World Religions: Western Traditions

Editorial Review:

Now in a second edition, this highly successful text offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to Western religious traditions. It provides in-depth coverage of Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam. It also includes a chapter on the ancient world, which covers the religions of Greece and Rome, the ancient near East, and pre-Christian Europe. A chapter on "new horizons" examines past and current African religious traditions, Native traditions in the Americas, the Baha'i faith, and "New Age" religions. The concluding chapter on "traditions in contact" looks at such issues as bearing witness, missionary movements, and the role of religion in a pluralistic society.
World Religions: Western Traditions, 2/e combines a historically descriptive perspective with timelines, key terms, maps, text boxes, study questions, and annotated suggestions for further reading. This new edition includes a more lucid introduction; a second color and more maps; new study questions; and a new annotated bibliography. Ideal for undergraduate courses in Western religions, World Religions: Western Traditions, 2/e can also be used with its companion volume, World Religions: Eastern Traditions, 2/e in a general course on world religions.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

In great condition:

The product came when it was proposed to come. It was new and that is what I was requesting so there was no fishiness. I was pleased with the book.

Horrible:

This is a really horrible textbook, it lacks any obvious method of organization and instead of picking out the most important points every detail is hit making it very hard to focus your attention. Also, if you aren't already familiar with this material you will spend a lot of time doing outside research so that you can clarify terms that are simply presented in this text. I would not recommend this book for anyone looking to learn anything, it simply won't happen.

Not good for university:

This is a horrible text book for university. If you are taking a class using this book, drop it. The book is way too broad. The author seems to get way off topic in most paragraphs. Starts on one subject, talks about three others then concludes on something else. Scattered to say the least. Very difficult to learn from and I spent way too much time researching topics on the internet instead.

Good Big Book:

The virtue of this book is that it is large enough to carry substantial detail, more than appears in books with more pictures and less text. While it might seem a bit stodgy for someone who wants a light read, there is no escape from considering a lot of facts if one wants to achieve any understanding at all of such a complicated subject as religion.
As far as fairness goes, it is only fair to consider each religion on its own terms according to its own self-description and self-interpretation.... more info

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