ANTHOLOGY OF LIVING RELIGIONS, AN

Anthology of Living Religions combines classic texts with contemporary issues in order to provide an anthology that is meaningful and captivating to students.
Anthology of Living Religions by Mary Pat Fisher and Lee Worth Bailey includes a good sample of scriptures and classical historical texts from each tradition, while also including many articles on the study of world religions, and descriptions of how believers are living their faiths today in concrete ways.
Examples of material with a contemporary flavor are articles on science and religion, socially active engaged Buddhism, religion in China today, Gandhi on the caste system and non-violence, and re-interpretations such as Rabbi Michael Lerner's Ten Commitments instead of the biblical Ten Commandments. Also include are non-canonical scriptures such as the /Gospel of Mary/ as the basis for the current /Da Vinci Code/ debates, Evangelical positions on global warming, the Catholic child abuse debates, Catholic women's ordinations today, and the rise of the Protestant mega-churches.