Contents

Introduction

PART I: WESTERN MONOTHEIST RELIGIONS

1 Hierarchies and Power: Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church

2 Simplicity and Humility: Anabaptist Orders of Amish, Hutterites and Mennonites

3 Fashioning Faith: Judaism and Islam

PART II: EASTERN RELIGIONS

4 India: Hindus, Holy Sadhus, Sikhs and Jains

5 The Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha … and the Robe

PART III: THE MYSTICAL AND THE MAGICAL

6 Sufis, Indigenous Shamans and Modern Pagans

7 Possession: Vodou, Santería and Candomblé

Notes

Bibliography

Index