Aspects of Islam

Religion & Spirituality

Geaves, Ron

Islam

DARTON LONGMAN & TOD

Increasingly, recognition is given to the importance of methodology in the study of religion and methodological issues are generally taught to first year students in order to equip them for systematic academic study of the topic. Unfortunately many of the theories that relate to methodology are explained in a highly complex way, which even advanced students find it hard to understand. This book unravels the complexity of these issues for students by introducing the history and methodology pertaining to the study of religion (including ideas of key theorists) and by discussing the main problems in current scholarship in world religions. In addition to theories relating to Religious Studies, examples will be drawn from a variety of the world's historical religious traditions, spanning the range of major ones and some minor ones. The student will in this way gain some understanding of the fundamental ideas of the world's religions as well as an introduction to methods of study.

The Study of Religion: An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods

History

Chryssides, George D.

World

Bloomsbury Academic

Increasingly, recognition is given to the importance of methodology in the study of religion and methodological issues are generally taught to first year students in order to equip them for systematic academic study of the topic. Unfortunately many of the theories that relate to methodology are explained in a highly complex way, which even advanced students find it hard to understand.   This book unravels the complexity of these issues for students by introducing the history and methodology pertaining to the study of religion (including ideas of key theorists) and by discussing the main problems in current scholarship in world religions.In addition to theories relating to Religious Studies, examples will be drawn from a variety of the world's historical religious traditions, spanning the range of major ones and some minor ones. The student will in this way gain some understanding of the fundamental ideas of the world's religions as well as an introduction to methods of study.   

Written in response to students' worries over the demands of dealing with a range of complex and unfamiliar concepts, this handy reference book enables readers to grasp the essentials of Buddhism up to graduate level. It also provides a pool of fascinating information for all who want to extend their general knowledge of Buddhism - whether for personal or professional reasons.

Key Words in Buddhism

Buddhism

Written in response to students' worries over the demands of dealing with a range of complex and unfamiliar concepts, this handy reference book enables readers to grasp the essentials of the subject up to graduate level. It also provides a pool of fascinating information for all who want to extend their general knowledge of the subject - whether for personal or professional reasons.

Key Words in Christianity

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Continuum

Written in response to students' worries over the demands of dealing with a range of complex and unfamiliar concepts, this handy reference book enables readers to grasp the essentials of Hinduism up to graduate level. It also provides a pool of fascinating information for all who want to extend their general knowledge of Hinduism - whether for personal or professional reasons.

Key Words in Hinduism

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Written in response to students' worries over the demands of dealing with a range of complex and unfamiliar concepts, this handy reference book enables readers to grasp the essentials of Islam up to graduate level. It also provides a pool of fascinating information for all who want to extend their general knowledge of Islam - whether for personal or professional reasons.

Key Words in Islam

Written in response to students' worries over the demands of dealing with a range of complex and unfamiliar concepts, this handy reference book enables readers to grasp the meaning of the key terms and concepts used in Religious Studies up to graduate level. It also provides a pool of fascinating information for all who want to extend their general knowledge of Religious Studies - whether for personal or professional reasons.

Key Words in Religious Studies

Prem Rawat and Counterculture: Glastonbury and New Spiritualities

Ron Geaves demonstrates how the convergence of Prem Rawat, formerly known as Guru Maharaj Ji, and Glastonbury Fayre in 1971 was a key event in understanding the jigsaw that came to be known as 'New Age' spirituality. The book charts the discovery of Prem Rawat in India in 1969 by a small number of British and North American 'hippies', and explores how his arrival in Britain in June 1971, as well as his speech from the pyramid stage at the Fayre at just 13 years old, escalated his activities to make him one of the key influencers of 1970s counterculture spirituality. Both Glastonbury and Prem Rawat have gone on to re-emerge in significantly different identities to the ones presented in 1971. The meeting between the two demonstrates how alternative spiritualities were being formed in the 1960s and how some strands went on to develop into the 'New Age' counterculture that eventually permeated mainstream cultures in Britain and the USA.

Arts & Photography

Music

Islam and Britain: Muslim Mission in an Age of Empire

Europe

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Aspects of Islam

The Study of Religion: An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods

The Study of Religion: An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods

Key Words in Buddhism

Key Words in Christianity

Key Words in Hinduism

Key Words in Islam

Key Words in Religious Studies

Prem Rawat and Counterculture: Glastonbury and New Spiritualities

Islam and Britain: Muslim Mission in an Age of Empire