The great transformation : the beginning of our religious traditions /
In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophic...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Knopf,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | ebrary Sample text Table of contents Available to Stanford-affiliated users at: Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- List of maps and plans
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Axial peoples (c. 1600 to 900 BCE)
- 2. Ritual (c. 900 to 800 BCE)
- 3. Kenosis (c. 800 to 700 BCE)
- 4. Knowledge (c. 700 to 600 BCE)
- 5. Suffering (c. 600 to 530 BCE)
- 6. Empathy (c. 530 to 450 BCE)
- 7. Concern for everybody (c. 450 to 398 BCE)
- 8. All is one (c. 400 to 300 BCE)
- 9. Empire (c. 300 to 220 BCE)
- 10. The way forward
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.