Book Summary
This wide-ranging and highly readable introduction focuses on the contemporary fascination with the big questions about God and the supernatural, setting out clearly and fairly what people believe and the reasons they give for believing it. All the major faiths are covered along with the sects, cults and alternative movements associated with them. This wide-ranging and highly readable introduction focuses on the contemporary fascination with the big questions about God and the supernatural, as it sets out clearly and fairly what people believe and their reasons for believing it. All the major faiths are covered, including new and alternative movements; neo-pagan and New Age thought; and spiritualities of human potential and self-enhancement. A Brief Guide to Beliefs will be especially helpful to students of religion or related subjects, and to all who want to know more about the varieties of religious perspectives in the world today.
Book Details
| Book Name | A Brief Guide To Beliefs: Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, And Movements |
| Author | Linda Edwards |
| Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press (Aug 2001) |
| ISBN | 9780664222598 |
| Pages | 578 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1320 |
