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"Comparing Religions is a next-generation textbook which expertly guides, inspires, and challenges those who wish to think seriously about religious pluralism in the modern world. A unique book teaching the art and practice of comparing religions Draws on a wide range of religious traditions to demonstrate the complexity and power of comparative practices Provides both a history and understanding of comparative practice and a series of thematic chapters showing how responsible practice is done A three part structure provides readers with a map and effective process through which to grasp this challenging but fascinating approach The author is a leading academic, writer, and exponent of comparative practice Contains numerous learning features, including chapter outlines, summaries, toolkits, discussion questions, a glossary, and many images Supported by a companion website (available on publication) at www.wiley.com/go/kripal, which includes information on individual religious traditions, links of other sites, an interview with the author, learning features, and much more"--Amazon.

Religions. --- global history --- polytheism --- monotheism --- early Judaism --- early Islam --- Asia --- Hinduism --- Sikhism --- Confucianism --- Daoism --- Buddhism --- China --- the Bible --- mystical humanism --- rationalism --- romanticism --- Moses --- critical theory --- colonialism --- spirituality and fundamentalism --- counterculture --- cosmopolitanism --- reflexivity --- the history of religions --- patterns of initiation --- studying consciousness --- cultural anthropology --- initiation rites --- religious questions --- myth and ritual --- patterns in myth --- patterns in ritual --- ancient India --- religion --- nature --- science --- the super natural --- religion and contemporary science --- food and purity codes --- space exploration --- popular culture --- sex --- sexuality --- gender --- sexual orientation --- sex and transgression --- the sexual ignorance of the religions --- charisma and the social dimensions of religion --- charisma and community --- the institutionalization of charisma --- levitation --- the religious imagination --- paranormal powers --- paranthropology --- the Fortean lineage --- supernatural assault traditions --- salvation --- the end of all things --- soul and salvation in the history of religions --- death --- exclusivism --- inclusivism --- pluralism --- justice --- theology --- reason and revelation --- religious worldviews --- the sacred --- liberation --- faith and scholarship --- reductionism --- Sigmund Freud --- Emile Durkheim --- postcolonial theory --- cognitive science --- evolutionary psychology --- cultural evolution --- religion and violence --- 9-11 --- the phenomenology of religion --- neuroscience --- cognition --- cosmos --- early Christianity --- Religions