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The New Penguin Handbook of Living Religions

 
Description: ISBN 0140514805 / Genre: Religion / Spirituality / Edition: 2Rev Ed / Paperback / 912 Pages / Book is published 2000-10-26 by Penguin ... more
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Newest Review: ... religions in the ideological sense. None the less I would have liked to have seen a bit more here. The second part of the ... more

 ... book is concerned more with cross cultural issues, and is perhaps more relevant in the contemporary World than the first part of the book. It is certainly more philosophical and academic in its presentation and style. The chapters of particular note for me are those on Religion and Gender, Spirituality, and South Asian Communities in Britain. The chapter on spirituality is excellent in tying in psychology, however, in my opinion could have been expanded to 'explore' philosophical influences more, particularly as the...more

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Crowned Review The New Penguin Handbook of Living Religions: Religion, read all about it! (1223 words)
by - written on 05/07/08 (Very useful, 160 readings)
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Penguin Handbook of Living Religions. This is a 2nd edition of this book and was published in 1997 I made the suggestion to Dooyoo to include this book for a number of reasons: Firstly; it is a very good book to read for people at different levels of understanding about religions. Yes, it is written in the main by academics, however the concepts, background and 'facts' about each religion in each chapter are not too difficult to grasp. Admittedly, some of the more philosophical discussion is a little on the heavy side, but this is a book that one can dip into over time. In fact, I have had this book for two years ...  Read the complete review

 

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