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📘 Religions of the World – 13th Edition (Hopfe, Woodward, Hendrickson)

⭐ Comprehensive • Academic • Global Perspective

Explore the world’s major religious traditions through a clear, balanced, and engaging overview. Religions of the World, 13th Edition by Lewis M. Hopfe, Mark R. Woodward, and Brett Hendrickson provides students and researchers with a reliable introduction to global belief systems, their histories, rituals, philosophies, and cultural impacts.

🌍 Introduction and Overview

The book opens with a broad explanation of what religion is, why humans practice it, and how scholars study belief systems. This section lays the foundation for understanding the diversity, symbolism, rituals, and worldviews that shape religious experience.

🧭 PART I – Religions Originating in the Americas and Africa

🔹 1. The Study of Religions

This chapter introduces academic tools and methods used in comparative religion. Topics include myth, doctrine, worship, ethics, and sacred texts.

🔹 2. Native American Religions

🌄 Emphasizes spiritual relationships with nature, ancestral traditions, vision quests, sacred stories, and the role of community. Students learn how Indigenous beliefs vary across tribes while sharing core themes like harmony, land, and spirit beings.

🔹 3. African Religions

🌿 Covers ancestral veneration, community rituals, divination, and the importance of spiritual forces. This chapter explains how African traditions influence global religions such as Christianity and Islam in African contexts.

🕉️ PART II – Religions Originating in India

🔸 4. Hinduism

🪷 Explores dharma, karma, reincarnation, yoga paths, major deities, sacred texts, and festival traditions. The chapter highlights the diversity of Hindu belief and practice.

🔸 5. Jainism

⚪ Focuses on nonviolence (ahimsa), asceticism, truthfulness, and the soul’s liberation. It explains major sects and the life of Mahavira.

🔸 6. Buddhism

🌕 Covers the Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, Buddhist scriptures, meditation, and global traditions such as Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.

🔸 7. Sikhism

🛕 Introduces the Gurus, the Guru Granth Sahib, equality, service, and the Khalsa community.

🏮 PART III – Religions Originating in China and Japan

🔹 8. Chinese Religions

🐉 Presents Confucianism, Daoism, folk religion, ancestor rituals, ethics, and balance (yin–yang).

🔹 9. Shinto

⛩️ Explores kami, purity, shrines, festivals, and Japan’s cultural traditions.

✡️ PART IV – Religions Originating in the Middle East

🔸 10. Judaism

📜 Focuses on covenant, Torah, sacred history, rituals, holidays, and major movements.

🔸 11. Christianity

✝️ Covers Jesus’ teachings, early church history, scripture, sacraments, and global denominations.

🔸 12. Islam

🌙 Explains the Five Pillars, Qur’an, Prophet Muhammad, law, spirituality, and cultural diversity.

🔸 13. Baha’i

🌐 Emphasizes unity, global harmony, progressive revelation, and the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh.

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