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   xii CONTENTS 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  

Do you use primary sources in your class? Anthology of Living Religions  brings together readings from the major world religions,including excerpts from key scriptures, later writings, and contemporary articles to provide a unique sense of each faith. With the assistance of an international team of highly-respected specialists, the authors selected a variety of stimulating excerpts which provide valuable insight into today's living religions and the profound impact these religions have on the lives of countless people around the world.   Articles by major authors. These include Mircea Eliade, Freud, Marx, Nietzsche, Heschel, Jung, Campbell, Plaskow, Tillich, Black Elk, Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Nagarjuna, D.T. Suzuki, Serentiy Young, Thich Nhat Hanh,  Chinese scholars, Ellen Umansky, Michael Lerner, Charlene Spretnak, Guru Nanak, Samuel Huntington, Madame Blavatsky, Sun Myung Moon, Philip Jenkins, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Karen Armstrong, Hazrat Inayat Khan, and others. This introduces students to the key ideas and themes in religious thinking. How do you show religions as they are practiced today? Tradition balanced with contemporary relevance.  This anthology combines classic texts, such as holy scriptures and theologies with contemporary issues, such as women and ecology (ex. p. 269). It includes critical views of religion, such as Freud, Marx and Nietzcshe, and the spectrum of religious views, from monotheism to witchcraft, from orthodoxy to mysticism. It addresses scientific views, personal spirituality, the quest for meaning, social ethics, and globalism, and uses texts by leading thinkers in the field.  Key areas of coverage are: Excerpts from the Torah (p. 199-205), Gospels (p. 236-240), Qu’ran (p. 279-287), Hadith (p. 287-289), Shari’ah (p. 289-292), Book of Mormon (p. 338-339), Gita (p. 70), Heart Sutra (p. 123), Dao de Ching (p. 161-163) Writings by religious leaders such as Luther (p. 253), Calvin, Nicene Creed (p. 247), St. Thomas Aquinas, Hildegard of Bingen (p. 251), Augustine (p. 249-250), Dogen,etc. Classic rituals, such as baptism (p. 252) A spectrum of views, from orthodoxy to radical mysticism and social action (global warming, Catholic women’s ordinations) Current developments (megachurches) (ex. p. 263), Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) (p. 243), globalization (ex. p. 352), violence, fundamentalism vs. universalism, and interfaith initiatives (p. 362-365) Recent articles and debates that show how believers are living their faiths today. In addition to a good sample of scriptures and classical historical texts from each tradition, it goes on to include many more articles on the study of world religions, and descriptions of how believers are living their faiths today in concrete ways. For example, this anthology includes debates with materialist theories such as those of Freud, Marx, and Nietzsche, between monotheists, polytheists, and monists, about theories of symbol and myth, scientific theories such as the Anthropic principle, women in religion, and articles by major contemporary figures, from Paul Tillich to Mother Teresa and Thich Nhat Hanh..  Do you use pedagogical devices to support the anthology? Engaging excerpt and chapter introductions (ex. p. 2). The exerpt introductions highlight key issues and lead the reader through the material. The chapter introductions provide valuable background information on the founder, origins, teachings, and major beliefs of each religion.   Thought-provoking review questions at the end of each chapter (ex. p. 38). These challenge the reader's understanding of the material and lead to further discussion.   Glossary, historical highlights, and outlines of major celebrations at the end of each chapter (ex. p. 93-94). This gives additional valuable information on each religion.   Readable, informative, and well-written. Students will immediately be drawn into the material. Would you like an anthology that can conveniently be paired with a textbook? Follows the organization of the best-selling textbook, Living Religions, by Mary Pat Fisher. For information on Living Religions, visit http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Living-Religions/9780205835850.page. However, since it is organized by religion, it can be easily paired with any World Religions textbook.