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Religious Studies Skills Book: Close Reading, Critical Thinking, and Comparison
by Eugene V. Gallagher Joanne MaguireStudying religion in college or university? This book shows you how to perform well on your course tests and examinations, write successful papers, and participate meaningfully in class discussions. You'll learn new skills and also enhance existing ones, which you can put into practice with in-text exercises and assignments. Written by two award-winning instructors, this book identifies the close reading of texts, material culture, and religious actions as the fundamental skill for the study of religion at undergraduate level. It shows how critical analytical thinking about religious actions and ideas is founded on careful, patient, yet creative “reading” of religious stories, rituals, objects, and spaces. The book leads you through the description, analysis, and interpretation of examples from multiple historical periods, cultures, and religious traditions, including primary source material such as Matthew 6:9-13 (the Lord's Prayer), the gohonzon scroll of the Japanese new religion Soka Gakkai, and the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj). It provides you with typical assignments you will encounter in your studies, showing you how you might approach tasks such as reflective, interpretive or summary essays. Further resources, found on the book's website, include bibliographies, and links to useful podcasts.
Religious Studies Skills Book: Close Reading, Critical Thinking, and Comparison
by Eugene V. Gallagher Joanne MaguireStudying religion in college or university? This book shows you how to perform well on your course tests and examinations, write successful papers, and participate meaningfully in class discussions. You'll learn new skills and also enhance existing ones, which you can put into practice with in-text exercises and assignments. Written by two award-winning instructors, this book identifies the close reading of texts, material culture, and religious actions as the fundamental skill for the study of religion at undergraduate level. It shows how critical analytical thinking about religious actions and ideas is founded on careful, patient, yet creative “reading” of religious stories, rituals, objects, and spaces. The book leads you through the description, analysis, and interpretation of examples from multiple historical periods, cultures, and religious traditions, including primary source material such as Matthew 6:9-13 (the Lord's Prayer), the gohonzon scroll of the Japanese new religion Soka Gakkai, and the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj). It provides you with typical assignments you will encounter in your studies, showing you how you might approach tasks such as reflective, interpretive or summary essays. Further resources, found on the book's website, include bibliographies, and links to useful podcasts.
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing (The Humanities and Human Flourishing)
by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel and Hector KilgoeReligious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections between theory, pedagogy, and practice with nuance and depth. Contributors to the volume, part of The Humanities and Human Flourishing series, construct and critique various conceptualizations of well-being and different approaches to its cultivation, both inside and outside of the classroom. From north India to the buckle of the American Bible Belt, the volume provides a variety of perspectives on approaches to the cultivation of well-being, including formations of the ideal life and the perfect death in antiquity and modernity in the Muslim world; constructions of existential meaning, purpose, and goodness in pastoral theology, care, and counseling; and skepticism surrounding understandings of religion and spirituality in positive psychology, among others.
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing (The Humanities and Human Flourishing)
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections between theory, pedagogy, and practice with nuance and depth. Contributors to the volume, part of The Humanities and Human Flourishing series, construct and critique various conceptualizations of well-being and different approaches to its cultivation, both inside and outside of the classroom. From north India to the buckle of the American Bible Belt, the volume provides a variety of perspectives on approaches to the cultivation of well-being, including formations of the ideal life and the perfect death in antiquity and modernity in the Muslim world; constructions of existential meaning, purpose, and goodness in pastoral theology, care, and counseling; and skepticism surrounding understandings of religion and spirituality in positive psychology, among others.
Religious symbols - 1 (Large Print)
by Rnib BookshareThere are five religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is a Christian cross and the fish symbol. In the top right is the Orthodox Patriarchal cross with two horizontal bars. In the bottom left is the six-pointed Star of David made of six triangles surrounding a hexagon. In the bottom right is the Pagan Solar cross symbol with a vertical and a horizontal line within a circle.
Religious symbols - 1 (UEB Contracted)
by Rnib BookshareThere are five religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is a Christian cross and the fish symbol. In the top right is the Orthodox Patriarchal cross with two horizontal bars. In the bottom left is the six-pointed Star of David made of six triangles surrounding a hexagon. In the bottom right is the Pagan Solar cross symbol with a vertical and a horizontal line within a circle.
Religious symbols - 1 (UEB Uncontracted)
by Rnib BookshareThere are five religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is a Christian cross and the fish symbol. In the top right is the Orthodox Patriarchal cross with two horizontal bars. In the bottom left is the six-pointed Star of David made of six triangles surrounding a hexagon. In the bottom right is the Pagan Solar cross symbol with a vertical and a horizontal line within a circle.
Religious symbols - 2 (Large Print)
by Rnib BookshareThere are four religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is the Crescent Moon and Star symbol of the Muslim faith. In the top right is the Seikh Khanda symbol made up of three elements: a double-edged vertical sword, a circle (Chakkar) and two crossed knives (kirpans) In the bottom left is the nine-pointed star of the BahaâI faith. In the bottom right is the Om symbol composed of the three sounds a-u-m written in Sanskrit. The vowels a and u combine to become o. The symbol's threefold nature is central to its meaning representing several important triads.
Religious symbols - 2 (UEB Contracted)
by Rnib BookshareThere are four religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is the Crescent Moon and Star symbol of the Muslim faith. In the top right is the Seikh Khanda symbol made up of three elements: a double-edged vertical sword, a circle (Chakkar) and two crossed knives (kirpans) In the bottom left is the nine-pointed star of the BahaâI faith. In the bottom right is the Om symbol composed of the three sounds a-u-m written in Sanskrit. The vowels a and u combine to become o. The symbol's threefold nature is central to its meaning representing several important triads.
Religious symbols - 2 (UEB Uncontracted)
by Rnib BookshareThere are four religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is the Crescent Moon and Star symbol of the Muslim faith. In the top right is the Seikh Khanda symbol made up of three elements: a double-edged vertical sword, a circle (Chakkar) and two crossed knives (kirpans) In the bottom left is the nine-pointed star of the BahaâI faith. In the bottom right is the Om symbol composed of the three sounds a-u-m written in Sanskrit. The vowels a and u combine to become o. The symbol's threefold nature is central to its meaning representing several important triads.
Religious symbols - 3 (Large Print)
by Rnib BookshareThere are four religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is the Wheel of Truth symbol of the Buddhist faith. It is the eight-spoked Dharma Wheel (Dharmachakra in Sanskrit) which symbolizes Buddha's turning of the Wheel of Truth or Law. In the top right is the hand symbol of the Jain faith. It reminds followers that one should always stop and think before taking action. In the bottom left is the Torii Gate symbol of the Shinto faith. It represents a gate to a sacred place. In the bottom right is the Taoist Yin-yang symbol composed of two identical tear drop curving shapes. The shapes are of opposite colour and interlock together to form a perfect circle. The symbol represents the ways in which Yin and Yang are mutually-arising, interdependent, and continuously transforming, one into the other.
Religious symbols - 3 (UEB Contracted)
by Rnib BookshareThere are four religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is the Wheel of Truth symbol of the Buddhist faith. It is the eight-spoked Dharma Wheel (Dharmachakra in Sanskrit) which symbolizes Buddha's turning of the Wheel of Truth or Law. In the top right is the hand symbol of the Jain faith. It reminds followers that one should always stop and think before taking action. In the bottom left is the Torii Gate symbol of the Shinto faith. It represents a gate to a sacred place. In the bottom right is the Taoist Yin-yang symbol composed of two identical tear drop curving shapes. The shapes are of opposite colour and interlock together to form a perfect circle. The symbol represents the ways in which Yin and Yang are mutually-arising, interdependent, and continuously transforming, one into the other.
Religious symbols - 3 (UEB Uncontracted)
by Rnib BookshareThere are four religious symbol images on this page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the images are the correct way up. In the top left is the Wheel of Truth symbol of the Buddhist faith. It is the eight-spoked Dharma Wheel (Dharmachakra in Sanskrit) which symbolizes Buddha's turning of the Wheel of Truth or Law. In the top right is the hand symbol of the Jain faith. It reminds followers that one should always stop and think before taking action. In the bottom left is the Torii Gate symbol of the Shinto faith. It represents a gate to a sacred place. In the bottom right is the Taoist Yin-yang symbol composed of two identical tear drop curving shapes. The shapes are of opposite colour and interlock together to form a perfect circle. The symbol represents the ways in which Yin and Yang are mutually-arising, interdependent, and continuously transforming, one into the other.
Religious Symbols and the Intervention of the Law: Symbolic Functionality in Pluralist States (Law and Religion)
by Sylvie BacquetIn contemporary pluralist states, where faith communities live together, different religious symbols and practices have to coexist. This may lead to conflicts between certain minority practices and the dominant majority, particularly around the manifestation of belief in the public domain which may be seen both by the religious and secular majorities as a threat to their cultural heritage or against the secular values of the host country. The law has to mitigate those tensions in order to protect the public from harm and preserve order but in doing so, it may where necessary have to limit citizens’ ability to freely manifest their religion. It is those limitations that have been disputed in the courts on grounds of freedom of religion and belief. Religious symbols are often at the heart of legal battles, with courts called upon to consider the lawfulness of banning or restricting certain symbols or practices. This book analyses the relationship between the state, individuals and religious symbols, considering the three main forms of religious expression, symbols that believers wear on their body, symbols in the public space such as religious edifices and rituals that believers perform as a manifestation of their faith. The book looks comparatively at legal responses in England, the U.S.A and France comparing different approaches to the issues of symbols in the public sphere and their interaction with the law. The book considers religious manifestation as a social phenomenon taking a multidisciplinary approach to the question mixing elements of the anthropology, history and sociology of religion in order to provide some context and examine how this could help inform the law.
Religious Symbols and the Intervention of the Law: Symbolic Functionality in Pluralist States (Law and Religion)
by Sylvie BacquetIn contemporary pluralist states, where faith communities live together, different religious symbols and practices have to coexist. This may lead to conflicts between certain minority practices and the dominant majority, particularly around the manifestation of belief in the public domain which may be seen both by the religious and secular majorities as a threat to their cultural heritage or against the secular values of the host country. The law has to mitigate those tensions in order to protect the public from harm and preserve order but in doing so, it may where necessary have to limit citizens’ ability to freely manifest their religion. It is those limitations that have been disputed in the courts on grounds of freedom of religion and belief. Religious symbols are often at the heart of legal battles, with courts called upon to consider the lawfulness of banning or restricting certain symbols or practices. This book analyses the relationship between the state, individuals and religious symbols, considering the three main forms of religious expression, symbols that believers wear on their body, symbols in the public space such as religious edifices and rituals that believers perform as a manifestation of their faith. The book looks comparatively at legal responses in England, the U.S.A and France comparing different approaches to the issues of symbols in the public sphere and their interaction with the law. The book considers religious manifestation as a social phenomenon taking a multidisciplinary approach to the question mixing elements of the anthropology, history and sociology of religion in order to provide some context and examine how this could help inform the law.
Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy: East Meets West
by Frank De Piano Ashe Mukherjee Scott Mitchel Kamilar Lynne M Hagen Elaine Hartsman R. Paul OlsonIntegrate spiritual traditions with psychological healing!In this fascinating volume, clinical practitioners of different religious traditions examine the same clinical case, offering insights, interventions, and explanations of transformation and healing. This practical approach allows them to explore broader issues of personality theory and psychology from the perspectives of various spiritual traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy addresses both the practical issues of doing psychotherapy and the deeper need to relate psychology and theology. After providing a thorough introduction to the spiritual tradition, each author presents a critical psychological theory of personality and psychotherapy grounded in that tradition. The authors address the questions of what it means to be a person, what causes human distress, and how individuals experience healing. Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy offers profound insights into the urgent issues of human suffering and psychological transformation, including: theories of personality structure and human motivation the nature of experience and processes of change the dialectical relation of theology and psychology convergences and difference among the religious psychologiesMarrying theory and practice, spirit and psyche, Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy offers profound insights and effective interventions. Mental health professionals, clergy, and scholars in religion, cross-cultural studies, personality, counseling, and psychotherapy will find this breakthrough book a life-changing experience and an invaluable resource.
Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy: East Meets West
by Frank De Piano Ashe Mukherjee Scott Mitchel Kamilar Lynne M Hagen Elaine Hartsman R. Paul OlsonIntegrate spiritual traditions with psychological healing!In this fascinating volume, clinical practitioners of different religious traditions examine the same clinical case, offering insights, interventions, and explanations of transformation and healing. This practical approach allows them to explore broader issues of personality theory and psychology from the perspectives of various spiritual traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy addresses both the practical issues of doing psychotherapy and the deeper need to relate psychology and theology. After providing a thorough introduction to the spiritual tradition, each author presents a critical psychological theory of personality and psychotherapy grounded in that tradition. The authors address the questions of what it means to be a person, what causes human distress, and how individuals experience healing. Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy offers profound insights into the urgent issues of human suffering and psychological transformation, including: theories of personality structure and human motivation the nature of experience and processes of change the dialectical relation of theology and psychology convergences and difference among the religious psychologiesMarrying theory and practice, spirit and psyche, Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy offers profound insights and effective interventions. Mental health professionals, clergy, and scholars in religion, cross-cultural studies, personality, counseling, and psychotherapy will find this breakthrough book a life-changing experience and an invaluable resource.
Religious Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence (Psychology Revivals)
by Ronald GoldmanFirst published in 1964, Religious Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence describes the capacities of pupils of varying ages, abilities and backgrounds to understand religious truths. How concepts of the Bible, of God, of Jesus, of Prayer and of the Church developed from the early years is seen within the psychological context of maturing thought, and the implications for religious education, which are provocative and far-reaching, are explored. Teachers, clergy and parents will find this book a challenge to reconsider not only how the growing child views what he is taught but also the reasons why he frequently misunderstands religious teaching. By presenting a systematic account of religious thinking from 6 to 17 years, Dr. Goldman adds a new dimension to our insights into child development.
Religious Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence (Psychology Revivals)
by Ronald GoldmanFirst published in 1964, Religious Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence describes the capacities of pupils of varying ages, abilities and backgrounds to understand religious truths. How concepts of the Bible, of God, of Jesus, of Prayer and of the Church developed from the early years is seen within the psychological context of maturing thought, and the implications for religious education, which are provocative and far-reaching, are explored. Teachers, clergy and parents will find this book a challenge to reconsider not only how the growing child views what he is taught but also the reasons why he frequently misunderstands religious teaching. By presenting a systematic account of religious thinking from 6 to 17 years, Dr. Goldman adds a new dimension to our insights into child development.
Religious Thought in France in the Nineteenth Century (Routledge Revivals)
by Canon W. SimpsonFirst published in 1935, Religious Thought in France in the Nineteenth Century discusses various religious thoughts prevalent in France during the nineteenth century, along with prominent figures associated with them. The author explores Positivist Religion, Natural Religion, and Older and Newer Protestantism. He then talks about the modernist movement in France through the life and career of distinguished critic Alfred Loisy. The author goes on to examine the future of religion and the influence of Bergson and provides a commentary on the biblical and historical studies among Catholics, Catholic studies of Dogma and the preachers in Paris like Mgr. de Quélen, Jesuit Ravignan, Jesuit Félix, Père Hyacinthe and Monsabré, to name a few. Simpson concludes his book with a discussion on the influence of Church on literary men – Bourget, Huysmans, Faguet, and Brunetière.
Religious Thought in France in the Nineteenth Century (Routledge Revivals)
by Canon W. SimpsonFirst published in 1935, Religious Thought in France in the Nineteenth Century discusses various religious thoughts prevalent in France during the nineteenth century, along with prominent figures associated with them. The author explores Positivist Religion, Natural Religion, and Older and Newer Protestantism. He then talks about the modernist movement in France through the life and career of distinguished critic Alfred Loisy. The author goes on to examine the future of religion and the influence of Bergson and provides a commentary on the biblical and historical studies among Catholics, Catholic studies of Dogma and the preachers in Paris like Mgr. de Quélen, Jesuit Ravignan, Jesuit Félix, Père Hyacinthe and Monsabré, to name a few. Simpson concludes his book with a discussion on the influence of Church on literary men – Bourget, Huysmans, Faguet, and Brunetière.
The Religious Thought of Chu Hsi
by Julia ChingRecognized as one of the greatest philosophers in classical China, Chu Hsi (1130-1200) is known in the West primarily through translations of one of his many works, the Chin-ssu Lu. In this book, Julia Ching offers the first book-length examination of Chu Hsi's religious thought, based on extensive reading of both primary and secondary sources. Ching begins by providing an introduction to Chu's twelfth-century intellectual context. She then examines Chu's natural philosophy, looking in particular at the ideas of the Great Ultimate and at spirits and deities and the rituals that honor them. Next, Ching considers Chu's interpretation of human nature and the emotions, highlighting the mystical thrust of the theoretical and practical teachings of spiritual cultivation and meditation. She discusses Chu's philosophical disputes with his contemporariesin particular Lu Chiu-yuanand examines his relationship to Buddhism and Taoism. In the final chapters, Ching looks at critiques of Chu during his lifetime and after and evaluates the relevance of his thinking in terms of contemporary needs and problems. This clearly written and highly accessible study also offers translations of some of Chu's most important philosophical poems, filling a major gap in the fields of both Chinese philosophy and religion.
Religious Tolerance, Education and the Curriculum
by Elizabeth Burns Coleman Kevin WhiteThe creation of a secular education system was one of the great social experiments designed to break down religious intolerance within society. One element of this design was administrative, involving the creation of non-denominational schools, and another element involved a centralised curriculum. In this collection of essays, political philosophers, lawyers, sociologists, theologians and educators explore the role of state schools in promoting tolerance within 21st century multicultural, religiously pluralistic societies. How may different models of liberalism in the secular state have different outcomes in relation to religious tolerance in the education system? Does a state education system have a role in teaching values such as tolerance, and if so, how is this best achieved? How are epistemology and truth connected with tolerance? How does the ideal of a ‘value free’ secular education mask the values that the secular state teaches? The essays are written from both theoretical and practical perspectives and engage with each other directly to address one of the significant issues of our day. This is the fourth volume arising from a series of conferences on the theme of ‘Negotiating the Sacred’. Previous volumes have included /Blasphemy and Sacrilege in a Multicultural Society; Blasphemy and Sacrilege in the Arts; and Medicine, Religion and the Body.
Religious Tolerance in the Atlantic World: Early Modern and Contemporary Perspectives
by Eliane GlaserPlacing topical debates in historical perspective, the essays by leading scholars of history, literature and political science explore issues of difference and diversity, inclusion and exclusion, and faith in relation to a variety of Christian groups, Jews and Muslims in the context of both early modern and contemporary England and America.
Religious Tourism and Globalization: The Search for Identity and Transformative Experience (CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series)
by Vitor Ambrósio Silvia Aulet Serrallonga Caglar Bideci Mujde Bideci Elzbieta Bilska-Wodecka Dr Dino Bozonelos Dr Nour Farra-Haddad Stephen F. Haller Jaffer Idris Antonietta Ivona Isilda Leitão Dimitrios Mylonopoulos Polyxeni Moira Eleanor O’Keeffe Spyridon Parthenis Donatella Privitera Ricardo Nicolas Progano Alison T. SmithIs it possible to identify the positive and negative effects of globalization on religious tourism or to estimate the transformation of the internal and external constructs of pilgrimage by these effects? In order to address these questions, this book highlights the importance of the search for identity and transformative experience during religious tourism. It also looks at how, recently, globalization has played a part in the changes of the concept of personal and social identity and the transformative experience of pilgrimage. The chapters, consisting of carefully selected case studies, analyse possible effects including the adoption of different new rituals, new pilgrims' values, changes of tradition, acceptance of technologic innovations, development of new business models, and other environmental and sociocultural changes. The book provides: · a conceptual framework for understanding the impacts of globalization; · integrated cross-disciplinary approaches; and · an insight into major religious travel practices in the age of identity challenges and worldwide transformations. It will be suitable for researchers and students of religious tourism, pilgrimage, identity tourism, as well as related subjects such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, theology, history and cultural studies.