Summary
Multiculturalism is the overriding spirit in a book that honors some of the world's most popular and beloved religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, and select tribal religions. Huston Smith, long-celebrated scholar of religion, shares his enthusiasm for how people around the world celebrate and adore their Gods. In an all-embracing and non-judgmental style, Smith covers the religions' essentials without getting bogged down in lengthy comparisons of how a particular sect relates to another.
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"The enduring religions at their best contained the distilled wisdom of the human race." -- Houston Smith
-- Newsweek
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1991
Pages: 399
Publisher's Notes
Provides an introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the native traditions of the Americas, Australia, Africa, and Oceania.
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