Global Religious Traditions 1760-1922

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Global Religious Traditions, 1760-1922 is a collection of over 1,300 titles that profile many living traditions outside of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam, as observed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This collection addresses theology, philosophy, practice, and history related with the following non-Abrahamic traditions: Babism, Baha’I, Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism, Native American Traditions, Shinto, Sikhism, Spiritualism, Taoism, Theosophy, Yezidi religion, and Zoroastrianism. It also addresses comparative religion featuring non-Abrahamic faiths, including tribal and folk religions of Africa, Europe, South Asia, and East Asia. These volumes provide penetrating views from multiple perspectives on the living traditions of the time. In addition to Western scholarship on these traditions (primarily in English, German, and French), several faiths are covered by scholars within their own tradition, particularly in the case of Hinduism. One of the earlier titles in the collection, a French translation of the works of Confucius published in 1783, is one of several Western language translations of sacred texts. A number of sacred texts are also presented in their original languages, specifically Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, and Tamil. Global Religious Traditions, 1760-1922 is a rich and robust assemblage of primary source scholarship in the form of sacred texts, original works of major thinkers, such as founders of the Theosophical Society, and firsthand accounts of Westerners traveling throughout Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The collection also offers a rare look into traditions for which contemporary scholarship was scarce. An example of this is Volksglaube Und Religiöser Brauch Der Zigeuner, expounding the religious tradition of the Romani. This collection is a valuable resource for a wide range of disciplines as well as religion scholarship, as the texts behold a spectrum of insights on history, anthropology, politics, geography and travel, African studies, and Asian studies including classical literature of Asia

14/03/2017