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Title: Religions of the World (8th Edition) by Lewis M. Hopfe, Mark R. Woodward ISBN: 0-13-028254-5 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 11 July, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $61.33 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The only book on the subject that I have read
Comment: The book does a good job of explaining major religions without getting caught up in issues of faith.
It would be nice to know the authors personal religious beliefs, in order to confirm a suspected bias. Their beliefs are not listed in the book. I found it odd that in the Christian chapter, it is not mentioned the trinity or that Christians believe Jesus is God.
More color pictures would be nice. Many words are missing from the glossary and the index, such as "li". The authors use lots of words that the common person doesn't know such as pantheon/patheon?, monastic, etc...
Rating: 1
Summary: The Mind of a Pocket Calculator
Comment: Typical of many academic types, Hopfe explains away that which he has no experience with. In this instance, it results in a lifeless mind explaining away world religions, one by one. E.g. the first sentence in the introduction is Webster's definition of religion. One would gather the impression that world religions were the result of a manufacturing process - one similar to the manner in which this book is written - with all the truth and sensitivity of a .45 caliber handgun. If what you want is a kind of macabre vivisection, I suggest Stephen King - he's much better.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent and concise historical review of world religions
Comment: Outstanding book! I used this book to study for the DANTES exam "Introduction to World Religions." I received a "substantially above the minimum ACE recommendation" score, and I highly recommend it to anyone else taking the exam. It provides a very concise and non-biased review of the world's religions from a mainly historical perspective. The book provides the basic facts of the religions without becoming bogged down in all the dogma commonly found in such books. It will definitely get you a passing score on the exam without requiring a tremendous amount of effort. Well written.
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Title: The Bhagavad Gita by Franklin Edgerton ISBN: 0674069250 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1972 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Religious Experience (5th Edition) by Ninian Smart ISBN: 002412141X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 05 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: Anthology of World Scriptures With Infotrac by Robert E. Van Voorst ISBN: 0534602010 Publisher: Wadsworth Thomson Learning Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $51.95 |
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Title: A History of the World's Religions (11th Edition) by David S. Noss ISBN: 0130991651 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 11 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $77.00 |
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Title: The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the World (3rd Edition) by Theodore M. Ludwig, Ludwig Theodore M. ISBN: 013025682X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 22 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $69.00 |
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