This book brings together over 300 important readings on religion in modern times, offering a new framework and language for making sense of religion today.
Acknowledgements. Introduction to the Volume.
Part I: Varieties:.
Introduction.
Mapping Cultures:.
Introduction.
1. Taylor's 'Moral Sources'.
2. Tipton's Four-Fold Analytical Scheme.
3. Durkheim: Humanity.
4. Voll: 'Styles of Action' In Islam.
Religions of Difference:.
Introduction.
Religions of Difference: Overviews:.
5. Bellah's Characterization of Religions of Difference.
Religions of Difference: Themes:.
Theme (I): Divine-Human Difference:.
6. Otto: 'The Idea of The Holy'.
7. Chesterton Commends Metaphysical Difference.
8. Mcguire on Dualism In The Roman Catholic Church.
Theme (II): Communities of Difference:.
9. Troeltsch's Distinction Between Church and Sect.
10. The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870.
11. Heilman: The Authority of Tradition In Ultra-Orthodox Jewry.
Theme (III): Authoritative Text:.
12. Heilman: The Authority of Text In Ultra-Orthodox Jewry.
13. Antoun: Muslim Fundamentalism Rejects Tradition In Favour of Text.
14. Toumey on Science, Creationism and The Bible.
Theme (IV): Sin, Evil and Redemption:.
15. Barth on The Wrath of God.
16. Hal Lindsey: Escaping This Evil Age.
Religions of Difference: Explanations:.
Explanation (I): Reaction to Modernity:.