The World’s Great Religions

Here in magnificent photography and art reproduction, with 190 pages of full color and more than 175.000 words of lucid text is a sweeping panorama of mankind’s spiritual heritage. This book was prepared with the help of many religious authorities throughout the world.
Two years of intensive work went into the original life series, which won a Benjamin Franklin Award. A third year of planning and research was then spent in adding 160 pages of material that had not appeared in the magazine series. The additions include a carefully chosen anthology of 65,000 words an average length volume in itself drawn from the scriptural
writings which form the foundations of each faith.
Almost half of the book is devoted to Christianity, the largest and most widely spread religion on earth. Also thoroughly presented are Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Islam. The study of Tudaism covers its origins and traditions, and provides an intimate view of the way Jews the world over approach their God.
Hinduism’s subtle, complex teachings and the various branches of Buddhism are explored.
So are the searching philosophies of China and the doctrines preached trenchantly by Mohammed in founding Islam. The late Paul Hutchinson provided an introduction contrasting all of these great faiths and relating each to the whole concept of religion from primitive
nature worship to modern secularism.
The Christianity section includes the life of Christ as interpreted by great artists, an account of the Bible, the Holy Land as shown in a specially created fold-out map and striking color photographs, the history of Christianity. the Sistine Chapel frescoes of Michelangelo
as the greatest religious art ever produced.