It was founded in Kolkata (Calcutta) in 1828 by Ram Mohan Roy, a Brahmin of brilliant mind, whose religious heritage contained strong Vaishnavite and Shaivite influences, from which he was partially weaned away by an education that ...
First edition published by Macmillan 1949 Thirteenth edition published by Pearson Education 2012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Noss, David S., author. | Grangaard, Blake R., 1953- author.
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Special color inserts to highlight key quotations. Comprehensive index and current list of further readings. FROM THE PREFACE: "My elder brother, John B. Noss, spent ten years preparing the first edition of this book (published in 1949).
Refined by over forty years of dialogue and correspondence with religious experts and practitioners around the world, this text is widely regarded as the hallmark of fairness and accuracy in its field.
For courses in History of World Religions or Introduction to World Religions. A History of the World's Religions bridges the interval between the founding of religions and their present state,...
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 the ...