World Religions
Fourth Edition ©2008 Solomon A. Nigosian Formats: Print
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Solomon A. Nigosian
S. A. Nigosian, a research associate at Victoria College of the University of Toronto, has been teaching in the Religion Department for over twenty-five years. His most recent publications include Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices (2004); From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (2004); and The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research (1993). His articles on Near Eastern Religions and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament are published frequently in professional journals such as Studies in Religion, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Theological Review, Vetus Testamentum, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, and Biblica.
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New chapter on modern alternative religions. From the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to the Church of Scientology, Nigosian examines ten emerging religious movements from a historical perspective.
More original source materials and support for students. Students will now encounter twice as much primary source material for discussion and debate. To help students with this new material, the glossary has doubled in size.
Geographic organization. A part-based structure groups together religions with a shared geographic point of origin.
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Solomon A. Nigosian
S. A. Nigosian, a research associate at Victoria College of the University of Toronto, has been teaching in the Religion Department for over twenty-five years. His most recent publications include Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices (2004); From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (2004); and The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research (1993). His articles on Near Eastern Religions and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament are published frequently in professional journals such as Studies in Religion, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Theological Review, Vetus Testamentum, Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, and Biblica.
Table of Contents
Product Updates
New chapter on modern alternative religions. From the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to the Church of Scientology, Nigosian examines ten emerging religious movements from a historical perspective.
More original source materials and support for students. Students will now encounter twice as much primary source material for discussion and debate. To help students with this new material, the glossary has doubled in size.
Geographic organization. A part-based structure groups together religions with a shared geographic point of origin.
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World Religions
A concise, balanced, and reasonably priced introductory text, World Religions takes a historical approach to the ideological and cultural aspects of several religions. More than just a collection of facts about beliefs and mores, this unique text offers students a complex portrait of each religion, with scholarly viewpoints interspersed throughout.
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