Title:
Religious autobiographies
Edition:
2nd. ed.
Publication Information:
Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004
ISBN:
9780534526412
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Library | Item Barcode | Call Number | Material Type | Item Category 1 | Status |
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Summary
Summary
This unique anthology, now with contributing editor C. Wayne Mayhall, includes spiritual autobiographies of both men and women from a variety of religious traditions within a multicultural context. It presents religion as a "lived experience" and helps students think empathetically about religious experiences in a wide variety of cultural and religious settings.
Table of Contents
| Part I About Religious Autobiography |
| 1 What Is Religious Autobiography? |
| 2 What Is Religion? |
| Part II Religious Autobiographies |
| 3 Lakota SiouxJohn Fire Lame Deer and Mary Crow Dog |
| 4 DruidryPhilip Carr-Gomm and Emma Restall Orr |
| 5 HinduismGopi Krishna and Shudha Mazumdar |
| 6 BuddhismThich Nhat Hanh and Satomi Myodo |
| 7 Creation SpiritualityMatthew Fox and Layne Redmond |
| 8 JudaismJudith Magyar Isaacson and Samuel Heilman |
| 9 Honduran CatholicismPadre Carney and Elvia Alvarado |
| 10 African-American ProtestantismBenjamin E. Mays and Bessie Jones |
| 11 IslamJalal Al-e Ahmad and Zaynab al-Ghazali |
