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Based on the best-selling World Religions: Eastern Traditions and World Religions: Western Traditions, A Concise Introduction to World Religions, Fourth Edition, is ideal for single-semester courses. Renowned contributors trace the origins and evolution of the major traditions, explain their essential teachings, outline their practices, and examine their interactions with modern culture and society, while insightful introductory and concluding essays suggest countless avenues for further reflection and study.

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A Concise Introduction to World Religions is a highly readable and rounded survey of the foundational doctrines and practices, and the historical development, of the world's major religions. Its informative chapters, combined with its extensive supplemental resources, provide helpful materials for instructors to use in designing and teaching an introduction to world religions course.--Judson B. Murray, Wright State University This is one of the best and most thorough world religions textbooks currently in use. It is well organized and has a good deal of supplemental aids.--Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas The book's main strength is the introduction to each chapter that engages students with modern concerns. In addition, the history of each religion is complete, but written in a very accessible style.--Jeffrey Scholes, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

"""A Concise Introduction to World Religions is a highly readable and rounded survey of the foundational doctrines and practices, and the historical development, of the world's major religions. Its informative chapters, combined with its extensive supplemental resources, provide helpful materials for instructors to use in designing and teaching an introduction to world religions course.""--Judson B. Murray, Wright State University""This is one of the best and most thorough world religions textbooks currently in use. It is well organized and has a good deal of supplemental aids.""--Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas""The book's main strength is the introduction to each chapter that engages students with modern concerns. In addition, the history of each religion is complete, but written in a very accessible style.""--Jeffrey Scholes, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs"

"""A Concise Introduction to World Religions is a highly readable and rounded survey of the foundational doctrines and practices, and the historical development, of the world's major religions. Its informative chapters, combined with its extensive supplemental resources, provide helpful materials for instructors to use in designing and teaching an introduction to world religions course.""--Judson B. Murray, Wright State University ""This is one of the best and most thorough world religions textbooks currently in use. It is well organized and has a good deal of supplemental aids.""--Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas ""The book's main strength is the introduction to each chapter that engages students with modern concerns. In addition, the history of each religion is complete, but written in a very accessible style.""--Jeffrey Scholes, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs"

A Concise Introduction to World Religions is a highly readable and rounded survey of the foundational doctrines and practices, and the historical development, of the world's major religions. Its informative chapters, combined with its extensive supplemental resources, provide helpful materials for instructors to use in designing and teaching an introduction to world religions course. --Judson B. Murray, Wright State University This is one of the best and most thorough world religions textbooks currently in use. It is well organized and has a good deal of supplemental aids. --Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas The book's main strength is the introduction to each chapter that engages students with modern concerns. In addition, the history of each religion is complete, but written in a very accessible style. --Jeffrey Scholes, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

A Concise Introduction to World Religions is a highly readable and rounded survey of the foundational doctrines and practices, and the historical development, of the world's major religions. Its informative chapters, combined with its extensive supplemental resources, provide helpful materials for instructors to use in designing and teaching an introduction to world religions course. --Judson B. Murray, Wright State University This is one of the best and most thorough world religions textbooks currently in use. It is well organized and has a good deal of supplemental aids. --Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas The book's main strength is the introduction to each chapter that engages students with modern concerns. In addition, the history of each religion is complete, but written in a very accessible style. --Jeffrey Scholes, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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Roy C. Amore is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor in Ontario. Amir Hussain is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The late Willard G. Oxtoby, the original editor of this work, was Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

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