The Meaning of Life in the World Religions

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I THE RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE RELIGION AND THE QUESTION OF MEANING - Keith Ward THE NATURE OF RELIGION: MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF MEANING - Ninian Smart Part II MEANING AND WESTERN RELIGION HOW CHRISTIANITY SECUREs LIFE`S MEANINGS - Philip L. Quinn TO INCREASE TORAH IS TO INCREASE LIFE - Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert BROADCASTING THE WORD: PROPHET, PREACHER,AND SAINT IN ISLAM - F.E. Peters Part III MEANING AND ASIAN RELIGION A HINDU VIEW OF LIFE - Julius Lipner LIFE FORCE IN JAINISM AND YOGA - Christopher Key Chappie THE MEANING OF LIFE IN BUDDHISM - Masao Abe CONFUCIANISM: HOW TO SERVE THE SPIRITS AND THE GODS - John Berthrong Part IV LOVE, RELATIONSHIPS, AND RELIGION EROS AND MEANING IN LIFE AND RELIGION - Joseph Runzo LOVE AND LONGING IN DEVOTIONAL HINDUISM - Nancy M. Martin MINDFULNESS AND MEETING THE GREAT BLISS QUEEN - Anne C. Klein HAITIAN VODOU: THE DISTINCT SELF AND THE RELATIONAL WORLD - Karen McCarthy Brown Part V GLOBAL VIEWS THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE WORLD`S RELIGIONS - Huston Smith THE RELIGIOUS MEANING OF LIFE - John Hick THE WORLD AS GOD`s BODY - Sallie McFague