Customer Reviews

Anthology of World Scriptures (with InfoTrac)

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This book presents basic religious texts of a variety of religions, eastern and western, with a more or less objective presentation. However, I found the introductory materials for each religion to be overly academic at times, sometimes raising as many questions as it answered. If you're looking for an entry-level survey of what the world's religions believe -- an interpretation of the doctrines these scriptures lay out -- this may not be the best resource available.

I suspect this would make a fine textbook for a college-level survey of world religions, though I was familiar with several of them by the time I found this book. The layperson, looking for an introduction to what Buddhists, Muslims, or the Shinto actually believe, may be left scratching his or her head.

This was a required textbook for my World Religions course. The book is very interesting and easy to read. While some of the scripture excerpts are difficult to read, the book explains them very well ahead of time to make it easier to understand and figure out. I definitely recommend this book for school related reading or just for fun reading! :)

Chapters are broken into subsections like "Traditions," "Ethics," etc. Full of stuff you didn't know about other religions. A must-have.

This was a required text for a course in World Religions. Great text, so I can see why the instructor chose it.

Holy cow! There is so much packed in this book! You certainly learn a lot about different religions. It's awesome!

Just started school and this has so much about different religions. It will give me a lot of background material to study