikhism in the United States
Lived Sikhism
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: Women and Sikhism
Chapter Review
Part Two: Religions of Repair: Middle East
Chapter Five: Judaism: The Way of Exile and Return
Our Story
Judaism in Today’s World
Judaism 101
Jewish History
Judaism in the United States
Lived Judaism
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: Women in Judaism
Chapter Review
Chapter Six: Christianity: The Way of Salvation
Our Story
Christianity in Today’s World
Christianity 101
Christian History
Christianity in the United States
Lived Christianity
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: The Browning of Christianity
Chapter Review
Chapter Seven: Islam: The Way of Submission
Our Story
Islam in Today’s World
Islam 101
Islamic History
Islam in the United States
Lived Islam
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: Women and Islam
Chapter Review
Part Three: Religions of reversion: China and North America
Chapter Eight: Confucianism: The Way of Ritual Propriety
Our Story
Confucianism in Today’s World
Confucianism 101
Confucian History
Confucianism in the United States
Lived Confucianism
Contemporary Controversy: Is Confucianism a Religion?
Birth and Death
Chapter Review
Chapter Nine: Daoism: The Way of Flourishing
Our Story
Daoism in Today’s World
Daoism 101
Daoist History
Daoism in the United States
Lived Daoism
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: Falun Gong
Chapter Review
Chapter Ten: Navajo Religion: The Way of Beauty
Our Story
Navajo Religion in Today’s World
Navajo Religion 101
Navajo Religious History
Lived Religion in Navajoland
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: Navajo Religion and the Law
Chapter Review
Part Four: Rejecting Religion
Chapter Eleven: Atheism: The Way of No Way
Our Story
Atheism in Today’s World
Atheism 101
Atheist History
Atheism in the United States
Birth and Death
Contemporary Controversy: But Is It a Religion?
Chapter Review
Endnotes
Credits
Index
Stephen Prothero is the C. Allyn and Elizabeth V. Russell Professor Religion in America at Boston University. He is the author of God is Not One (2010) and the New York Times bestseller Religious Literacy (2007). His books have been published on five continents and translated into seven languages. Prothero has commented on religion on hundreds of radio programs, and on television on The Colbert Report and The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as CNN, MSNBC, FOX, PBS, and all the major networks. A regular contributor to USA Today and the Washington Post, he has also written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Slate, Salon, Politico, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe.
Prothero was the chief academic adviser for the critically acclaimed six-hour WGBH-TV series “God in America.” He also worked as a Goldman Sachs Senior Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, and as the chief outside writer for CNN’s “Belief Blog.” His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Arthur Vinings Davis Foundation, and the Foundation for Religious Literacy. He received his BA from Yale in American Studies and his PhD in the study of religion from Harvard.
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