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Religion (Eyewitness) (2nd Revised edition) ISBN: 0751347450 ISBN13: 9780751347456 Religion (Eyewitness) (2nd Revised edition) By: Myrtle S. Langley Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Format: Paperback Our Price: 4.79 Discount: 20% RRP: 5.99

When, as tiny babies, we first enter this world, we have no experience, we know no words; our minds are not filled with thoughts and ideas. We simply exist, aware only of our immediate surroundings and secure in the love of our parents. As we grow older we become aware of ourselves and of our wider surroundings; we learn to communicate through speech as well as with the other senses. Our minds and spirits are opened up to thoughts and ideas, experience and reflection. Questions are asked. Answers are sought. Who am I? Why is the world as it is? Why do people die? Why isn't everybody happy? What is God like? Does God really exist? The world's religions and their founders have asked these questions and given their own very different and yet at the same time very similar answers. Know yourself . Know God . These two precepts sum up the religious search and at the same time help us to find again the peace and happiness we knew as children.


Contents:

The religious quest
- life and death in Egypt
- Gods and nature in Greece
- the primal vision
- rituals of life
- the Hindu way
- Gods and heroes
- three ways of salvation
- the Buddhist path
- devotion and meditation
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Confucian piety
- the Tao principle
- Shinto harmony
- Jain respect for life
- Sikh teaching
- Zoroastrianism
- the Jewish nation
- people of the Torah
- family and community
- the Christian faith
- way of the cross
- church of Christ
- the message of Islam
- people of the Qu'ran
- people of the mosque
- the modern spirit
- religious timelines
- find out more.


Brief Description:

Be an eyewitness to various religions and learn about the wheel of existance, Christ's Crucifixion or a Jewish Bar Mitzvah. See a mask that represents the spirit of the Sun; discover why baptism is important to Christians; and find out what Ying and Yang means to Taoists.

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