Paul Gwynne

A new and expanded edition of a highly successful textbook on world religions with a comparative approach which explores how six major religions are lived and expressed through their customs, rituals and everyday practices. World Religions in Practice is a new edition of this major textbook, exploring the world's great religions through their customs, rituals, and everyday practices by focusing...

This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world. The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both similarities and differences across a range of major areas. The thematic chapters cover: early life, followers, the core message, political attitudes, relations...

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. This is a major new textbook exploring the world's great religions through their customs, rituals, and everyday practices. By focusing on this 'lived experience', it goes beyond many traditional introductions to religious...