This text uses two basic themes to enhance student understanding: 1) the search for an understanding of religious life as an ongoing process; and 2) the need fo

Expands students' understanding of their own religious history and practice by examining other religions of the world. Each religion is introduced with a brief

This book, first published in 1984, examines the whole range of new religious movements which appeared in the 1960s and 1970s in the West. It develops a wide-ra

Offers an overarching definition and framework for the study of religion as it manifests itself in everyday life Look around you as you walk down the street; so

Aaron Chalmers gives students a unique introduction to the religious and social world of ancient Israel. The first part explores the major religious offices men