Eliade, Mircea <br/><br/>
History of religious ideas :  from Gautama Buddha to the triumph of Christianity (Vol. 2) 
by Mircea Eliade. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  1984. 
 - 565 p. 
<br/><br/> Table of Contents:<br/>Part 16. The Religions of Ancient China;<br/>Part 17. Brahmanism and Hinduism: The First Philosophies and Techniques of Salvation<br/>Part 18. The Buddha and His Contemporaries<br/>Part 19. The Message of the Buddha: From the Terror of the Eternal Return to the Bliss of the Inexpressible<br/>Part 20. Roman Religion: From Its Origins to the Prosecution of the Bacchanals (ca. 186)<br/>Part 21. Celts, Germans, Thracians, and Getae<br/>Part 22. Orpheus, Pythagoras, and the New Eschatology<br/>Part 23.  The History of Buddhism from Mahakasyapa to Nagarjuna. Jainism after Mahavira<br/>Part 24.  The Hindu Synthesis: The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita<br/>Part 25. The Ordeals of Judaism: From Apocalypse to Exaltation of the Torah<br/>Part 26. Syncretism and Creativity in the Hellenistic Period: The Promise of Salvation<br/>Part 27. New Iranian Synthesis<br/>Part 28. The Birth of Christianity<br/>Part 29. Paganism, Christianity and Gnosis in the Imperial Period<br/>Part 30. The Twilight of the Gods<br/>List of Abbreviations<br/>Present of Position of Studies: Problems and Progress. Critical Bibliographies<br/>Index<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226204031 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200  / ELI/HIS