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A History of the World's Religions
by David S. Noss
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Prentice Hall (1990-01)
ISBN: 0023884800
EAN: 9780023884801
Hardcover: 978 pages
Edition: 8th
SKU: V058IAT
Condition: Used: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
For one-, two-semester, three-quarter, and upper-level undergraduate courses in World Religions. Refined by over 40 years of dialogue with religious experts/practitioners around the world, this text is widely regarded for its fairness and accuracy. It is also the most thorough, yet concise history of world religions available in a single volume, treating many subjects neglected in other texts. The book's depth, breadth, and organization free instructors from having to "cover" everything in lectures, enabling them to use class time for questions, discussion, and their own favorite materials.
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Customer Reviews
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Logical consistency requires applying reason and logic to relgion too
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-01-07
Professor John Allen Paulos' application of reason and logic to analyze and evaluate the arguments made to "prove" the existence of God, is the very methodology used by most rational people in areas involving topics outside of religion, including believers, adamant in their insistence that God exists.
Why then do most - including "true" believers - refuse to apply reason and logic, which they will unhesitatingly use to make rational decisions and come to valid conclusions in every day life, but not in regards to religion? The powerful emotion, fear, often makes the normally rational, irrational. Perhaps Anton Chekhov says it best:
"Man is what he believes."
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Satisfied with my purchase
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-10-10
I was generally satisfied with my purchase. The book came well within the promised time-frame so I did not have to wait longer than I expected. I had expected the book to be in slightly better condition than it was, but was otherwise happy with my purchase.
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Worl's Religions 7th ed
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-07-04
This is a very well researched book on the sects and creeds of the world's religions with very little focus of the Cental Figures of those Faiths, ecpecially the Sacred texts, if any, of those Faiths. History of the World's Religions (12th Edition)
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Good text
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-03-21
Another good text from a top notch class I decided to keep for reference. The class did use supplemental materials but this is a good overall source for info on the historic origins and development of world religions.
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Have used earlier editions for years.
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-08-27
17 out of 28 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have used earlier editions of this book, then named Man's Religions, since 1989 as the basis for lectures on World Religion for a community college class. I definately want to get a copy of this 10th edition! I hope in the future to be able to have this textbook for my class because then I will not need to supplement with handouts - everything I need will be right there in the book.
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