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This text presents the seven main traditions of world religion, following an overall historical approach while also covering the following topics, beliefs, practices, and contemporary context. Source readings follow at the end of each chapter to provide readers with first-hand experience in the religion being discussed.
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"The Patterns of Religion is not only a standard for other textbooks on the topic; it is a work of art."
"There are just enough reading selections to give the students a taste of scriptural (and other) sources without becoming too overwhelming as a single text."
"For a beginning student, it is perfect. For an advanced student, it is a great foundational text."
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Roger Schmidt was most recently chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Hsi Lai University (Rosemead, Ca.), a university grounded in Buddhist traditions and values. He is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Claremont Graduate School. He taught philosophy and religion for thirty years at San Bernardino Valley College and Crafton College, retiring as a professor emeritus in 1993. A prolific scholar and researcher, he continues to explore religious traditions in Asia and beyond.
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