518 pages : 24 cm; Map on inside front cover; time line on inside back cover.; Hindu tradition /Vasudha Narayanan --Sikh tradition /Willard G. Oxtoby --Jain tradition /Vasudha Narayanan --Buddhist tradition /Roy C. Amore and Julia Ching --East Asian religions /Julia Ching --Asian and Pacific horizons/Willard G. Oxtoby --Nature of religion /Willard G. Oxtoby --Transliteration of South Asian terms --East Asian dynastic eras and transliteration of Chinese terms.; "This introduction to the religious traditions of South and East Asian origin has been assembled by a team of scholarly authors. This second edition is now enhanced with improved reading lists, thought-provoking review questions and helpful expansions to its quoted material. It combines a historically descriptive perspective with a spirit of sympathetic fascination. No prior background in any religious tradition is required, but the reader already acquainted with a particular tradition will gain new insight even when covering familiar territory."--Publisher's description.; 

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