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Historical atlas of religions / Karen Farrington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farrington, Karen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- L'Atlas.
- Religions--History.
- Religions.
- History.
- Religions--Maps.
- Religions--Atlas.
- Maps.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Checkmark Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- While the particular aspects of faith vary from culture to culture
- Contents:
- Introduction-A Common Human Psyche 6
- Chapter 1 The Middle East 8
- The Story of Judaism 10
- Moses and the Exodus 12
- The Promised Land 14
- The Creation of Israel 16
- Maimonides-Traveler and Doctor 18
- Persecution of Jews 20
- Jewish Tradition 22
- Focus of Faith-the Synagogue 24
- The Story of Christianity 26
- The Death of Christ 28
- St. Paul and the Spread of Christianity 30
- Christian Persecution 32
- Schism in Christianity 34
- The Story of Islam 36
- Succession to the Prophet 38
- The Spread of Islam 40
- The Koran-Teacher of Man 42
- Islamic Worship 44
- A Lifetime's Journey-the Hajj 46
- Centers of Prayer-Mosques 48
- The Selected Ones-Sufism 50
- Baha'i-a Refuge from Orthodoxy 52
- Religious Conflicts in the Middle East 54
- Chapter 2 North America 56
- Gods of the Moundbuilders 58
- Shamanism-the Healing Seers 60
- The Pilgrim Fathers 62
- Mormonism-a New Mission 64
- Jehovah's Witnesses 66
- Out of the Dark-Spiritualism 68
- Christian Science 70
- Scientology 72
- Chapter 3 Central and South America 74
- The Maya-Order from Chaos 76
- The Aztec-Divine Fire of Sacrifice 78
- The Inca-Time and Space 80
- Jesuits-Missionaries Abroad 82
- Voodoo-Africa meets America 84
- Chapter 4 Africa 86
- The Terracotta Gods 88
- Star Worshippers-the Dogon 90
- Gods of the Nile
- Ancient Egypt 92
- Missionaries in Africa 94
- Rastafarianism 96
- Chapter 5 Europe 98
- The Dawn of Man 100
- Gods of the Greeks 102
- The Roman Empire 104
- Old Norse Religion 106
- Christianity in the Middle Ages 108
- The Crusades and Papal Control 110
- The Reformation in England 112
- The Reformation in Europe 114
- To Reach God-Cathedrals 116
- Greek Orthodox Church 118
- Russian Orthodox Church 120
- Methodism-a Precise Approach 122
- Quakers-The Society of Friends 124
- The Salvation Army 126
- Theosophy 128
- Religious Conflicts in Europe 130
- Chapter 6 Asia 132
- The Story of Hinduism 134
- Sacred Texts-the Vedas 136
- Hindu Tradition 138
- Reincarnation and the Caste System 140
- The Story of Buddhism 142
- Buddhist Belief 144
- The Buddhist Lifestyle 146
- Buddhist Texts 148
- Buddhist Sects: Zen, Rinzai, Soto, and Tantric 150
- Persecution of Buddhists 152
- Jainism-Faith of Sympathy 154
- Zoroastrianism-Faith of Fire 156
- Taoism-the Way to Confucius 158
- Confucianism-a Civil System 160
- Shintoism-Way of the Kami 162
- The Story of Sikhism 164
- The Sikh Gurus 166
- Sikh Religious Texts 168
- Sikh Worship-the Gurdwara 170
- Persecution of Sikhs 172
- Krishna Consciousness 174
- The Unification Church 176
- Religious Conflict in Asia 178
- Chapter 7 Australasia 180
- Spirits of Dance-Aborigines 182
- A Fierce Spirit-Maori Religion 184
- Easter Island-Mystery in Stone 186
- Conclusion
- Is there a God? 188.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0816050694 :
- OCLC:
- 51094728
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