A History of the World's Religions - David S. Noss

A History of the World's Religions

By: David S. Noss

Paperback | 26 December 2017 | Edition Number 14

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $368.00

$290.75

21%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $72.69 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

A History of the World's Religions bridges the interval between the founding of religions and their present state, and gives students an accurate look at the religions of the world by including descriptive and interpretive details from original source materials. Refined by over forty years of dialogue and correspondence with religious experts and practitioners around the world, A History of the World's Religions is widely regarded as the hallmark of scholarship, fairness, and accuracy in its field. It is also the most thorough yet manageable history of world religion available in a single volume. A History of the World's Religions examines the following topics:

  • Some Primal and Bygone Religions
  • The Religions of South Asia
  • The Religions of East Asia
  • The Religions of the Middle East

This fourteenth edition is fully updated throughout with new images and inset text boxes to help guide students and instructors. Complete with figures, timelines and maps, this is an ideal resource for anyone wanting an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the world's religions.

Industry Reviews

Over the last few decades, the professional study of religion has fetishized difference and denied sameness. It has also chosen to focus on the local and to ignore the global. As a field, we have allergically avoided the "big picture." But not here. Noss and Grangaard have given us a marvelous text on precisely this big picture and this more generous view of human history. Jeffrey J. Kripal holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University, USA, and is author of Comparing Religions: Coming to Terms, with Ata Anzali, Andrea R. Jain, and Erin Prophet.

Having utilized many editions of A History of World Religions in undergraduate Religious Studies classes, I eagerly await each new edition. The updates, glossaries and encyclopedic information are invaluable. I won't assign any other textbook but this one! Amy Fisher, Interfaith Center, Suffolk University, USA.

A History of the World's Religions is particularly valuable in that it traces the historical evolution of the world's religions. It also answers three crucial existential questions: What do adherents of each religious tradition think? What do they feel? And how do they act? I have yet to find a better resource to introduce the major world religions. Dr. Mark Etling, School for Professional Studies, Saint Louis University, USA.

More in History Higher Education Textbooks

The Journals of Captain Cook : Penguin Classics - James Cook
Night : Penguin Modern Classics - Elie Wiesel

RRP $22.99

$17.75

23%
OFF
A Concise History of Australia : 5th Edition - Stuart  Macintyre

RRP $41.95

$36.50

13%
OFF
The Complete Maus : A Survivor's Tale : 1st Edition - Art Spiegelman
The Epic of Gilgamesh : Penguin Classics - Andrew George

RRP $22.99

$17.75

23%
OFF
Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1500 : 4th Edition - Peter Hoppenbrouwers
Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari

RRP $27.99

$19.95

29%
OFF
SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome - Mary Beard

RRP $27.99

$22.95

18%
OFF
Archaeology of Ancient Australia - Peter Hiscock

RRP $83.99

$73.75

12%
OFF
The Campaigns of Alexander : Penguin Classics - Arrian

RRP $22.99

$17.75

23%
OFF
Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre - Jane Lydon

RRP $34.99

$25.75

26%
OFF
The Original Australians : The story of the Aboriginal People - Josephine Flood
Aboriginal Australians : 5th Edition : History Since 1788 - Richard Broome
Guns, Germs And Steel : The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence : Nungar Ser. - Doris Pilkington Garimara

RRP $22.99

$17.75

23%
OFF
The Histories : Penguin Classics - Herodotus

RRP $24.99

$18.95

24%
OFF
Sovereign Subjects : Indigenous sovereignty matters - Aileen Moreton-Robinson