[50 Ideas You Really Need to Know 01] • 50 Religion Ideas You Really Need to Know
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- Authors
- Stanford, Peter
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Tags
- religion , reference , philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781623651930
- Date
- 2010-05-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.56 MB
- Lang
- en
Despite frequent prognostications regarding the "death of God" and the triumph of secular materialism, religion remains a central component in the lives of most people around the world. There are currently thought to be 2 billion Christians, 1.2 billion Muslims, 800 million Hindus, along with some 700 million followers of other religions.
Religion: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know offers a clear path through the conceptual and denominational thickets of global religion. Award-winning religious affairs correspondent Peter Stanford begins with an examination of sacred texts, the divine principle and good and evil, before moving on to a discussion of the different traditions within Christianity, Islam, Judaism and the myriad customs of the East.