First HarperCollins paperback edition published in Includes a bonus section, "Plus: insights, interviews, and more!" containing "Exploring religious frontiers," transcribed from the First Kern Lecture sponsored by the Theosophical Society in America", Bederman Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois, on Ap, [by] Huston Smith (pages ) and "Huston Smith's search for wisdom in a. Introduction to World Religions explores major world religions and belief systems for students to understand their significant principles and core teachings and identify their commonalities. In. Reviews "I truly love this textbook (and its Eastern counterpart). I feel that it masterfully explores the various world religions with great detail and clarity while making them accessible to students."--Matthew Hill, Spring Arbor University "This text is extremely well-organized, well-written, and engaging, with very good coverage of modern expressions of each tradition."--Michelle Rebidoux.
time, religions began to deal with broader matters, with questions of right and wrong, and with all of humanity. Today, five such religions — Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism — still influence and guide billions of peo-ple all over the world. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all began in the same region of the world — the. Worldwide, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year,3 Christianity is the most widespread religion. Christians are put at % of the world's population, a figure that has been amazingly constant during the last half of the twentieth century. In relative terms, the growth of Christianity over the. world's religions is one thing; achieving such an understanding is another. This book aims to help. In certain ways, the study of world religions is especially challenging, as the fol-lowing section explains. But it also offers a great opportunity for discovering the many ways of being human. THE NATURE OF A RELIGIOUS TRADITION.
First HarperCollins paperback edition published in Includes a bonus section, "Plus: insights, interviews, and more!" containing "Exploring religious frontiers," transcribed from the First Kern Lecture sponsored by the Theosophical Society in America", Bederman Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois, on Ap, [by] Huston Smith (pages ) and "Huston Smith's search for wisdom in a. Although Hinduism is the third largest world religion, its breadth is confined to one primary region of the world— South Asia. This region includes countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. India is home to the largest percentage of all Hindus (94%), followed by Nepal (2%) and. Volume. pages: 25 cm +. "Objective, authoritative and lavishly illustrated with nearly full-colour photographs, maps and diagrams, Introduction to World Religions will be widely welcomed by all those seeking to understand the complexity and diversity of the world's religious landscape."--Jacket. Includes index.
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