Looseleaf for Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change Contributor(s): Molloy, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0078119219 ISBN-13: 9780078119217 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Binding Type: Loose Leaf Published: September 2017 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion |
Dewey: 200 |
LCCN: 2017024745 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.2" W x 9.1" L (1.63 lbs) 560 pages |
Features: Illustrated |
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Publisher Description: Experiencing the World's Religions, 7th Edition, examines the practices and beliefs of major religions. It focuses on how religions shape both individuals and whole cultures. It also describes, in both text and illustrations, the art and architecture of the major religions. Narratives of the author's experiences help readers to experience religions first hand. The book is written in the graceful and thought-provoking style of Michael Molloy, a scholar of religious studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Molloy, Michael: - Michael Molloyhas made the study of religion his life's work. Fascination with religion beganwith interest in the architecture of temples, mosques, churches, and shrines.Experience of ceremonies at those places led to love of religious music andart. In his early graduate work, he focused on the imagery of cloud anddarkness in mystical literature. In his doctoral work, he examined the mysticalthought of Aldous Huxley, after Huxley had been influenced by Hinduism andMahayana Buddhism. To do this, he interviewed Huxley's wife Laura, Huxley'ssister-in-law, and friends of Huxley.
Molloy received a grant from the East-West Center in Hawai`ito study there, and he received his doctorate from the University of Hawai`i.During this time, he studied in Japan with Abe Masao in Kyoto and withSobharani Basu at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi. He practiced Zenmeditation at Bushinji in Shikoku and later received a certificate from theOomoto School of Traditional Japanese Arts in Kameoka, Japan. He has written Experiencingthe World's Religions (McGraw-Hill) and The Christian Experience(Bloomsbury). Currently he is writing a memoir of his grandparents and parentsand their religious background.
Molloy has taught many philosophy & religion courses, including World Religions, Asian Philosophies, Western Mysticism, Greek andRoman Philosophy, Ethics, Nietzsche, Religion and the Meaning of Existence, andIndian Philosophy. He is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Hawai`i. To complement his academic work, he has had threeexhibitions of his paintings--"Landscapes of the Mind," "LuminousDarkness," and "Renaissance." He co-directed two radio series ofinterviews with musicians, writers, and artists on KAIM-FM and Hawai`i PublicRadio. He worked on the Inari Shrine Preservation Committee to move the shrineto a new location and then to renovate it. |
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