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The Religion Book

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If it's a comprehensive, encyclopedic view of key religious figures, prophets, deities and places which is needed, Jim Willis' The Religion Book is the book for you. Nearly 300 entries gather facts to help students and readers understand common religious topics, from Celtic Druids and Native American spirituality to Greek gods, Judaism, and India religions. The Religion Book is recommended as an essential overall library reference.

Although I said above that it's a well balanced summary, this book does have a heavy leaning towards Christianity. Jim Willis was, in fact, a Christian preacher for a period and he certainly knows the Bible. But he is not coming from a biased, dogmatic point of view. He is quite willing to point out shortcomings in Christian thinking - such as some of the anti-feminist practices, while still filling in the reader on what has gone down through the centuries and what we have now.

Additionally, Willis has presented a thorough explanation of pretty much every religious practice in the world, from Zen Buddhism to Druidism, Exorcism to Spiritualism, none of which the reader would tend to think was coming from a Christian, in that almost every subject is treated fairly, giving valid praise when fitting.

Although a proper study of any one of the topics covered in this encyclopedia would need a separate text book, with 490 pages, The Religion Book is an excellent general coverage of many separate religious subjects, and sits well on any bookshelf as a religious reference book.

Gary Judge, author of The Timeline History of the English Language

If you want to know what in the world is going on with the religions of the world today, this is the book you need to have. It covers all the "biggies," plus some fascinating little-known stuff about just about every religion you would ever want to explore. It's a big book. But it's an easy read without insulting your intelligence. This guy knows his stuff!

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This can be used both as a foundation for a quiz and a "go-to-sleep"-lecture as you scroll through enormous amounts af information. Like it.