Sacred word and sacred text : scripture in world religions

Description: This fascinating study of the world's sacred texts explains how the valuation of written scripture over the oral-aural experience is characteristic only of recent Western history. Even today, it is atypical of how most believers experience scripture. Sacred Word and Sacred Text demonstrates how "scripture" historically has partaken of both the oral and the written traditions and argues that, of the two, it is the oral which has the great power to transform lives. -- from back cover

Table of Contents: Scripture in Judaism --
Scripture in Christianity --
Scripture in Islam --
Scripture in Hinduism --
Scripture in Sikhism --
Scripture in Buddhism --
Scripture and the Future of Religion

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