World Faiths: An Introduction

Teach Yourself World Faiths introduces the 12 main religions of the world in one manageable concise book. It provides you with a clear overview of each faith's origin and history, key beliefs and ideas, scriptures and holy books, festivals and ceremonies, and relevance today. This concise Introduction to World Faiths will give both students and the general reader a grasp of the history, the basic beliefs, and key religious ideas and also the organisation, which supports the World faiths. Using a practical and comprehensive guide the reader is able to become familiar with twelve of the main religious faiths of the world including: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and other less well known religions such as Confucianism and Shinto. This Book is ideal for those interested in learning more about a Particular faith, its basic beliefs and key religious ideas. This book is however a Brief introduction to these religions and gives the reader a basic foundation of knowledge about the faiths which the reader can then draw on and then go on to study more advanced Literature. This book is not for Those who are looking for more advanced literature or who are seeking a deeper understanding of a particular faith. However This book is well worth buying for those who seek to gain insights into those religions they have little or no knowledge about. This is an excellent introduction to the main religions of the World; it is clearly laid out with a summery at the end of each chapter highlighting the main features and beliefs of a particular faith. I highly recommend this book to anyone taking a course in world religions.

Travelling the world as a child and seeing lifestyles reflected in various faiths, i've always been curious to know more about how all these faiths were different. Too many other books are dictionaries that provide no context or huge tomes that give you more detail that a practitioner of that religion or faith knows!! This is high enough level that i can easily describe the bounderies of a faith and how it differs from others, without giving me the impression that i am an expert on each. Good introductory book if you are interested in studying other religions more deeply- this book might give you an idea which faith to start with.