All religions in one book explaining

It deals, in an even handed and factual manner, with all of the worlds major religions. In this highly acclaimed book, mary pope osborne introduces readers to the six major religions of the world. No one selfidentified as a hindu or buddhist or other similar terms before the. The great faiths explored and explained paperback february 20, 2006. Today, with about 900 million followers, hinduism is. This essential guide to religion explains the key tenets and big ideas behind. Islam is the second largest religion in the world after christianity, with about 1. One world, many religions covers the history, beliefs, and practices of judaism, christianity, islam, hinduism, buddhism, confucianism, and taoism. Jesus was a 1st century jew from galilee who had a ministry of teaching and healing. To ask other readers questions about god is not one, please sign up. The basic beliefs and history of a religion is often found in its sacred or revered texts. Meanwhile, elizabeth harris chooses her best books as an introduction to.

Whats a good book that talks about different religions. As he explains in his lucid and thoughtful book the meaning of belief. The goal of the book is to provide a simple summary of major religions. How did our holidays, clocks, and other standards of timekeeping come to be. In all four gospels, the phrase is used by isaiah to describe john the baptist, thus suggesting that john may be the. And then the third kind of literalist interpretation is one that says that all the events in the book of revelation are literally historically true, but that almost all of them have been completed. Along with the teaching highlights of preeminent figures such as. With about 470 million followers, scholars consider buddhism one of. I explained to her that there were many types of practices within christianity as well as numerous other religions. Western influence made it into a single religion, an identity which hindus now accept. The encyclopedia of world religions by johannes schade.

Each of the major faithschristianity, judaism, hinduism, buddhism, jainism, sikhism, and islamis examined in detail through its sacred texts, epic imagery, key beliefs, and religious artifacts. Although its roots go back further, scholars typically date the creation of islam to. This is a good book for what it is an overview and short synopsis of many various religions throughput history. It briefly examines the beliefs of christianity, islam, and nondualistic hinduism concerning ultimate reality, the human condition, and spiritual liberation and shows how these beliefs cannot be reconciled to produce the idea that all religions teach basically the same thing.

Thumbnail image of the religions book 1 thumbnail image of the religions. Most christians can describe their faith with the nicene creed. Hinduism is the worlds oldest religion, according to many scholars, with roots and customs dating back more than 4,000 years. The holy books of world religions sacred texts in world.

Sort of an encyclopedia of religion, the book presents basic religious ideas, from. The oxford dictionary of world religions by john bowker. All have had a deep effect on the laws and customs of every country. Cultural religion of india which was historically decentralized and disparate and not a single belief system. To ask other readers questions about the religions book, please sign up. This revised and updated edition provides sympathetic descriptions of the various traditions, explaining how they work from the inside, which is a big reason why. We also have other interviews on the future of islam, science and islam, islam. Buddhism is a religion that was founded by siddhartha gautama the buddha more than 2,500 years ago in india. So, what are the holy books of the five major world religions. The best books on religion expert recommendations on five books. World religions looks at the beliefs and practices of many different religions, from the ancient egyptians through to zoroastrianismthe oldest living religionand the great faiths practiced today. The jehovahs witness have a book titled mans search for truth. For example, evolution is just an attempt to explain how god set in motion the creation eventsno contradiction at all to me.