Sacred texts of the world
Subtitle: a universal anthology
By: edited by Ninian Smart & Richard D. Hecht.
Contributors: Smart, Ninian, 1927-; Hecht, Richard D.
Publisher: Crossroad
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Sacred books
Description: A well-annotated, impartial anthology of key texts from world religions--including the primitive, ancient, and esoteric alongside the living faiths of both Western and Eastern cultures... The excerpts are grouped by faiths and subclassified by type: sacred narratives, doctrines, rituals, institutional expressions, experience, and ethics.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.