Ways To The Center: An Introduction To World Religions Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Striving to be the most student-friendly textbook in this field, Carmody's WAYS TO THE CENTER: AN INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS, 6th Edition weaves together rich historical, cultural, and theological detail into structural and philosophical sections that analyze each of the world's major religions in terms of its views on nature, society, self, and ultimate reality. The readily accessible text is designed for today's students and places a premium [on] the development of critical thinking. Combining both historical and systematic analyses, the book takes as its focus the theme of personal centeredness-a primary goal of each featured religion.
Paperback: 401 pages
Publisher: Cengage Learning; 6 edition (April 5, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0534521207
ISBN-13: 978-0534521202
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Although this book is not as nuanced as Huston Smith's classic book, "World Religions," it is a good introduction to the major religions of the world today, including the ancient religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. It is written in an easy, narrative style. It focuses on rituals and beliefs, and does not focus on concepts or the philosophical assumptions of each religion. Like any introductory book, it is a very simplified explanation of each religion. Simplifying a complex religious system results in some distortion of the variety found in each religion's expression. I use this book as my text in a World Religions course. It is a good starting point for someone who has no background in the many religions of the world.
For a textbook it's pretty easy to read, but it's very dense since it's packed with so much information and thrown at you all at once.
I needed this book for an online religion course. It was very simple to read & understand. It really helped with the course.
Very easy to read for such a deep topic. The author was done a great job and given a lot of background information.
Textbook for class, has a lot of interesting information in it.
I feel like I was decieved. I was trying to order the 6th edition of this book and that's what it looked like I was ordering. When I recieved the book it was the first edition from about 1984. This book is for one of my college courses and because it is so old I can't use any of the information in it. I had to order a more recent edition and now I'm waiting on that to arrive while I'm falling behind in my assignments.
I got an A in my Religion class, so it was a pretty helpful book.
The book was shipped very quickly. It is very useful for my studies. I would definitely make another purchase if needed.
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