{"product_id":"the-religion-toolkit-9781405182478","title":"The Religion Toolkit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis complete overview of religious studies provides students with the essential knowledge and tools they need to explore and understand the nature of religion.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the early development of religion, with overviews of major and minor religions from Islam to Scientology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders recent developments including secularization; the relationship between religion and science; and scientific studies on religion, health, and mystical experience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses humor throughout, allowing students to remain open-minded to the subject\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains what it means to study religion academically, and considers the impact of the study of religion on religion itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains numerous student-friendly features including photos, maps, time lines, side bars, historical profiles, and population distribution figures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides classroom users with a lively website,www.wiley.com\/go\/religiontoolkit, including questions, quizzes, extra material, and helpful pr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Maps xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredits xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction: Prepare to Be Surprised \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Tools 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 An Overview of Religion: Making Sense of Life \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e16\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining Suffering and Evil 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining Death 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGhosts 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResurrection 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSouls 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReincarnation 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Importance of Order 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrder Out of Chaos 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrder and Predictability: Eschatology, Prophecy, Divination 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Order 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroup Identity 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthics\/Morality and Law 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthority and Power 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Ritual 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Early Development of Religious Studies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e44\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Relationship between Philosophy and Theology 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Kinds of Christian Theology 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScriptural (Biblical) Studies and the Impact of the Printing Press 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaruch Spinoza (d. 1677): The Beginnings of Source Criticism 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Robertson Smith (d. 1894): Historical Criticism 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of Modernity and New Academic Disciplines: Oriental Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax Müller (d. 1900): Oriental Studies and Religion 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdward Burnett Tylor (d. 1917): Anthropology and Religion 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Frazer (d. 1941): Evolution and Religion 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNegative Views of Religion 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKarl Marx (d. 1883): Religion as the Opiate of the Masses 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSigmund Freud (d. 1939): Religion as Neurosis 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociology of Religion 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmile Durkheim (d. 1917): Modernization Theory 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax Weber (d. 1920): The Protestant Ethic and the Secularization Thesis 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Religious Studies in the 20th Century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to Philosophy 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalytic Philosophy: Antony Flew (d. 2010) 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhenomenology and Religious Studies 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRudolf Otto (d. 1937) 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMircea Eliade (d. 1986) 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy of Religion 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Hick (b. 1922) 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Lane Craig (b. 1949) 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropology of Religion 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClifford Geertz (d. 2006) 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Douglas (d. 2007) 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociology of Religion 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter L. Berger (b. 1929) 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert N. Bellah (b. 1927) 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychology of Religion 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam James (d. 1910) 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarl Jung (d. 1961) 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Theories and Methods 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophical Theories 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenetic\/Historical Theories 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunctionalist Theories 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eUsing the Tools: Surveying World Religions 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Early Traditions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e104\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrehistoric Religions? 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimism and Anthropomorphism 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath Rituals 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFertility Goddesses 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHunting Rituals 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShamans 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Traditions, Oral Traditions, and Religion 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Neolithic Revolution and the Rise of Historic Religions 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Family of Western Monotheisms: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e124\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit I Judaism 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Torah, the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe History and Teachings of Judaism 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Five Centuries 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Middle Ages (500–1500 CE) 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Modern Period (1750 to the present) 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Enlightenment 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of Reform Judaism 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservative Judaism 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstructionist Judaism 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rituals of Judaism 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudaism Today 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit II Christianity 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe History and Teachings of Christianity 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrigins 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of Christian Doctrine 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Institutionalization and Politicization of Christianity 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEastern and Western Christians 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Western\/Roman Church 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eastern Orthodox Churches 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Protestant Reformation 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristian Rituals 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristianity Today 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit III Islam 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe History and Teachings of Islam 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCore Teachings 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly History: The Life of Muhammad and the Rashidun Caliphs 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dynastic Caliphates 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Modern Period: Reform and Recovery 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslamic Rituals 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMajor Divisions Today 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit IV The Impact of Religious Studies on the Western Monotheisms 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiblical Studies 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRudolf Bultmann (d. 1976): “Demythologizing” Scripture 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Dominic Crossan (b. 1934): The Historicity of Scripture 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheology 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberation Theology 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGustavo Gutierrez (b. 1928) 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarid Esack (b. 1959) 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Theology 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith Plaskow (b. 1947) 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRosemary Radford Ruether (b. 1936) 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmina Wadud (b. 1952) 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 330 Million Gods – or None: Two Traditions from India \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHinduism and Buddhism 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHinduism 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of Hinduism 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndus Valley Civilization (3000–1500 BCE) 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aryans and the Vedas (1500–600 BCE) 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mystical Worldview of the Upanishads 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassical Hinduism (3rd century BCE–7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century CE) 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ramayana 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mahabharata 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Puranas 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Laws of Manu 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHinduism Today 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRituals 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuddhism 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of Buddhism 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Four Noble Truths 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ethics of “Awakening” 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Core of All Buddhist Traditions 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of the Three Main Traditions 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheravada (Hinayana) 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMahayana 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVajrayana 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuddhism Today 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRituals 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Religious Studies and Indian Traditions 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Balancing and Blending: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in China \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e246\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tao, Yin and Yang 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe History of Chinese Religious Thought 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shang Period (18th–11\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries BCE) 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Zhou Period (11th–3rd centuries BCE) 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfucius (551–479 BCE) 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaoism 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuddhism in China 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePure Land Buddhism 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChan (Zen) Buddhism 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChinese Folk Traditions 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRituals in Chinese Traditions 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeddings 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunerals 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChinese Traditions Today 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Religious Studies and the Traditions of China 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Zoroastrianism, Shinto, Baha’i, Scientology, Wicca, and Seneca Traditions: What Makes a “World Religion”? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e274\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Makes a “World Religion”? 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZoroastrianism 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of Zoroastrianism 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZoroastrian Rituals 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShinto 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of Shinto 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShinto Rituals 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaha’i 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of Baha’i 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaha’i Rituals 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScientology 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of Scientology 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScientology Practices 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScientology Rituals 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWicca 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of Wicca 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWiccan Rituals 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Traditions of the Seneca 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory and Teachings of the Seneca 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeneca Rituals 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: To Be or Not to Be a Religion? 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Closing Questions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e308\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan We Define Religion? 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecularization? 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Atheist Views 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Opposition to Secularization Theory 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResurgent Islam 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResurgent Religion in the U.S.? 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecularization in Europe 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion Revisited 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Issues 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Range of Research Areas in the American Academy of Religion 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedical Science and Religion 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion and Physical Health 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion and Mental Health 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Prayer Work? 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrain Science and Mystical Experience: Neurotheology 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Another Surprise? 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 344\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407913165143,"sku":"9781405182478","price":76.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405182478.jpg?v=1730500938","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-religion-toolkit-9781405182478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}