2007-02-15 07:24:40 · 12 answers · asked by dawn_duguay 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You might try Mankind's Search for God published by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, Inc. It is about 379 pages, pocket size, and briefly deals with such religions as Shinto, Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, common threads of mythology, searching through magic and spiritism.
Hannah J Paul
2007-02-15 07:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best source would be to go directly to the various religions and denominations themselves. Sometime, and even though well meaning-ed, authors do not give a true description of what a certain religion believes in. Search the Internet, located a source, and find out info on that source directly from the source. Good luck.
2007-02-15 07:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Kerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mircea Eliade's "The Sacred and the Profane"
William James's "Varieties of Religious Experience"
Carl Jung's "Modern Man in Search of a Soul"
2007-02-15 07:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best book by far if you are a Christian is a book called
Neighboring Faiths. aprx. $20.00
Below is a link to amazon where you can learn more about the book and purchase it as well.
****UPDATE****
This book is not bias it is very objective in its portaryal of all the religions.
Another book book for a selection of readings of World Scriptures is;
Anthology of World Scriptures
by Robert e. Van Voorst (2nd link) aprx. $40.00
2007-02-15 07:28:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible IS THE BEST SOURCE BUT IT CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ ABOUT RELIGION is THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE this book will change you live for ever you may want to read it a couple of times
2007-02-15 07:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Houston Smith's _The World's Religions_ is a classic text on the subject.
I'd highly suggest it.
Also, the Eliade text that was mentioned earlier would be good.
2007-02-15 07:35:01 · answer #6 · answered by carwheelsongravel1975 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
History of Western Philosophy
Bible
Koran
Book of J
Epic of Gilgamesh
Beowulf
Tripitaka
Enuma Elish
Metamorphosis
Vedas
Upanishads
The list goes on...
2007-02-15 07:29:25 · answer #7 · answered by taa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the holy books of each religion would be a great place to start
they would detail exactly what each belief group thinks
2007-02-15 07:28:48 · answer #8 · answered by virt_bald 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Web site: Wikipedia - It's used often here.
2007-02-15 07:38:34 · answer #9 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked "Religion for Dummies"
2007-02-15 07:29:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋