Religious Ways of Experiencing Life

Name: Religious Ways of Experiencing Life
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415706605
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A Global and Narrative Approach

By Carl Olson

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Religious Ways of Experiencing Life: A Global and Narrative Approach explores the diverse practices, teachings, and experiences of world religions by presenting each tradition in its own terms. Carl Olson delves into the roles of women, paths to salvation, material culture, and follower experiences across major world religions, ancient Mediterranean beliefs, indigenous North American and African spiritualities, and New Age movements. Enhanced with timelines and further reading, this book serves as a comprehensive introduction to lived religion and world faiths.
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This work is ideal for undergraduate students and readers seeking a broad and narrative-based introduction to world religions and the lived religious experience.

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Religious Ways of Experiencing Life: A Global and Narrative Approach surveys world religions, using the narratives and discourses of each tradition to describe it in its own terms. Carl Olson examines each tradition’s practices, teachings, material culture, roles of women, and path to salvation, as well as the experiences of its followers.

The exploration of lived experience draws out and emphasises the plural nature of religious traditions. The volume includes chapters on all current major world religions, as well as material on ancient religions of the Mediterranean, indigenous North American and African spiritual traditions, and New Age and new religious movements.

Featuring timelines and suggestions for further reading, this text will be of interest to undergraduate students seeking a broad introduction to World Religion or Lived Religion.

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Sushil Mittal, James Madison University, USA praises it as an essential text for understanding cross-cultural religious experiences, calling it "another superb book" from Carl Olson. Julius Lipner, University of Cambridge, UK highlights its comprehensive survey of religion from ancient to modern times, underscoring its importance for understanding the human condition in a globalised world.

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ISBN: 9780415706605

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 February 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 861g

Pages: 560

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Carl Olson Education & Reference Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality

About the Author

Carl Olson is Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College. He is the author of 18 books, including Indian Asceticism: Power, Violence, and Play (2015), The Allure of Decadent Thinking: Religious Studies and the Challenge of Postmodernism (2013), and Religious Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge 2011).