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In this second book of the Theology series, I would like to share some stories with you, stories from a great many of the worlds religions, both ancient and current. As we look at the stories, patterns of religious thought will emerge as well as cultural distinctives.

I will begin with a discussion of why people of one religion should be interested in other religions, then I will give a brief history of world religious thought. Then I willl......tell stories.

As with the other books of the series, no prior knowledge of relgion theory should be required to understand this book.

Contents

• Why study other religions?
• History of religion
• Myth, story, history, archetype
• Gods
• Heroes
• Suffering and justice
• The city
• Rituals
• Places of power
  • Temples and schools
  • Stones
  • Trees
  • The Garden
  • The Maze
• Life as sacred
• Death as sacred
• Love
• Sex
• The other world
• The afterlife
• Faith and freedom
• Creation
• The flood
• The end
• The wise man and the wise woman
• The oracle and the witch
• The spirit guide
• The lady and the lord
• The beast

REFERENCES

Internal

• Comparative Religion

External

Books

• Boquet, A. C. (Reprint with revisions 1969) Comparative Religion: A Short Outline. Baltimore: Penguin Books ISBN 1199181277
• Leeming, David Adams (1990) The World of Myth: An Anthology. New York:Oxford University Press ISBN 0195056019

Internet sites

• Virtual Religion Index

Courses

• Oden, Robert (Presenter) (1998) God and Mankind: Comparative Religion Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company