A Comparative Study of Religions: Second EditionMugambi, J.N.K. This books is the result of concerted teamwork among the academia staff of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Nairobi between 1986 and 1990. The Project was prompted by the necessity to produce relevant and comprehensive textbooks for the undergraduate degree programme. The book has remained in demand, confirming the relevance and quality of its content covering the whole range of major religions of the world with extensive geographical and historical scope. It includes a specific section on African Religion, thus placing the African Religious Heritage within the mainstream of the comparative study of the world's religions. |
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... Living World Religion.............................................277 5GEVKQP 8++ %QORCTCVKXG 5VWF[ QH 5QOG /CLQT ... Religion in the Contemporary World 47. The Future of Religion ...
... Living World Religion.............................................277 5GEVKQP 8++ %QORCTCVKXG 5VWF[ QH 5QOG /CLQT ... Religion in the Contemporary World 47. The Future of Religion ...
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... living body and a dead one ; what caused waking , sleep , trance , disease and death . He further sought to know what those human shapes were - which appeared in dreams and visions . Tylor came to the conclusion that every human being ...
... living body and a dead one ; what caused waking , sleep , trance , disease and death . He further sought to know what those human shapes were - which appeared in dreams and visions . Tylor came to the conclusion that every human being ...
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... living beings like himself . Similarly , the primitive man who thinks like a child , begins to attribute to animate and inanimate things a nature that is similar to his own . It was in this regard that the ancestor cult became a nature ...
... living beings like himself . Similarly , the primitive man who thinks like a child , begins to attribute to animate and inanimate things a nature that is similar to his own . It was in this regard that the ancestor cult became a nature ...
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... Religions ( London : Oxford University Press , 1965 ) . Hinnels , J.R. , Ed . God and the Sun in Meru Thought ( Helsink : Finnish Society for Missiology and Ecumenics , 1969 ) p . 1– 30 . Hume , R.E. The World's Living Religions ...
... Religions ( London : Oxford University Press , 1965 ) . Hinnels , J.R. , Ed . God and the Sun in Meru Thought ( Helsink : Finnish Society for Missiology and Ecumenics , 1969 ) p . 1– 30 . Hume , R.E. The World's Living Religions ...
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... lived in the nether world, where Sedna is mistress of sea life. A slightly similar version of this myth exists among the Greenlanders. There is an old woman who is said to be living in the ocean depths, called Arnaguagsaq. She sits in ...
... lived in the nether world, where Sedna is mistress of sea life. A slightly similar version of this myth exists among the Greenlanders. There is an old woman who is said to be living in the ocean depths, called Arnaguagsaq. She sits in ...
Contents
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SECTION V Religions of the Far East | 151 |
SECTION IV Religions of the Near East | 197 |
SECTION VII Comparative Study of Some Major Themes | 283 |
SECTION VIII The Present State of Religion and Future Prospects | 355 |
Bibliography | 373 |
Index | 379 |
Back cover | 390 |
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Activity African Religion Ahura Mazda Amerindians Angra Mainyu animals attained became belief bhakti Bodhisattvas Brahman Buddha called Century chapter Chinese Christianity church concept Confucianism Confucius creation creatures cult culture death deities destiny developed devotion disciples divine doctrine dualism Empire enlightenment evil example existence Explain faith Gautama God's gods Guru Hindu Hinduism holy human idea important India Islam Jain Jainism Japan Jesus Jewish Jews Judaism Karma Kenya later liberation Living Religions Mahavira Mahayana Buddhism Mainyu man’s meaning meditation missionary monks monotheism moral movements Muhammad Muslim Nanak nature Nirvana Noss origin Panentheism Pantheism Parrinder person philosophers practices prayers prophets reality relation relationship religious rites ritual S.G. Kibicho sacred sacrifice salvation scholars scriptures sect Shinto Sikhism Sikhs social society soul spirits supernatural synagogue Taoism teaching temples Theravada things Torah totemism traditions transcendent universe Upanishads Vedas Vedic word worship Zarathustra Zoroastrianism