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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 291 EAN: 9780495007098 Edition: 5 ISBN: 0495007099 Label: Wadsworth Publishing Manufacturer: Wadsworth Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: February 28, 2006 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Studio: Wadsworth Publishing Editorial Review: Product Description: Presenting both the histories and the prevalent worldviews of the major world religions, Matthews' WORLD RELIGIONS methodically introduces students to the richness and diversity of these traditions. The "Worldview" sections in particular make this textbook the most helpful textbook when it comes to comparative analyses of the religions. In these sections students can see how the different religions understand a common set of ten themes that are fundamental to all traditions, including the nature of the Absolute, the place of humans in the world, rituals and symbols, and the prospects for life after death. Furthermore, this text combines insightful, engaging prose with maps, photographs, timelines, excerpts from sacred texts, and other helpful pedagogical aids, to employ a scholarly approach that neither shields students from current research nor encumbers them with it. Students are encouraged, individually and collectively, to pursue their own dialogues with the voices and nuances of these religions. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Book condition said new i got a trashy bookBOOK CONDITION SAID NEW WHEN I PURCHASED ITEM AND WHEN I GOT IT THE BOOK PAGES WERE ALL FOLDED AND MESSED UP AND TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND A PIECE OF DRY BOOGER RIGHT ON THE FIRST PAGE I REGRET BUYING IT FROM HERE I SHOULD HAVE JUST PAYED MORE AND GOTTEN IT FROM MY COLLEGE BOOKSTORE =/ Rating: - Good Introduction to World ReligionsIn my humble opinion, Warren Matthews has written what I believe to be a good introduction to world religions. Some reviewers have remarked how the book is shallow in some places. However, given the topic and breadth of various faiths covered, finding a book that deeply covers all aspects of major world religions and being affordable to students would be difficult indeed. Matthews covers the following major world religions: 1. Religions of the Americas (focus on North ... Read More Rating: - World Religion LiteMatthews manages to condense much essential information about the world's major religions with the judicious use of graphs and illustrations, maps and charts to encapsulate each traditions unique point of view. The textbook is useful especially if accompanied by apt selections of texts from the traditions themselves describing beliefs and practices. This text is ideal for lower division courses where students are likely to complain about being overwhelmed with so much new information and unfamiliar ... Read More Rating:  - World ReligionsI was pleased w/ the service. However, the shipping was a little slow. |
