This exceedingly comprehensible survey of the modern religious world explores the development, doctrines, and practices of today's major faiths. Living Religions delves the traditional as well as the new religious movements. Looks at historical and contemporary beliefs, allowing the reader to see how different religions have unfolded throughout time. Contains expanded coverage of women in addition to religious background boxes on such people as Winona LaDuke, Dr. Karan Singh, Dalai Lama, Janice Perlman, Desmond Tutu, Farid Esack, and Baba Virsa Singh. For those with an interest in World Religions, or Comparative Religions, or for those seeking an introduction to religion.
Students are able to see each different religion unfold up through the current day.
Professors can show how incidents in the early development of a religion were responsible for its present state of being. First-person interviews with followers of each faith. Gives students a look at the religious background of important figures who have impacted today's political history. Includes new sections on women in the chapters on Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity. Professors can easily include more coverage of women's role and impact in various religions.