"A well-annotated, impartial anthology of key texts from world religions-including the primitive, ancient,
and esoteric alongside the living faiths of both Western and Eastern cultures... The excerpts are grouped by faiths
and subclassified by type: sacred narratives, doctrines, rituals, institutional expressions, experience,and ethics...There
are good bibliographies at the end of each."
--A.L.A. Booklist
Publisher Web Site, August, 2004
Summary
A perennial bestseller, this collection of readings remains a favorite of teachers of world religions for its
impartial tone and its balance of major contemporary religious traditions with primitive, ancient, and esoteric
religions. Richly annotated.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Powerful Dead
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Taoism
Confucianism
Shintoism
Sikhism
Small-Scale Traditional Religions
New Religions
Secular Worldviews
Index
Sources and acknowledgments
