The World Religions Reader gathers together material on six of the world's most influential faiths. The selection of readings is drawn from a broad range of historical and contemporary sources, giving a full picture of the beliefs and practices of each religion. This new edition includes introductions to each religious tradition, and extensively revised section on Hinduism and a completely new selection of readings on Buddhism.

Introduction to the Second Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements

Part One:Judaism

Passages from the Jewish Bible
From the Rabbinic Tradition
Different Voices from the Past
The Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Theology
Judaism and Israel
Torah and Covenant:Recent and Contemporary Voices

Part Two:Christianity

Passages from the Christian Bible
The Church Fathers
The Churches:Their Life and Faith
Women's voices and Feminist Theology
Christianity and Social Justice

Part Three:Islam

From the Qur'an
The Beautiful Names
Hadith/Sunnah
Law in Islam
Muslim Mystics
Islam in the Late Twentieth Century

Part Four:Hinduism

Village Hinduism
Hindu Patterns of Liberation
The Modern Period

Part Five:Buddhism

From the Suttas (discourses) and Vinaya (discipline) of the Theravada Tradition
From the Mahayana Texts
Buddhist Practices
Recent and Contemporary Buddhist concerns

Part Six:Sikhism

Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh
The Sikh Tradition
Khalistan and Sikh Identity
A Sikh Woman of the Nineties

Index