With ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES, 9th Edition your students will encounter the most notable and instructive sacred texts from major world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They will also examine scriptures from new religious movements including Baha’i, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Christian Science Church, and the Unification Church. This anthology presents scripture readings in context, showing students how each religion is actually practiced today, as well as introducing its history, teachings, organization, ethics, and rituals. These selections are supported by introductions, study questions, glossaries, extensive footnotes, timelines, scriptural charts, and suggestions for further reading by the editor. The MindTap® Religion for ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES, 9th Edition includes a variety of interactive features such as video, discussion boards, and maps.

1. SCRIPTURE AMONG THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS.
2. HINDUISM.
3. BUDDHISM.
4. JAINISM.
5. SIKHISM.
6. CONFUCIANISM.
7. DAOISM.
8. SHINTO.
9. ZOROASTRIANISM.
10. JUDAISM.
11. CHRISTIANITY.
12. ISLAM.
13. NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS.

With ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES, 9th Edition your students will encounter the most notable and instructive sacred texts from major world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They will also examine scriptures from new religious movements including Baha’i, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Christian Science Church, and the Unification Church. This anthology presents scripture readings in context, showing students how each religion is actually practiced today, as well as introducing its history, teachings, organization, ethics, and rituals. These selections are supported by introductions, study questions, glossaries, extensive footnotes, timelines, scriptural charts, and suggestions for further reading by the editor. The MindTap® Religion for ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES, 9th Edition includes a variety of interactive features such as video, discussion boards, and maps. Buddhism can be a "mind-bending" religion for most American students, and Chapter 3 helps them understand it. The introduction has been revised and expanded for greater clarity. Now the chapter also includes a fuller selection of Zen koans and a selection of Tibetan magical formulas to help students comprehend popular Buddhism. Chapter 6 includes a new reading on the Confucian concept of the Mandate of Heaven, important for Chinese attitudes to governments. In Chapter 11, a new section covers early Pauline views on special church ministry, important for understanding the varieties of ministries that continue today. ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD RELIGIONS is the only anthology to include selections from the Sharia. New readings on Muslim laws governing almsgiving (zakat) and approved foods have been added to Chapter 12, with extensive annotations to explain these legal readings to students. These selections deal with topics accessible to students, and less controversial and emotion-laden than the Sharia laws on criminal punishments so prevalent in the headlines recently. More than a dozen new photos have been added to help students visualize the uses of scripture treated in the text. Other anthologies do not feature pictures or other illustrations. This ninth edition is available in print and digitally as MindTap®. MindTap is designed to help students master the material. Interactive videos, animations, and activities create a learning path designed by your instructor to guide you through the course and focus on what’s important. To promote comprehension of the material and critical thinking, the text provides introductions to the readings, charts of scripture canons with timelines, extensive footnotes for the more difficult items in the readings (which clarify terms and explain cultural and historical references), questions for study and discussion, and a glossary with pronunciations. A chapter on new religious movements offers insight into the history, teachings, and practices of Baha’i, Christian Science, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Unification Church, and Falun Gong. Scriptural charts, which appear in each chapter, function as a visual guide to the material. An insert with maps shows the geography and history of many of the religions discussed in the text.