The World's Religious Traditions Current Perspectives in Religious Studies [Hardcover]

The aim of this book is to make a major contribution to the field of religious studies while at the same time paying tribute to the work of Wilfred Smith. Although the basis of the chapters is provided by Smith's themes of faith and tradition and Smith's approach to the study of religion, this book stands in its own right as a significant addition to both content and method in the global history of religions. First published in 1984, it includes contributions by Geoffrey Parrinder, Annemarie Schimmel, George Rupp, Ninian Smart and others.

Preface
A. Introductory EssayFrank Whaling
B. Faith and Tradition in the World's Religious Traditions
1. The Hindu Tradition: The Vedic RootJ. L. Mehta
2. The Confucian Tradition: A Confucian Perspective in Learning to be HumanTu Wei-Ming
3. The Jewish TraditionLouis Jacobs
4. The Christian TraditionGeorge Williams
5. The Muslim TraditionAnnemarie Schimmel
C. Current Approaches to the Study of Religion
1. Religious PluralismJohn Hick
2. The Critical Appropriation of Traditions: Theology and the Comparative History of ReligionGeorge Rupp
3. ThePhilosophia Perennisand the Study of ReligionSeyyed Hossein Nasr
4. The Dialogical DialogueRaimundo Panikkar
5. Bangalore Revisited: Balancing Understanding and Evaluation in the Comparative Study of ReligionJohn Carman
6. Thematic ComparisonGeoffrey Parrinder
7. Scientific Phenomenology and Wilfred Cantwell Smith's MisgivingsNinian Smart
D. Bibliography
The Works of Wilfred Cantwell Smith
E. Notes on Contributors
F. Index

Frank Whalingis Emeritus Professor of the Study of Religion at Edinburgh University, UK.