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Title: Experiencing the World's Religions
ISBN: 0073535648
Author:
Michael Molloy
Publicate Date: 2006-12-12
Publish: 2006-12-12
List Price: $59.70
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Easy to Understand
Learning about world religions can be quite a task, but this book takes you on a world tour to discover each covered religion in a modern, practical sense. While the book covers the all important history of each religion, there were easier to understand with the addition of the author's first-hand observations of the culture in which it resides. This was one of the few textbooks I didn't want to sell back to the bookstore.
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2: Looking past the price, it's an excellent overview.
While some of the lesser known religions and cults are left out of this book, it does a fabulous job of providing a clear overview to the most influential religions in the world. The historical and cultural perspective provided by the author brought the appropriate perspective to the student.
For almost $100.00, you'd think they'd at least give you a hard-cover. But that's what you must expect from college text books. Thank goodness for Amazon!
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3: Emphasizing experience
This is the review of the 3rd edition.
This is a good introductory textbook. Each religion is introduced with a "First Encounter", based on the author's travels. The chapter then proceeds to describe the history, timeline, basic teachings and practice, and art and literature. Photographs give a taste of the iconography, temples or shrines, and worshippers of each faith, all done in a respectful manner. The chapter on each religion concludes with personal story from the author (for example, visiting the Dalai Lama or inside the monastery on Mount Athos), and then thoughts on the contemporary developments on the religion. These reflect the author's opinion at the time (2005), and I suspect would change from edition to edition. The final chapter "The Modern Search" is perhaps more of an essay on the authors own view on contemporary issues, and perhaps seems focused on the west. At times the text seems like a travelogue, but I do think that allows the reader to focus on cultural aspect.
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4: First Impressions Review
Thank you very much for the experience, although, being that I reside in the State of Hawaii, I was a little "foggy" once I purchased the product. I could not find anywhere on the page on how to adjust the "shipping", is it "because" I live in Hawaii that I am only allowed the "standard" media mail option? There is no such thing as 2-3 business day shipping? I would really like this clarified before purchasing again. I am willing to pay more for the shipping, as long as I can receive my product in a timely manner. If I need to allow additional time for "standard shipping", then I need to know! Because I am definitely planning on purchasing again now that I have gone back to school! Thank you very much for your time.
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