Living Religions - Western Traditions (Paperback)

For use as a core text for introductory and upper-level courses in Western religions and Introduction to World Religions courses. Can also be used as supplemental reading for individual religion courses.

Living Religions—Western Traditions is a highly readable and stimulating survey of the major global religions and new religious movements that originated in the West, with particular focus on how people are trying to live by them in today's world. The social context, origins, teachers, scriptures, and historical development of each faith are carefully explored, with emphasis on how practitioners themselves understand their tradition from the inside. Evocative illustrations enhance this approach; first-person interviews of ordinary people and boxes uncovering the spiritual roots of well-known public figures bring this text to life.