Visitors can experience the church's struggle against Nazi paganism, ponder the sorrow of the Thirty Years War, and see where the modern missionary movement was born. Original.

Christian Travelers Guide to Germany, The

Travel

Hexham, Irving

Kope, Lothar Henry

Reference

Zondervan

Visitors can become pilgrims with John Bunyan in his beloved Bedford, and see where John Wesley preached against slavery and converted thousands. Original.

Christian Travelers Guide to Great Britain, The

Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world’s many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexham’s decision to explore African religions, which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Understanding World Religions: An Interdisciplinary Approach

History

World

Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world’s many religions.
Understanding World Religions Video Lectures features 26 lessons (on 3 DVDs), exploring various religions under the broad categories of African Religions, the Yogic Traditions (including Buddhism), and the Abrahamic traditions.
A companion to the textbook Understanding World Religions by Irving Hexham, these lectures presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. With the understanding that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, Hexham guides students in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular note is Hexham’s inclusion of African religions, which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Useful for formal students and independent learners alike, Understanding World Religions Video Lectures provides an accessible introduction for anyone wanting to better understand the world’s many religions and the people who follow them.
Session Titles and Runtimes:
1 - Introductory Issues in the Study of Religion (16 min)
2 - A Biased Canon (13 min)
3 - African Religious Traditions (16 min)
4 - Witchcraft and Sorcery (16 min)
5 - God in Zulu Religion (13 min)
6 - The Case of Isaiah Shembe (23 min)
7 - The Origins of Yogic Religions (19 min)
8 - The Richness of the Hindu Tradition (18 min)
9 - Rethinking the Hindu Tradition (20 min)
10 - Gandhi the Great Contrarian (16 min)
11 - Buddhism (21 min)
12 - The Development of Buddhist Belief and Practice (19 min)
13 - The Moral Quest of Edward Conze (17 min)
14 - Other Yogic-Type Traditions (18 min)
15 - Early Judaism (18 min)
16 - Rabbinic and Other Judaisms (21 min)
17 - Jewish Faith and Practice (17 min)
18 - Martin Buber's Zionist Spirituality (11 min)
19 - Christianity (12 min)
20 - Christian History (19 min)
21 - Christian Faith and Practice (17 min)
22 - Christian Politics According to Abraham Kuiper (19 min)
23 - The Challenge of Islam (20 min)
24 - Muslim Beliefs and Practices (23 min)
25 - Muslim Piety (18 min)
26 - Sayyib Qutb and the Rebirth of Contemporary Islam (11 min)
27 - Conclusion (16 min)

Understanding World Religions Video Lectures: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Zondervan Academic

The diversity of the world's religions has come to the West, but believers are often ill-equipped for any kind of serious engagement with non-Christians. In Encountering World Religions, professor and author Irving Hexham introduces all the world's major religious traditions in a brief and understandable way.
Hexham outlines key beliefs and practices in each religion, while also providing guidance on how to think critically about them from the standpoint of Christian theology. African, yogic, and Abrahamic traditions are all covered. Accessible and clear, Encountering World Religions will provide formal and lay students alike with a useful Christian introduction to the major faiths of our world.

Encountering World Religions: A Christian Introduction

In the face of the popular crusade to link new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe argue that many cults are in fact the product of dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. With the widespread loss of belief in biblica

New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred

Politics & Social Sciences

Poewe, Karla

Social Sciences

Routledge

Discusses brainwashing, deprogramming, and religious conversion, argues that many new cults are magical rather than religious, and examines religious traditions of the East and West

Understanding Cults and New Religions

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

In the face of the popular crusade to link new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe argue that many cults are in fact the product of dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. With the widespread loss of belief in biblical mythology in the nineteenth century, new mythologies based on science and elements derived from various non-Western religious traditions emerged, leading to the growth and popularity of new religions and cults. Drawing on examples from Africa, the United States, Asia, and Europe, the authors suggest that few new religions are really original. Most draw on rich, if localized, cultural traditions, which are then shaped anew by the influence of technological change and international linkages.

New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred (Explorations : Contemporary Perspectives on Religion)

Westview Press

Although the Great Anti-Cult Crusade links new religious movements to dangerous cults, brainwashing, and the need for deprogramming, Karla Poewe and Irving Hexham argue that many cults are the product of a dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. Drawing on examples from Africa, the United States, Asia, and Europe, they suggest that few new religions are really new. Most draw on rich, if localized, cultural traditions that are shaped anew by the influence of technological change and international linkages. With the widespread loss of belief in biblical mythology in the nineteenth century, new mythologies based on science and elements derived from various non-Western religious traditions emerged, leading to the growth and popularity of new religions and cults.

New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred (Explorations; Contemporary Perspectives on Religion)

Perseus

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Christian Travelers Guide to Germany, The

Christian Travelers Guide to Great Britain, The

Understanding World Religions: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Understanding World Religions Video Lectures: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Encountering World Religions: A Christian Introduction

Understanding World Religions: An Interdisciplinary Approach

New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred

Understanding Cults and New Religions

New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred (Explorations : Contemporary Perspectives on Religion)

New Religions As Global Cultures: Making The Human Sacred (Explorations; Contemporary Perspectives on Religion)