Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion (6th Edition)

Author: James C. Livingsto
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: religion, introduction, sacred, anatomy
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2008-07-31
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 013600380X
ISBN-13: 9780136003809

Book Description:



This comprehensive introduction to the nature and variety of religious phenomena, belief, and practice (1) explores the issues in religious studies, (2) examines the universal forms of religious experience, (3) offers a cross-cultural study of a broad range of classic types of religious belief and practice in terms of the seven basic concepts of a religious world view, and (4) surveys the challenges faced by religions today.