{"product_id":"understanding-world-religions-an-interdisciplinary-approach","title":"Understanding World Religions: An Interdisciplinary Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eGlobalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions  but usually  valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand  religious stereotypes abound  hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand  the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the worlds many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history  philosophy  culture  beliefs  and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion  and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexhams decision to explore African religions  which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism  Buddhism  Judaism  Christianity  and Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945970987061,"sku":"ByrdShop_031059846X","price":33.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780310598466.jpg?v=1769916900","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/understanding-world-religions-an-interdisciplinary-approach","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}