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Understanding the Religions of the World offers a newapproach to the study of religion which moves away from the purelydescriptive and instead helps students understand how religionsactually 'work'. Covering all the main faithtraditions, it combines historical context, contemporary beliefsand practices, and original theory, with numerous study featuresand valuable overviews.§A major new student-focused textbook concentrating oncontemporary practices and beliefs of world religions§Brings together a team of experts to provide a uniquelycomprehensive coverage of religious traditions, including Africanreligions and the religions of Oceania, which are rarely covered indetail§Integrates original theory by arguing that each religionoperates according to its own logic and order, and that theyfulfill our need for a point of orientation§Incorporates extensive student features including chapterintroductions, 'did you know?' sections, boxedexamples/material, numerous images and maps, conclusions, studyquestions, in addition to teaching plans and video footage ofrituals and festivals, available on publication at www.wiley.com/go/deming

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: Understanding the Religions of the World - An Introduction
• Author: Willoughby H. Deming
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 520
• EAN: 9781118767566
• ISBN: 111876756X
• ID: 09219381
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Weight: 1280 g
• Dimensions: 251 × 195 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. June 2015

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