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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... reality . In this definition , matters which relate to the empirical are subjected to the affairs of the super - empirical ; apart from defining religious culture , Robertson defines religious action as that which is shaped by an ...
... reality . In this definition , matters which relate to the empirical are subjected to the affairs of the super - empirical ; apart from defining religious culture , Robertson defines religious action as that which is shaped by an ...
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... reality . According to Spencer , before long , the primitive man forgot that the animal - plant - star - object names were merely figurative . He took them literally and came to conclude that in the case where an ancestor had been named ...
... reality . According to Spencer , before long , the primitive man forgot that the animal - plant - star - object names were merely figurative . He took them literally and came to conclude that in the case where an ancestor had been named ...
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... reality of the Kachina was not physical but completely spiritual. The adult Hopi assumed the characters of the masks they wore by projecting themselves into the spirit world and becoming what they were representing. The foregoing ...
... reality of the Kachina was not physical but completely spiritual. The adult Hopi assumed the characters of the masks they wore by projecting themselves into the spirit world and becoming what they were representing. The foregoing ...
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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