Atlas of World Religions

by Tim Dowley

Cartographer Nick Rowland FRGS

Fortress Press

Minneapolis

ATLAS OF WORLD RELIGIONS

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Print ISBN: 978-1-4514-9968-1

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Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues;

it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions,

it draws tears, it inflames devotion …

john henry newman (1801–90)

Contents

List of Maps

Foreword

A Chronology of World Religions

Part 1: The Ancient World

Megaliths

Babylonia and Sumeria

Religion in Ancient Egypt

The Early City Religions

The Religions of Ancient Greece

Roman Religion

Zoroastrianism

Part 2: Hinduism

The Origins of Hinduism

Hindu Temple Worship

Hinduism and the Sacred

Hinduism in the Modern World

Jainism

Part 3: Buddhism

The Origins of Buddhism

What is Buddhism?

Buddhism Spreads beyond India

Buddhism in the Modern World

Confucianism and Taoism

Part 4: Judaism

Origin of the Jewish People

The Kingdom of Israel

Jewish Dispersions

The Jewish Diaspora

Judaism and the Rise of Islam

Anti-Semitism and Messianism

Jewish Emancipation

Judaism in the USA

The Holocaust

Part 5: Christianity

Palestine under the Herods

Judaism and the Early Church

The Early Growth of Christianity

Christianity Becomes Official

Christendom in 1050 ce

The European Reformations

Christianity in the Americas c. 1750

An Age of Missions

The Mormons

Christianity Today

Part 6: Islam

Muhammad

The Early Growth of Islam

Islam in the Subcontinent

Islam in South-east Asia

Islam and Africa

Islam in Modern Asia

Islam in the Modern World

Sikhism

Part 7: World Religions Today

Japanese Religions

Religion in China Today

What are Indigenous Religions?

New Religious Movements

Modern Pilgrimage

Jerusalem: The Holy City

What is the Hajj?

Further reading

Gazetteer

Index