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Reference: The World’s Religions by Huston Smith

1. Point of Departure
2. Hinduism
   • A Look at Hinduism
   • What People Want
   • What People Really Want
   • The Beyond Within
   • Four Paths to the Goal
   • The Way to God through Knowledge
   • The Way to God through Love
   • The Way to God through Work
   • The Way to God through Psychophysical Exercises
   • The Stages of Life
   • The Stations of Life
   • “Thou Before Whom All Words Recoil”
   • Coming of Age in the Universe
   • The World—Welcome and Farewell
   • Many Paths to the Same Summit
   • Appendix on Sikhism
3. Buddhism
   • The Man Who Woke Up
   • The Silent Sage
   • The Rebel Saint
   • The Four Noble Truths
   • The Eightfold Path
   • Basic Buddhist Concepts
   • Big Raft and Little
   • The Secret of the Flower
   • The Diamond Thunderbolt
   • The Image of the Crossing
   • The Confluence of Buddhism and Hinduism in India
4. Confucianism
   • The First Teacher
   • The Problem Confucius Faced
   • Rival Answers
   • Confucius’ Answer
   • The Content of Deliberate Tradition
   • The Confucian Project
   • Ethics or Religion?
   • Impact on China
5. Taoism
   • The Old Master
   • The Three Meanings of Tao
   • Three Approaches to Power and the Taoisms That Follow
   • Efficient Power: Philosophical Taoism
   • Augmented Power: Taoist Hygiene and Yoga
   • Vicarious Power: Religious Taoism
   • The Mingling of the Powers
   • Creative Quietude
   • Other Taoist Values
   • Conclusion
6. Islam
   • Background
   • The Seal of the Prophets
   • The Migration That Led to Victory
   • The Standing Miracle
   • Basic Theological Concepts
   • The Five Pillars
   • Social Teachings
   • Sufism
   • Whither Islam?
7. Judaism
   • A Look at Judaism
   • Meaning in God
   • Meaning in Creation
   • Meaning in Human Existence
   • Meaning in History
   • Meaning in Morality
   • Meaning in Justice
   • Meaning in Suffering
   • Meaning in Messianism
   • The Hallowing of Life
   • Revelation
   • The Chosen People
   • Israel
8. Christianity
   • The Historical Jesus
   • The Christ of Faith
   • The End and the Beginning
   • The Good News
   • The Mystical Body of Christ
   • The Mind of the Church
   • Roman Catholicism
   • Eastern Orthodoxy
   • Protestantism
9. The Primal Religions
   • The Australian Experience
   • Orality, Place, and Time
   • The Primal World
   • The Symbolic Mind
   • Conclusion
10. A Final Examination

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