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Revealing the significance of religion in contemporary life, World Religions Today, Fifth Edition, explores major religious traditions-Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, South Asian religions, East Asian religions, indigenous religions, and new religions-as dynamic, ongoing forces in the lives of individuals and in the collective experience of modern societies. This unique volume accomplishes two goals: it connects today's religionsto their classical beliefs and practices and focuses on how these religions have both radically changed the modern world and been changed by it. The book is enhanced by numerous pedagogical aids-text boxes, timelines, maps, illustrations, discussion questions, a comprehensive glossary of key terms, and suggestionsfor further reading-and more than 200 photographs. For a wealth of additional teaching and study resources, visit www.oup.com/us/esposito.World Religions Today, Fifth Edition, is also available as two separate volumes:Religions of Asia Today, Third Edition: 978-0-19-999964-4Religions of the West Today, Third Edition: 978-0-19-999963-7
Contents
CHAPTERS 2-9 OPEN WITH AN OVERVIEW. ALL CHAPTERS END WITH A CONCLUSION; HOMETOWN; WHY STUDY WORLD RELIGIONS?; OUR TASK; UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS MODERN/POSTMODERN TRANSITION: COLONIALISM, THE SOCIALIST CHALLENGE, AND THE HUNTER-GATHERERS; INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS: SOUL BELIEF AND AFTERLIFE; FORMATIVE ERA (2000 BCE-500 CE); PREMODERN JUDAISM: THE CLASSICAL ERA (500 CE-1729 CE); JUDAISM AND MODERNITY (1729-1967); JUDAISM AND POSTMODERN TRENDS IN A POSTCOLONIAL WORLD (1967- ); CHAPTER 4. CHRISTIAN DIVERSITY AND THE ROAD TO MODERNITY; ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY: THE FUNDAMENTALIST-MODERNIST CONTROVERSY (1859-); PREMODERN CHRISTIANITY: THE FORMATIVE ERA (31-451 CE); PREMODERN CHRISTIANITY: THE CLASSICAL ERA (451-1517 CE); CHRISTIANITY AND MODERNITY (1517-1962); CHRISTIANITY AND POSTMODERN TRENDS IN A POSTCOLONIAL PREMODERN ISLAM: THE CLASSICAL ERA; ISLAM AND MODERNITY; ISLAM AND POSTMODERN TRENDS IN A POSTCOLONIAL WORLD; ISLAM: POSTMODERN CHALLENGES; CHAPTER 6. HINDUISM, JAINISM, AND SIKHISM: SOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS; DEFINING HINDUISM: UNITY, DIVERSITY, LOCALITIES; ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY: HINDU CHALLENGES TO INDIA AS A SECULAR STATE; PREMODERN HINDUISM: THE FORMATIVE ERA; PREMODERN HINDUISM: THE CLASSICAL ERA (180 BCE-900 CE); PREMODERN HINDUISM: THE POSTCLASSICAL ERA (900 CE-1500 CE); HINDUISM AND MODERNITY; HINDUISM AND POSTMODERN TRENDS IN A POSTCOLONIAL WORLD; HINDU AND SIKH FESTIVAL PRACTICE; PATHS TOWARD NIRVANA; ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY: SOCIALLY "ENGAGED BUDDHISM"; PREMODERN BUDDHISM: THE FORMATIVE ERA (600 BCE-100 CE); PREMODERN BUDDHISM: THE CLASSICAL ERA (100-800 CE); PREMODERN BUDDHISM: BUDDHIST EXPANSION (400-1500 CE); BUDDHISM AND MODERNITY; BUDDHISM AND POSTMODERN TRENDS IN A POSTCOLONIAL WORLD; CHAPTER 8. EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS: CONFUCIANISM, DAOISM, SHINTO, BUDDHISM; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIENTATION; ENCOUNTER WITH MODERNITY: THE RELIGIONS AND POSTMODERN TRENDS IN A POSTCOLONIAL WORLD; CHAPTER 9. THE NEW AGE AND NEW AGE RELIGIONS; CONCLUSION: THE POSTMODERN CHALLENGE-CAN
