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World Religions: A Guide to the Essentials
by Thomas A. Robinson; Hillary P. RodriguesThis masterful survey of world religions presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religions. The new edition contains added material and has been revised throughout. The authors, both respected scholars of world religions, have over fifty years of combined teaching experience.
World Religions (Fourth Edition): Western Traditions
by Willard G. Oxtoby Amir Hussain Roy C. AmoreFeaturing work from expert contributors, World Religions: Western Traditions, Fourth Edition, provides students with an authoritative examination of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, ancient, indigenous, and new traditions. Accessible and engaging, this acclaimed text explores the origins, central teachings, divisions and branches, rituals and practices, influences on culture, and responses to modern challenges for each tradition.
World Religions In Practice: A Comparative Introduction
by Paul GwynneA major new textbook exploring the world's great religions through their customs, rituals and everyday practices by focusing on this 'lived experience' it goes beyond many traditional introductions to religious studies. Adopts a directly comparative approach to develop a greater understanding of the nature of religion. Each chapter engages with an individual theme, such as birth, death, food, pilgrimage and ethics, to illustrate how religious practices are expressed. Broadens students' understanding by offering an impartial discussion of the similarities and differences between each religion.
World Religions Today
by John Esposito; Darrell J. Fasching; Todd T. Lewis; Peter FeldmeierRevealing the significance of religion in contemporary life, World Religions Today, Seventh Edition, explores major religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, South Asian religions, 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 and focuses on how these religions have both radically changed the modern world and been changed by it. The book is enhanced by numerous pedagogical aids--text boxes, timelines, maps, illustrations, discussion questions, a comprehensive glossary of key terms, and suggestions for further reading--and more than 200 photographs.
World Religions Today (3rd Edition)
by John L. Esposito Darrell J. Fasching Todd LewisThis textbook, designed for the first university survey course on the major world religions, focuses on the effect of modernity on world religions: what their adherents practise as well as the way the faiths developed historically and includes full instructor and student supports.
World Studies
by Dennis E. BollingerThe BJU Press World Studies 7th Grade curriculum provides students with a stirring, fascinating, chronological narrative of world history that reveals the hand of God at work among the nations. Covering 1,000 A.D. to the present, this text covers the birth of the Church, the rise of Islam, and a survey of world nations. Photos, maps, artwork, section review questions, and engaging margin boxes are integrated throughout. Each chapter ends with a chapter review that asks students to think in terms of higher learning, including understanding, analyzing, and evaluating. 408 pages with index and glossary, softcover. Grade 7.
World Studies: Africa, Asia, & Australia, North Carolina
by Pearson Prentice HallNIMAC-sourced textbook
World Studies: Africa
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. Levasser Kate Kinsella Kevin FeldmanSocial studies textbook about Africa
World Studies: Asia and the Pacific
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. Levasser Kate Kinsella Kevin FeldmanSocial studies textbook
World Studies: Europe and Russia
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. Levasser Kate Kinsella Kevin FeldmanStudying the geography of the entire world is a huge task. You can make that task easier by using the five themes of geography: location, regions, place, movement, and human-environment interaction. The themes are tools you can use to organize information and to answer the where, why, and how of geography.
World Studies: Latin America
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. LevasseurCustomize your own unique balance of history, geography, and culture with your choice of eight small-book or two full-volume options! Using standards-based content and research-proven reading instruction, World Studies expands students' understanding of each world region through a focus on its major countries.
World Studies: The Ancient World
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. LevasseurWorld Studies The Ancient World book is carefully written and arranged to aid the reader attain knowledge and information in a systematic and exciting way, it has a reading and writing handbook that guides the user on how to effectively use its contents.
World Studies: Foundations of Geography
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. Levasseur Kate Kinsella Kevin FeldmanWorld Studies helps you develop map skills you will use throughout your life.
World Studies: Eastern Hemisphere
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. Levasseur Kate Kinsella Kevin FeldmanTextbook on the geography, history and culture of the Eastern Hemisphere.
World Studies: The United States and Canada
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. Levasseur Kate Kinsella Kevin Feldman Dorling Kindersley Publishing StaffLearn about the geography, history and cultures of United States and Canada.
World Studies: Western Hemisphere
by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Michal L. Levasseur Kate Kinsella Kevin Feldman Dorling Kindersley Publishing StaffLearn more about geography and world history in this engaging textbook.