World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction

by Paul Gwynne

World Religions in Practice introduces five of the world's great religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – and explores how they are lived and expressed in custom, ritual, and symbol.

Genres: Religion

444 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

Reviews

[Alaa]

I love this book, It's amazing to discover how little you know about different religions. The author's approach and writing style is so nice and he is a nice person actually I took a Gen Ed course with him in Uni. He looks at all religions with a curious, not at all judgmental, point of view and he delivers un-biased information. The topics covered are very interesting: the use of sacred images, sacred books, ethics, birth rituals, death, marriage, clothes, food, holy days, year (the calendar of each religion), building, and journey (pilgrimage). The five main religions in the world (Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam) are discussed and compared in each chapter (which are the topics I mentioned previously), and its amazing to see the different and similar views and practices in each religion.

[Ali Haidar]

A book Ive wanted to read for a long time . I thought it would involve alot of will power and hard work to get through but it was such an enjoyable read that you forget this is a textbook . Learnt some amazing insights into the 5 world religions

[Bella]

I read this for a subject at uni.

A helpful & well-rounded overview! Super lovely to see how similar religions (and humans) are at their roots. Really encouraging.

[Todd Nachowitz]

Good textbook for an intro to world religions class that's focused on practice.