Man's religions - Noss, John Boyer ([New York] Macmillan, 1980)
Table of Contents: List of Illustrations and Maps -- One. Some Primitive and Bygone Religions: 1. Religion in Prehistoric and Primitive Cultures -- 2. Bygone Religions That Have Left Their mark on the West -- Two. The Religions of India: 3. Early Hinduism: The Passage from Ritual Sacrifice to Mystical Union -- 4. Jainism: A study in Asceticism -- 5. Buddhism in Its First Phase: Moderation in World Renunciations -- 6. The Religious Development of Buddhism: Diversity in Redemptive Means -- 7. Later Hinduism: Religion as the Determinant of Social Behavior -- 8. Sikhism: A study in Syncretism -- Three. The Religions of East Asia: 9. Native Chinese Religion and Taoism -- 10. Confucius and Confucianism: A Study in Optimistic Humanism -- 11. Shinto: The Native Contribution to Japanese Religion -- Four. The Religions of the Near East: 12. Zoroastrianism: A Religion Based on Ethical Dualism -- 13. Judaism: Encounter with One God in Nature and the Social Process -- 14. Christianity in Its Opening Phase: The Religion of Jesus -- 15. The Religious Development of Christianity -- 16. Islam: The Religion of Submission to God in Interaction with Various Cultures -- References for Quotations -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Religions