Introduction to the World's Major Religions

Introduction to the World's Major Religions. By Emily Taitz, Randall L. Nadeau, John M. Thompson, Lee W Bailey Zayn R. Kassam, and Steven J. Rosen. Ed. by Eee W Bailey. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006. 6 vols, acid free $325 (ISBN 0-313-33634-2).

Religious practices and beliefs have continuously played pivotal roles in the political and social history of the world. Events of the last twenty years have drawn attention to how religious differences affect political, economic, and social affairs. Recognizing the value of having an awareness of religious differences to better understand world events, Greenwood Press has published this six-volume introduction to the largest world religions: Judaism, Confucianism and Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam,...