TY - BOOK AU - Neusner,Jacob TI - Introduction to world religions: communities and cultures SN - 9780687660001 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BL80.3 .I59 2010 U1 - 200 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Nashville, Tenn. PB - Abingdon Press KW - Religions N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction; A "humanly relevant" cosmos : what we study when we study religion; William Scott Green --; Judaism; Judaism : beginnings; Baruch A. Levine --; The formation; Jacob Neusner --; Judaism in modern times : Reform, Orthodox, and conservative Judaism; Zionism; Jacob Neusner --; Christianity; Christianity : beginnings; Bruce Chilton --; Roman Catholicism; Lawrence S. Cunningham --; Orthodox Christianity; J.A. McGuckin --; Protestantism; Martin E. Marty --; Islam; Islam : beginnings; Th. Emil Homerin --; The Shi'i tradition; Liyakat Takim --; The Sunni tradition; Th. Emil Homerin --; Hinduism; Douglas Brooks --; Buddhism; Buddhism : beginnings; Mario Poceski --; The Theravada tradition; Kristen Scheible --; The Mahayana tradition; Mark L. Blum --; Daoism; Mark Meulenbled --; Confucianism; Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi --; Shinto; James L. Ford --; Indigenous religions; Indigenous religious tradition; Jualynne E. Dodson; Soyna Maria Johnson --; African indigenous religions; Jacob Olupona --; New nineteenth-century American religions; Danny L. Jorgensen --; New twentieth-century American religions; Dell deChant ER -