World religions
Subtitle: an indispensable introduction
By: Gerald R. McDermott
Series: Nelson's quick guides
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9781418545970
Subjects: Religions
Notes: Originally published: The Baker pocket guide to world religions. Grand Rapids, Mich. :  Baker Books, 2008.

Includes bibliographic references (p.[136]).
Table of contents: title: When did the religions start?: a timeline; title: Introduction: Why study the world religions?; title: Hinduisms : the world's oldest set of religions; title: Judaism : Christianity's mother and older brother; title: Buddhism : the west's favorite non-Christian religion; title: Confucianism and Daoism : two of the biggest nation's three religions; title: Christianity : what you believe but have a hard time explaining; title: Shinto : the national religion of Japan; title: Islam : the world's most important religion geopolitically; title: Two common questions.