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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 200 EAN: 9780131830103 ISBN: 0131830104 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: May 30, 2004 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall Sales Rank: 25954
Product Description: For courses in World Religions or Comparative Religions. This introduction to the world's religions provides an orientation to the study of religion, surveys the history of the major world religions, and discusses the ways these religions respond to contemporary ethical issues. It also presents a sampling of new religious movements and looks to the possible ways the world's religions may interact in the 21st century. Its distinctive "framework for understanding" religious worldviews allows students to compare and contrast the teachings objectively.
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Rating: - Not bad for half the price of the best intros...
Young's book works well if you are teaching a class on a budget, as it sells for half the price of the most-often-used scholarly intros to world religions used in the colleges and universities. For the ... Read More
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This book is very excellent. It is very well written and explains everything completly. And, I can say from personal experience that Dr. Young knows what he is talking about, he is my professor.
Rating: - Informative
This book was purchased for my Introduction to Religion Class. It is informative.
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- Great!