Experience the majority of significant and informative sacred texts from major world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES, 9th Edition. It also covers scriptures from new spiritual movements such as Baha’i, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Christian Science Church, and the Unification Church. Delve into scriptural readings within their contexts, witness how each religion is directly practiced today, and gain insights into their histories, teachings, communities, ethics, and ceremonies. To facilitate comprehension, you will find introductions, study inquiries, glossaries, comprehensive footnotes elucidating intricate segments of the reading materials, scriptural diagrams, and recommendations for further exploration.
About the Author
Dr. Robert E. Van Voorst is a New Testament Analysis Professor at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, and previously a religion professor at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where he received the Teacher of the Year award in 1995. He has been a visiting professor at Oxford University and Zhejiang University in China. Van Voorst has extensively written on religious studies in prominent journals and reference works. Additionally, he has authored numerous books, including six with Cengage Learning: RELG: WORLD, 3rd Edition; READINGS IN CHRISTIANITY, 3rd Edition; ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES, 9th Edition; ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES: EASTERN RELIGIONS; ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES: WESTERN RELIGIONS; and READING THE NEW TESTAMENT TODAY, now also available in a Chinese version. Other publications by Van Voorst comprise BUILDING YOUR NEW TESTAMENT GREEK VOCABULARY, 3rd Edition; THE ASCENTS OF JAMES, a recovery and commentary on a second-century Jewish-Christian manuscript; and JESUS OUTSIDE THE NEW TESTAMENT, an exploration of traditions about Jesus in ancient classical and Jewish documents, also published in Italian.
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