Product Description: Ideal for courses in Western religions, Religions of the West Today, Second Edition, covers the same material contained in the authors' longer textbook, World Religions Today, Fourth Edition.Religions of the West Today, Second Edition, reveals the significance of religion in contemporary life...read more

Product Description: Religion Today introduces students to key concepts in religious studies through a compelling problem-solving framework. Each chapter opens with a contemporary case study that helps students engage in current religious issues, explore possible solutions to difficult religious problems today, and learn key themes and concepts in religious studies...read more

THINK Currency THINK Relevancy THINK World Religions     THINK World Religions is informed with the latest research and the most contemporary examples, allowing you to bring current events directly into your classroom with little additional work.   An engaging visual design developed through extensive student feedback will appeal to your students and deliver the core concepts of World Religions in a way that they can actually understand.   In addition, a groundbreaking instructor supplements package will help you bring the core concepts of World Religions to life without burdening your students with heavy, too dense or too expensive learning solutions.    For your students, www.TheThinkSpot.com, the text's open access website, provides them with a large resource of tools to help them achieve a better grade.

Based on the best-selling two-volume World Religions: Eastern and Western Traditions, this concise, contributed second edition is a survey of faiths throughout the world. Renowned scholars trace the origins and evolution of the major traditions, explain their essential teachings, outline their practices, and examine their interactions with modern culture and society, while insightful introductory and concluding essays suggest countless avenues for further reflection and study. With extracts from each tradition's most important thinkers, both ancient and modern, along with timelines, maps, glossaries, guides to key geographic sites, annotated reading lists, vibrant color photographs, handy "Tradition at a Glance" summaries, and a brand-new chapter on new religious movements, A Concise Introduction to World Religions, Second Edition, offers a rich introduction to the subject.ENGAGING PEDAGOGY: A wealth of learning tools throughout help students appreciate and understand world religions:* "Focus" boxes provide insight into rituals or practices that are specific to each religion, such as going to temple in the Jain tradition, the daily routine of liturgical prayers for Sikhs, and taboo words for male and female Shinto priests in Japan.* "Tradition at a Glance" sidebars offer an insightful overview of each tradition--covering founders, noteworthy doctrines, and distribution of adherents--facilitate comparative analysis, and serve as quick review references.* "Major Branches of" boxes break down the internal divisions and sects within each faith.* Chapter timelines highlight key events in each religion's history. * Detailed maps depict locations of important reference points for each tradition.* "Sites" boxes indicate locations of special significance to each tradition.* "Document" boxes highlight key passages from each tradition's sacred texts.* End-of-chapter glossaries serve as quick-reference guides that help students learn and review key terms.INSTRUCTOR RESOURCES:Instructor's Manual:Chapter overviews and notesClassroom discussion questionsTest Generator:For each chapter:50 multiple-choice questions20 true/false questions10 short-answer questions5 essay questionsAnswer key with page references for all questionsPowerPoint-based Slides:Fully revised and updated for the second edition STUDENT STUDY GUIDE:Chapter summariesList of learning objectivesFor each chapter:20 multiple-choice questions5 short-answer questions10 research paper questions5 reflection questions List of 5-8 additional resourcesField trip guidelines

Revealing the significance of religion in contemporary life, World Religions Today, Third Edition, explores eight major religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, East Asian Religions, indigenous religions, and new religions--as dynamic, ongoing forces in the lives of individuals and in the collective experience of modern societies. This unique volume accomplishes two goals; it connects today's religions to their classical beliefs and practices while also focusing on how these religions have responded to and been transformed by the modern world. The authors combine thorough coverage of the historical background of each religion with up-to-the-minute discussions of its current practices. Each discussion opens with a contemporary scenario of religious experience that illustrates the tension between premodern views and modernity. The volume is enhanced by numerous pedagogical aids--timelines, maps, illustrations, discussion questions, a comprehensive glossary of key terms--and more than 200 photographs. An Instructor's Manual and a Companion Website featuring resources for both students and instructors supplement the text.NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION* Vivid four-color interior design that brings the material to life* Updates that cover more aspects of the current international situation and developments in religious life around the globe* "Tales of Spiritual Transformation" boxes that relate the stories of people whose lives have been changed by religious faith* "Teachings of Spiritual Wisdom" boxes that introduce primary source materialIdeal for undergraduate courses in world religions and comparative religion, World Religions Today, Third Edition, emphasizes the interconnectedness of faith, culture, politics, and society, providing a peerless examination of the diverse ways in which contemporary human beings are religious.World Religions Todayis also available as two separate volumes: Religious of Asia Today (978-0-19-537360-8) and Religions of the West Today (978-0-19-537361-5).

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Product Description: Striving to be the most student-friendly textbook in this field, WAYS TO THE CENTER: AN INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS, Seventh Edition, weaves together rich historical, cultural, and theological detail into structural and philosophical sections that analyze each of the world's major religions in terms of its views on nature, society, self, and ultimate reality...read more

Interviews leaders in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Baha'i, and Sikhism faiths to explore how the beliefs and practices of these religions are similar to and different from basic Christian beliefs. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The twenty-first century is witnessing a resurgence and globalization of religion. Around the world, religion has become an increasingly more important and pervasive force in personal and public life. Revealing the significance of religion in contemporary life, World Religions Today, Second Edition, explores eight major religious traditions as dynamic, ongoing forces in the lives of individuals and in the collective experience of modern societies...read more

Experiencing the World's Religions is a leading seller because it successfully addresses what a person should know about religions, and why. Michael Molloy provides an exceptionally clear and compelling account of the teaching of the world's religions. The text covers all the essential material and goes beyond traditional approaches to personally connect students with the vitality of the great religions.