文档介绍：Art and Architecture
of the World’s Religions
Art and Architecture
of the World’s Religions
Leslie Ross
GREENWOOD PRESS
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Copyright 2009 by Leslie Ross
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Ross, Leslie, 1956–
Art and architecture of the world’s religions / Leslie Ross.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-313-34286-8 (hard copy set : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-313-34288-2
(hard copy v. 1 : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-313-34290-5 (hard copy v. 2 : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-0-313-34287-5 (ebook set) — ISBN 978-0-313-34289-9 (ebook v. 1) —
ISBN 978-0-313-34291-2 (ebook v. 2)
1. Art and religion. 2. Architecture and religion. 3. Religions. I. Title.
2009
203'.7—dc22 2009014590
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1. Prehistoric Belief Systems 1
2. Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia 27
3. Religion in Ancient Egypt 49
4. Religion in Ancient and Classical Greece and Rome 73
5. Mesoamerican and Andean Religions 97
6. Native American Religions 121
7. Indigenous Religions of Oceania 147
8. Indigenous Religions of Africa 171
9. Judaism 195
10. Christianity 221
vii
Contents
11. Islam 245
12. Hinduism 269
13. Buddhism 291
14. Taoism 315
15. Confucianism 335
16. Shinto 357
Conclusion 377
Selected Bibliography 381
Index