Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World's BeliefsHarperCollins, 1996 - 331 Seiten This work explores the underlying features of the world's major religions and comparable secular systems of thought. It considers Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Marxist-Leninism, Maoism, nationalism, as well as a number of minor, more local systems of belief. |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
Doctrine Philosophy Some Dimensions | 27 |
The Ritual Dimension | 70 |
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Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World's Beliefs Ninian Smart Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World's Beliefs Ninian Smart Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
Dimensions of the Sacred: An Anatomy of the World's Beliefs Ninian Smart Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Advaita Vedanta Africa ancient aspect axis mundi become behaviour belief bhakti Bodhisattva brahmavihāras Brahmins Buddha Buddhism Catholic China Chinese Christ Christian church concept Confucian contemplative context cosmology cosmos course created cultures dhyāna dimension divine doctrine ethical example experiential faith function gods heaven Hindu Hindu tradition Hinduism holy human idea ideology important incarnation India instance Islam jāti Jewish Judaism kind king kingship liberation magical Mahayana major mantric Marxism means meditation mode modern monks monotheism moral Moreover Muslim mystical mythic myths narrative nature nirvana notably numinous numinous experience Orthodox patterns perhaps person phenomenology philosophy pilgrimage political practice prophet Protestantism reasons relation religion religious experience rites ritual role sacred sacrifice saint Sangha scriptures secular sense shamanism social society soul spiritual stories Sufism symbolism Taoism temples theism theistic theme theology theory Theravada Theravadin tion transcendent typically ultimate various vision Western whole worldviews worship