A Concise Introduction to World Religions

Willard G Oxtoby (editor), Alan F Segal (editor)

Paperback (10 May 2007)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This condensed version of the two-volume introduction covers the major world religions, focusing on six areas: the origins of the movement; the crystallization of its teachings; its major divisions in regional and historical perspective, the practice of adherents and of its religious specialists; its influences on society, literature, the arts; and the challenges of intellectual, social, and technological change to the tradition.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195422078
Publisher:	OUP Canada
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	10 May 2007
DEWEY:	200
DEWEY edition:	22
Number of pages:	592
Weight:	849g
Height:	235mm
Width:	180mm
Spine width:	20mm