PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Charts of World Religions provides an invaluable resource for students
and anyone interested in understanding today's complex religious mosaic.
It allows quick comparison and contrast of numerous religions.
In
clear, easy-to-understand charts, this book provides vital information
on such topics as the origins of different religions, the nature of
deity or ultimate spiritual reality, the source of spiritual truth, the
nature of the human predicament, and the nature of
salvation/enlightenment/liberation. Similarities and differences between
various beliefs are brought out, and subdivisions of broad categories,
such as various branches of Christianity and Islam, are detailed.
More
than ninety charts appear in six major sections:
* Prolegomena to World
Religions
* Comparison of World Religions
* Ancient Mediterranean
Religions o Egyptian pantheon, Graeco-Roman deities, and more
* Western
Religions o Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i, and Secular Humanism
*
Eastern Religions o Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism,
Shintoism, Confucianism, and Sikhism
* Indigenous Religions of African,
Caribbean, and Native American
"Wayne House's Charts of World Religions
is an excellent resource for both the overall picture and the
painstaking details of religious belief around the world."-Win Corduan,
professor of philosophy and religion, Taylor University