| Description |
xxix, 464 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Macmillan student editions |
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Macmillan student editions
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| Contents |
1. Nomads, peasants, and kings. Religion in the early city-civilisations of Asia -- Out of Mesopotamia and out of Egypt -- Religion in India during the early Vedic period (1500-1000 B.C. approx.) -- Yahweh and the Hebrew monarchy, to 926 B.C. -- Religion in India during the later Vedic period (1000-500 B.C. approx.) -- 2. Prophets and philosophers. The prophetic tradition of Israel (926-520 B.C.) -- Zarathustra, the prophet of Iran (618-541 B.C. approx.) -- Gautama the Buddha, the prophet of India (563-483 B.C.) -- The sophistication of primitive religion -- 3. Scribes, monks, and priests. Judaism from the exile to the fall of Jerusalem (587 B.C. to 70 C.E.) -- Early Buddhism (500 B.C.-70 C.E.) -- The reorientation of Brahmanism (500 B.C.-70 C.E.) -- The rise of Christianity, to 70 C.E. -- 4. Creeds and conformity. Christianity : from Jewish sect to Roman state-religion (70-500 C.E.) -- The emergence of Hinduism (70-500 C.E.) -- The Hinduisation of Buddhism (70-600 C.E.) -- 5. Religion and civilisation. The rise of Islam (600-750 C.E.) -- The expansion of Buddhism (600-1100 C.E.) -- 6. Theologians, poets, and mystics. Medieval Hinduism (500-1500 C.E.) -- The rise and fall of medieval Christendom (500-1500 C.E.) -- Islam comes of age (750-1500 C.E.) -- Buddhist civilisation in Asia beyond India (1000-1800 C.E.) -- Religious contrasts and conflicts (1500-1800 C.E.) -- 7. Religion and industrial society. Religion in the west, 1800 to the present -- Hinduism in the modern period, 1800 to the present -- Islam in the modern period, 1707 to the present -- Buddhism in the modern period, 1800 to the present -- Epilogue. Religious belief and the future |
| Analysis |
Religions - History |
| Notes |
"Macmillan student edition" |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [431]-439 |
| Subject |
Religions -- History.
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| LC no. |
74172785 |
| ISBN |
0333028392 |
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0333101723 |
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