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by: Huston Smith See Larger Image List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $16.47 You Save: $8.48 (34%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $3.73 Collectible Price: $24.95 Third Party New Price: $10.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 291 EAN: 9780060674403 ISBN: 0060674407 Label: HarperOne Manufacturer: HarperOne Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: September 22, 1995 Publisher: HarperOne Release Date: August 18, 1995 Sales Rank: 11148 Studio: HarperOne Related Items: The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored & Explained Night (Oprah's Book Club) Siddhartha see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Retaining all the beloved qualities of Huston Smith's classic The Religions of Man and the current fully revised and updated The World's Religions, this stunning pictorial presentation refines the text to its wonderful essentials. In detailed, absorbing, richly illustrated, and highly readable chapters on Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity and primal religions, we find refreshing and fascinating presentations of both the differences and the similarities among the worldwide religious traditions. The approach is at once classic and contemporary, retaining all the empathy, eloquence and erudition that millions of readers love about the earlier editions, while being edited and designed for a contemporary general readership. This delightful marriage of winsome text and remarkable pictures vividly brings to life the scope and vision of Huston Smith's expertise and insight. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Original edition text cut in half This is a nice book, worth a read. My only misgiving is that when I ordered it I expected the 1989 complete edition along with illustrations. Half of the text was cut, however, to make space for the illustrations it explains. I feel they should explain that up front in the ad. Steve Dallas Tx Rating: - The Illus. World's Religions Guide to Our Wisdom Tradition Huston Smith is the benchmark authority in the field of comparative religions. This illustrated edition of his classic work appropriately adds understanding and appreciation for the world's religions. Rating: - Reasonable I used this book for an independent study course on world religions. It was fairly user friendly and got me through ok, considering I only received a small amount of instructor time. Not something I would have selected on my own, but since I have it, I will keep it. Actually, if you were reading it for yourself and not fretting over an exam, it would be fairly interesting. Rating: - random illustrations While this book has many many illustrations they are not tied in to the text in any meaningful way. It's as if they are just there for the sake of being there... Rating: - A Beautiful Book! This is an excellent overview of the world's major religions, well researched and clearly written so that even a novice can understand. Lush photographs, color and black & white, appear on almost every page, illustrating interesting and unique specifics of each religion - i.e., gods, body decorations, services, icons, etc. Very satisfied with this purchase! see more Browse for similar items by category: Religious Studies - Humanities - New & Used Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Comparative Religion Religious Studies - Humanities - New & Used Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS New & Used Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS Qualifying Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS ( S ) - Authors, A-Z - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - Smith, Huston