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Religions Of Man (1965)

by Huston Smith(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0060361204 (ISBN13: 9780060361204)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Joanna Cotler Books

review 1: This is a rather old book, comparatively speaking. Copyright, 1958. It's a quick paperback introduction to the basic tenets of the world's largest religions so I don't think most of the content has become invalidated by the passage of a few years.It is solely my opinion that it does a decent job of this. On the flip side, the author was clearly Catholic and sometimes takes some interesting stances that I didn't agree with. This was troubling because, if he did that when discussing religions I was more familiar with, what was he doing with the ones I was readily learning about? It's all presented as fairly objective observation.Regardless, I appreciate that there are those who took the time to study the matter. There are few conclusions to be reached at the end, thoug... moreh, so don't go looking for that. Mostly the reader just gains a basic understanding of less-familiar religions and hopefully some insight into the hearts of those who follow them.
review 2: I found this book - published in the 1950s - on a shelf at the back of the school library. That version of the book is no longer in print; there's an updated version under the title "The World Religions." Why is this book so wonderful? Author Huston Smith discusses each religion not by breaking down its practices and specifics. Instead, he gets at the soul of the religion. It's much about philosophy, spiritual and non-spiritual, than the cut-and-dry religion any standard book would provide. I haven't actually finished this book yet, but I've been fascinated by the chapters I've read so far. less

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