Current World Religions
World Religions in the 21st Century
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Book
Paperback/Softback
450 pages
978-0-7425-4812-1 (ISBN)
Description
Leading World Religions Texts we reviewed against (four color, very expensive) Experiencing the World's Religions, Molloy, McGraw Hill 2009, $112 paperback, four color Living Religions, Fisher, Pearson 2011, $117 paperback, four color Religions of the World, Hopfe 2008, $93, four color Lower-priced books that ours will compete against Anthology of World Scriptures, Van Voorst, Cengage 2010, $70 - An anthology of scriptural texts and excerpts, not a coherent core textbook A Concise Introduction to World Religions, Oxtoby, Oxford 2007, $75 - Short overviews of each tradition, not written by experts in each tradition like our book World Religions Today, Esposito, Oxford 2005, $75 - Also overviews of each tradition, with a focus on Islam World Religions: Voyage of Discovery, Brodd, St. Mary's Press 2009, $25 - The leading lower-priced textbook, publisher usually focuses on Christian materials.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7425-4812-1 (9780742548121)
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Persons
Steven Leonard Jacobs is the Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies and associate professor of religion at the University of Alabama. Robert Stephens is professor of religion at Clemson University.