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This lively introduction offers a complete overview of the mainAsian religions, their traditions and contemporary relevance, andhow they are lived and practiced today.
Provides readers with an all-embracing introduction toAsian religions, covering each of the main traditions in a stylethat is lively and distinctive Focuses on Asian religions as lived and practiced by realpeople, leading readers to a deeper understanding of Asianspiritualities and traditions, and their contemporaryrelevance Uses exercises, activities, and an appealing mixture ofexamples, such as novels, throughout the book,…mehr

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This lively introduction offers a complete overview of the mainAsian religions, their traditions and contemporary relevance, andhow they are lived and practiced today.

Provides readers with an all-embracing introduction toAsian religions, covering each of the main traditions in a stylethat is lively and distinctive
Focuses on Asian religions as lived and practiced by realpeople, leading readers to a deeper understanding of Asianspiritualities and traditions, and their contemporaryrelevance
Uses exercises, activities, and an appealing mixture ofexamples, such as novels, throughout the book, to both inform andengage readers
Employs a comparative approach, highlighting the contrastsbetween Asian and Western modes of thinking and living
Debates the influence of religion on real-world issuesincluding work, economic growth, the environment, human rights, andgender relations
Written by an acclaimed scholar in this field, who is able todraw on his remarkable knowledge across all relevant religioustraditions
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Autorenporträt
Randall L. Nadeau is Jennie Farris Railey King Professor of Religion at Trinity University. He has served on the board of the Society for the Study of Chinese Religion, and as chair of the Chinese Religions Group of the American Academy of Religion. He is the editor of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions (Wiley Blackwell, 2012); author of Confucianism and Taoism, a volume in Introduction to the World's Major Religions (2009), a six-volume reference work; and numerous published articles on Buddhism, religions of China and Japan, and theory and method in the study of religion.
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"A unique introduction to Asian religions, combining the scholarly rigor of an established historian of Asian religions with the willingness to engage empathetically with the traditions and to suggest that readers do the same."
--Joseph A. Adler, Kenyon College

"Randall L. Nadeau has accomplished what only a few have tried, but which has been much needed in the study of religions. He has written a genuinely novel approach to the religions of Asia. . . This is a work that should find its way into Asian humanities, history, religion, and civilization courses."
--Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University
"Comprehensive, historical, and comparative, with a clear and thoughtful focus on East Asia. The author's central interest is China, but he adds Theravada Buddhism and Japan's religions to complete the total picture. A good book for undergraduate students of Asian religions."
--Jim Kodera, Wellesley College