World's Religious Traditions

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

• PrefaceA. Introductory Essay Frank WhalingB. Faith and Tradition in the World’s Religious Traditions1. The Hindu Tradition: The Vedic Root J. L. Mehta2. The Confucian Tradition: A Confucian Perspective in Learning to be Human Tu Wei-Ming3. The Jewish Tradition Louis Jacobs4. The Christian Tradition George Williams5. The Muslim Tradition Annemarie SchimmelC. Current Approaches to the Study of Religion1. Religious Pluralism John Hick2. The Critical Appropriation of Traditions: Theology and the Comparative History of Religion George Rupp3. The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of Religion Seyyed Hossein Nasr4. The Dialogical Dialogue Raimundo Panikkar5. Bangalore Revisited: Balancing Understanding and Evaluation in the Comparative Study of Religion John Carman6. Thematic Comparison Geoffrey Parrinder 7. Scientific Phenomenology and Wilfred Cantwell Smith’s Misgivings Ninian SmartD. Bibliography The Works of Wilfred Cantwell SmithE. Notes on ContributorsF. Index