Summary:
This highly-illlustrated textbook builds on the strengths of the current edition but now meets the demands of all GCSE Specifications on this topic. Through the comprehensive text, tasks, review activities and exam-style questions, students will have a thorough understanding of the issues surrounding this topic. This comprehensive book provides students with all the information they need on this subject.

• Written by an experienced author
• Completely rewritten and revised
• Inclusion of GCSE exam-style questions; Test Yourself, knowledge-based questions; Tasks that demand understanding and evaluation; Key Word definitions

Table of Contents:
UNIT ONE Hinduism as a Way of Life
Dharma
Varnashramadharma
Varna
The Ashrama
Rites of Passage
UNIT TWO The Nature of God
One God: many forms
The sacred symbols
What is the Hindu trimurti?
The goddess
Popular deities
UNIT THREE Worship
Puja
Puja in the home
Other forms of worship
Yoga
The mandir: Hindu temples and shrines in India
Worship in Hindu temples
Hindu temples in Britain
UNIT FOUR Festivals
Ratha-yatra
Holi
Raksha Bandan
Navaratri, Durga Puja and Dusserah
Divali
UNIT FIVE Sacred Writings
The Vedas
Upanishads
Mahabharata and Ramayana
The Bhagavad Gita
Ramayana
Puranas
UNIT SIX The Sacredness of Life
Issues of life and death
Suicide and euthanasia
Abortion
Respect for the environment
Vegetarianism
UNIT SEVEN Sacred Places: Hindu Pilgrimage
Why do Hindus go on Pilgrimage?
Where are the places of pilgrimage?
What do Hindus do on pilgrimage?
UNIT EIGHT Moral Issues
The role of women
War and peace
Wealth and poverty
Key Word Glossary
Index

About the Author(s):
Veronica Voiels is a teacher, trainer and experienced author.

Readership:
GCSE RE students