The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture

✍ Scribed by Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This essential student textbook consists of seventeen sections, all written by leading scholars in their different fields. They cover all the religious traditions of Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Tibet, and East Asia. The major traditions that are described and discussed are (from the Southwest) Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam, and (from the East) Taoism, Confucianism and Shinto. In addition, the tradition of Bon in Tibet, the shamanistic religions of Inner Asia, and general Chinese, Korean and Japanese religion are also given full coverage. The emphasis throughout is on clear description and analysis, rather than evaluation. Ten maps are provided to add to the usefulness of this book, which has its origin in the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Religion, edited by Mircea Eliade of the University of Chicago.

✦ Table of Contents

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The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
1 HINDUISM
2 BUDDHISM - IN INDIA
3 JAINISM
4 THE SIKHS
5 BUDDHISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
6 ISLAM IN SOUTH ASIA
7 ISLAM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
PART TWO INNER ASIA AND TIBET
8 THE RELIGIONS OF TIBET
9 THE SCHOOLS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM
10 BON
11 THE RELIGIONS OF INNER ASIA
12 ISLAM IN CENTRAL ASIA
PART THREE EAST ASIA
13 CHINESE RELIGION
14 JAPANESE RELIGION
15 KOREAN RELIGION
16 BUDDHISM IN KOREA
17 ISLAM IN CHINA
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