Religious Worlds: The Comparative Study of Religion
Language: English
Published by Beacon Press, 1992
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## AS NEW book is clean and tight. Paperback. Second printing. Spine uncreased. Covers flat with minor shelf wear. Clean. Square. No marks in or on book. NOT A REMAINDER. 192 pages. Index. Appears new, unopened, unread. As New.
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- Title
- Religious Worlds: The Comparative Study of Religion
- Author
- Paden, William E.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0807012114
- ISBN 13
- 9780807012116
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"A good introduction to the phenomenology of religion. Stressing that religions are not just systems of belief, but forms of behavior...Paden focuses on four key complementary categories: myth, ritual, gods and systems of purity." --Choice
"[Religious Worlds] provides clear bases of comparison from all of the world religions." --American Anthropologist
"A richly textured study of religion . . . . erudite and written in a very lucid prose style." --Philosophy East & West
"A useful overview of contemporary trends in the study of the faiths of today's world." --Publishers Weekly
"A work of thoughtful breadth." --Religious Studies Review
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