The message and the book : sacred texts of the world's religions / John Bowker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowker, John, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred books.

Physical Description:

viii, 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Message & the book

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2012.

Contents:

1 Judaism 19

The Bible: The Origins of the Jewish People 21

Tanakh: History and Revelation 25

Tanakh: Canon and Translations 29

Interpretation of Torah: Mishnah and Talmuds; Shulhan Aruch 32

Maimonides: Mishneh Torah 37

Qabbalah: Zohar 40

Liturgy and Prayer: Amida and Piyyutim 43

2 Christianity 47

The New Testament: Jesus and the Canon 49

The New Testament: The Gospels 53

The New Testament: Epistles and Other Writings 59

Translations: The Vulgate, The Authorised Version 63

Creeds and Confessions: The Apostles' and the Nicene Creeds; from Augsburg to Peter the Great 69

Councils: Ecumenical Councils, Vatican I, Vatican II 73

Prayers and Hymns: The Office, The Book of Common Prayer, Hymns, John and Charles Wesley 77

Liturgy and Eucharist: The Last Supper; Kontakia 81

Prayer and Monastic Orders: Basil the Great, Dionysius, The Philokalia 85

Monasticism: Rule of Benedict 89

Christianity of the Celts: Columbanus, Patrick, Carmina Gaedelica 93

Acts of the Martyrs: Polycarp, Dietrich Bonhoeffer 97

Augustine: The Confessions 100

Thomas Aquinas: Summa contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica 105

Poetry: Dante and Others 109

The Reformations: Luther, Calvin 114

The Reformations: Trent, John of the Cross, Ignatius 118

3 Islam 123

The Quran: Muhammad the Prophet 125

The Quran: Revelation, the People of the Book 129

The Quran: The Mushaf 133

Hadith: The Six Sound Collections 137

Sharia and the Life of Muhammad: ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah 142

alGhazali: Ihya 'Ulum udDin, Munqidh min adDalal 147

Sufis 151

The Poets of Persia: Farid, Sa'di, Hafiz, Jami, Rumi 154

4 Zoroastrians and Parsis 159

Zarathustra: Gathas, Yasna, Avesta 161

5 India 165

The Vedas 167

Upanishads and Agamas 171

Sutras: Badarayana's Vedanta Sutra, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra 175

Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras: Manusmriti 179

The Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata 183

Puranas: Bhagavata Purana 187

The Song of the Lord: Bhagavadgita 190

The Love of God: Gitagovinda 193

The Love of God: Alvars and Nayanars 197

Tantra: Shrividya 201

The Gitas: Anugita, Ishvaragita and Devigita 204

The Sants: Kabir 208

6 Sikhs 213

Guru Nanak: Japji and Mul Mantra 215

The Gurus: Adi Granth, Guru Granth Sahib and Dasam Granth 219

7 Jains 223

Agamas, Suttas and Tattvartha Sutra 225

8 Buddhism (for Buddhism in Korea, see Korea) 229

The Buddha: The First and Final Addresses 231

Sacred Texts of Buddhists: The Pali Canon and the Canons of Tibet, China and Japan 235

Lives of the Buddha: Jatakas, Buddhacarita and Lalitavistara 239

The Sangha: Vinaya Pitaka, Dhammapada 242

Dharma/Dhamma: Abhidhamma, Visuddhimagga, Milindapañha 246

Mahayana: Sutras 250

Perfection of Wisdom: Ashtasahasrika Sutra, The Diamond-Cutter Sutra, The Heart Sutra, and Nagarjuna 253

Yogacara: Lankavatara Sutra, Asanga and Vasubandhu 257

Huayan: Avatamsaka Sutra 260

Tiantai: The Threefold Lotus Sutra, Nichiren 264

Pure Land 267

Chan: Bodhidharma, The Platform Sutra 270

Zen: Rinzai and Koans, Soto and Dogen 275

Tibetan Buddhism: Kangur and Tengyur 280

Tibetan Buddhism: Naropa, The Tibetan Book of the Dead 284

9 China (for Buddhism in China, see Buddhism) 289

The Confucian Classics: Liujing 291

The Book of Songs: Shijing 294

The Analects: Lunyu 298

Great Learning and Doctrine of the Mean: Da Xue and Zhong Yong 301

The Book of Meneius: Mengzi 305

The Daoist Canon: Daozang 309

Laozi, The Way and its Power: Daodejing 312

Zhuangzi: Zhuangzi or Nan Hua Zhen Jing 316

The Neo-Confucianists: The Five Masters 320

10 Korea 325

The Korean Canon: Taejang Togam, Wonhyo and Chinul 327

11 Japan (for Buddhism in Japan, see also Buddhism) 331

Shinto: Kojiki and Nihongi 333

The Organisation of Japanese Society: Jushichijo Kempo, Engishiki and Norito 336

Shingon and Shinto: Nanto Rokushu, Kukai and Kitabatake Chikafusa 339

The Defining of Shinto: The Five Shinto Classics, Kokugaku 342

Poetry and the Power of Words: Manyoshu, Kokinshu, Shinkokinshu and Basho 346

12 Conclusion 351

Sacred Texts and the Burning of Books 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Atlantic Books.

ISBN:

9780300179293 :

0300179294

OCLC:

759174298

Publisher Number:

99947555081