ID | 000500 |
Call Number | 200/SMA |
Title Proper | Atlas of the world's religions. |
Language | ENG |
Author | Smart, Ninian (ed.) |
Publication | New York, Oxford University Press, 1999. |
Description | 240p Black spine |
Note | Provides a unique view of the world's religions in their geographical context. |
Note | RELIGION TODAY - Religion in the world today Traditional primal religions and minority world religions today THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION - Early humans The first organized religions The Axial Age and the first world religions The spread of religion in the Classical world The rise of Islam and the major world religions to 1500 CE The rise of the West and the spread of vernacular devotional religion New religions in the modern world THE WORLD"S RELIGIONS - The Hindu world: The origins of early India Relgious and societal change in the Gangetic Valley The triumph of Buddhism and the emergence of empire City life and the new religious orders 100 BCE to 350 CE Gupta India The triumph of Temple Hinduism Islam and Hinduism in South Asia British India Independent India
Buddhism: Early Buddhism Later Buddhism in South Asia The spread of Buddhism into Southeast Asia Buddhism in Central Asia Tibetan Buddhism Buddhism today
East Asian traditions: Confucianism Daoism Chinese Buddhism Religions of Korea Religions of Japan Mainland Southeast Asia Islam and Christianity in Asia Indonesian relgions
The Pacific: Primal religions of Oceania Traditional religion in the Southwest Pacific Christianity in the Pacific Religion today in Austalia and the Pacific islands
The ancient near East and Europe: Ancient Mesopotamis: Sumer and Akkad Ancient Egypt Ancient Palestine Assyria and Babylonia Ancient Greece and Magna Graecia Zoroastrianism and its offshoots Greece: Home of Hellenistic civilization Roman religion Europe prior to Christendom
Judaism: Ancient Israel Judaism in the Roman empire Medieval Judaism Judaism in early modern Europe The emancipation of European Jewry Zionism Judaism in the Americas to 1939 The Holocaust Worldwide Judaism in the late twentieth century
Christianity: Early Christianity and its roots in Judaism Early Christian churches in the Roman empire The spread of Christianity East and West Christian missions The spread of the religious orders Pilgrimage routes The Crusades Mysticism and heresy Christian missions in the America The reformation and its aftermath Christianity and the Ottoman empire Post-Reformation churches Imperial expansion and colonial missions Christian traditions, science and secularism Chrisitianity today
Islam: Pre-Islamic Arabia Arabia at the time of Muhammad The spread of Islam The history of the Shi'a The rise and spread of Sufism The spread of Islam in South and Southeast Asia The Ottoman Empire Islam in Africa Islamic modernism and Islamic revival Modern Islam: Central Asia and China Israel and the Arabs The spread of Islam in the modern world Varieties of Islam today
Africa: Early religion in Northeast Africa The santification of political office Healing cults Regional and territorial cults African religions in the Western hemisphere Islam and the spread of the Sufi orders European Christian missions Independent Christianity in Africa
Indigenous religions: Indigenous relgions today Indigenous relgions: three regions Glossary Bibliography Picture acknowledgements Index |
Standard Number | 0198662351 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.1200(Hb) |
Classification Number | 200 |
Key Words | Religion ; UOI - Beliefs and Values ; Religions - History ; Religions - Maps ; Religion - World Religions ; Religion and politics ; Global Perspectives - IGCSE |