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The world's religions : old traditions and modern transformations / Ninian Smart.

By: Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989.Description: 576 p. : ports.(some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0521340055
  • 0521429064 (pbk. : 1992)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291 19
  • 200 22
LOC classification:
  • BL80.2
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1: Earliest religion -- South Asia -- China -- Japan -- Southeast Asia -- The Pacific -- The Americas -- The ancient Near East -- Persia and Central Asia -- The Greek and Roman world -- Classical and medieval Christianity and Judaism -- Classical and medieval Islam -- Classical African religions -- Part 2: The explosion of Europe and re-forming of Christianity -- North America -- South Asia and reactions to colonial intervention -- China and Korea in modern times -- Modern southeast Asia -- Japan in modern times -- Islam passes through the shadows -- The colonial impact in the Pacific -- Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union -- Africa in the Modern world -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Some final reflections on global religion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-567) and index.

Introduction -- Part 1: Earliest religion -- South Asia -- China -- Japan -- Southeast Asia -- The Pacific -- The Americas -- The ancient Near East -- Persia and Central Asia -- The Greek and Roman world -- Classical and medieval Christianity and Judaism -- Classical and medieval Islam -- Classical African religions -- Part 2: The explosion of Europe and re-forming of Christianity -- North America -- South Asia and reactions to colonial intervention -- China and Korea in modern times -- Modern southeast Asia -- Japan in modern times -- Islam passes through the shadows -- The colonial impact in the Pacific -- Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union -- Africa in the Modern world -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Some final reflections on global religion.

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