Religious Autobiographies
- ISBN-10
- 0534526411
- ISBN-13
- 9780534526412
- Category
- Autobiography
- Pages
- 390
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Company
- Author
- Gary Comstock
Description
This unique anthology, now with contributing editor C. Wayne Mayhall, includes spiritual autobiographies of both men and women from a variety of religious traditions within a multicultural context. It presents religion as a "lived experience" and helps students think empathetically about religious experiences in a wide variety of cultural and religious settings.
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