Online Anthology for PHR-121 Religions of the World

 

Compiled and Edited by Dr. George Cronk

Department of Philosophy & Religion

 

Bergen Community College

Paramus, NJ

2003; Revised, 2006

 

 

 

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Contents

 

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Introduction

1.         George Cronk, "Notes on the Nature of Religion" (1-10)

Hinduism

2.         Hymns from the Rig Veda (11-22)

3.         The Upanishads (23-36)

4.         The Laws of Manu (37-62)

5.         The Bhagavad-Gita (63-78)

6.         Shankara, Commentary on the Vedanta Sutras (79-100)

7.         Ramanuja, Commentary on the Vedanta Sutras (101-112)

8.         Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, An Idealist View of Life (113-134)

Buddhism

9.         Early Buddhist Texts (135-156)

10.      Nagarjuna, The Fundamentals of the Middle Way (157-168)

11.      Vasubandhu, Twenty Verses on Consciousness-Only (169-174)

12.      D.T. Suzuki, Manual of Zen Buddhism (175-200)

Confucianism

13.      Confucius, Analects (201-214)

14.      Mencius, The Book of Mencius (215-232)

Taoism

15.      Lao Tzu, Dao De Jing (233-242)

16.      Chuang Tzu, The Book of Chuang Tzu (243-264)

Judaism

17.      Selections from the Hebrew Bible (265-292)

18.      Tract Aboth, from the Talmud (293-304)

19.      Solomon Schechter, "The Dogmas of Judaism" (305-318)

Christianity

20.      The Gospel According to Saint Mark (319-338)

21.      The Gospel According to Saint John (339-358)

22.      Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion (359-360)

23.      Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (361-364)

24.      Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (365-384)

Islam

25.      Selections from the Koran (Qur'an) (385-400)

26.      A Manual of Hadith (401-434)

27.      Al-Ghazali, Confessions, or Deliverance from Error (435-448)