This book offers a balanced, wide-ranging, and realistic approach to the full range of worldviews, showing how, whether religious or secular, they define the human values that drive the engines of both continuity and change worldwide. It shows readers the dynamics of each tradition, and emphasizes that although the various traditions may all share similar aspects, they e This book offers a balanced, wide-ranging, and realistic approach to the full range of worldviews, showing how, whether religious or secular, they define the human values that drive the engines of both continuity and change worldwide. It shows readers the dynamics of each tradition, and emphasizes that although the various traditions may all share similar aspects, they each assign varying levels of importance to specific areas.

Exposes students to the full range of worldviews, showing how, whether traditional or secular, they define the human values that drive the engines of both continuity and change worldwide. Ex.___ The six dimensions of each major religious/ideological tradition— Experiential/emotional; narrative/ mythic; doctrinal/philosophical. Worldviews: Crosscultural. Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefs (3rd Edition). It is subtitled 'Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefs' which it.

Explores the major religious traditions and secular ideologies (Marxism, nationalisms, scientific humanism) from six dimensions: experiential/emotional; narrative/mythic; doctrinal/philosophical; ethical/legal; ritual/practical; and social/organizational. For anyone interested in comparative worldviews, religious and secular.

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'We are living now in a new religious age, and in order to effectively study human beliefs and the feelings and practices that accompany them, we need to understand not only traditional religions but ideologies as well. To this end, this book examines all of the major forces of belief and feeling that influence our world. Providing an excellent introduction to the modern study of religion, the author surveys current world events and draws parallels to the worldview aspect of human existence in its most crucial role.' [Back cover].

Rating: (not yet rated) Subjects • • • More like this • •. Find more information about: ISBN: 801 OCLC Number: 40403613 Description: xiii, 176 pages; 23 cm Contents: Introduction -- Exploring religion and analyzing worldviews -- Worldviews: an inventory -- The experiential dimension -- The mythic dimension -- The doctrinal dimension -- The ethical dimension -- The ritual dimension -- The social dimension -- Reflections on the twentieth century -- Postscript: further explorations in worldview analysis. Responsibility: Ninian Smart.