Anthology of World Scriptures: Western Religions

Anthology of World Scriptures: Western Religions by Van Voorst, Robert E.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780495170594.

Van Voorsts ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES: WESTERN RELIGIONS includes readings on Judaism under Christian persecution, Gnosticism, jihad, and the differences between Sunni and Shiite Islam. Included in this concise, affordable reader is coverage of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and four new religious movements: Bahai, the Church of JesusChrist of Latter-Day Saints, Christian Science, and the Unification Church. Van Voorsts characteristic clarity and make this an easy-to-understand and dependable guide to the history, doctrines, ethical systems, structures and rituals of these major Western religions.