The Major Religions

Textbook on religions and religious texts

This article is about the 1996 book. For the topic, see Major religious groups.

The Major Religions: An Introduction with Texts

Author| Thomas Patrick Burke
Language| English
Subject| Religion
Genre| Textbook
Published| 1996 (Blackwell)
2004 (Blackwell)
ISBN| 978-1-55786-714-8

The Major Religions: An Introduction with Texts is a textbook on religions and religious texts by Thomas Patrick Burke, first published in 1996 by Blackwell, with a second edition published in 2004.[1][2] The book has received reviews from journals including Pacifica and Religious Studies Review, along with being cited in its field and in use by educational institutions.[3][4]

## Table of contents

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* Part I: The Religions of Indian Origin
* 1\. Hinduism. Hinduism Texts.
* 2\. Buddhism. Buddhism Texts.
* 3\. Sikhism. Sikhism Texts.

* Part II: The Religions of Chinese Origin
* 4\. Traditional Chinese Religion and Confucianism. Confucianism Texts.
* 5\. Taoism. Taoism Texts.
* 6\. Chinese Buddhism. Chinese Buddhism Texts.

* Part III: The Religions of Semitic Origin
* 7\. Judaism. Israelite Religion. Rabbinic Judaism. Judaism Texts.
* 8\. Islam. Islam Texts.
* 9\. Christianity. Christianity Texts.

## See also

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* The Concept of Justice: Is Social Justice Just?, another book by Burke

## References

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1. ^ "The Major Religions: An Introduction with Texts, 2nd Edition". Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
2. ^ Puett, Tiffany (2014). "The Political Discourse of Religious Pluralism: World Religions Textbooks, Liberalism, and Civic Identities". University of Waterloo. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
3. ^ Langmead, Ross (2007). "Book Review: The Major Religions: An Introduction with Texts". Pacifica. 20 (3): 337–339\. doi:10.1177/1030570X0702000313.
4. ^ MacWilliams, Mark (2005). "Book Review of The Major Religions: An Introduction with Texts". Religious Studies Review. 31: 171. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2005.0016.x.

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