The Illustrated World's Religions by Huston Smith

The Illustrated World's Religions

A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions

Huston Smith

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 18, 1995

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.

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Who it’s for
An illustrated, readable introduction to the differences and shared concerns of major religious traditions.
Themes
World religious traditions, Religious similarities and differences
Genres
Comparative Religion, Taoism, Hindu Theology

About this book

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.

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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.

Traditions in Conversation

An illustrated, readable introduction to the differences and shared concerns of major religious traditions.

Come here for

  • Richly illustrated chapters across eight religious traditions
  • A thoughtful look at both difference and common ground

Expect

  • Empathetic, concise writing for contemporary general readers
  • A broad view spanning Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and more

Where it sits

Comparative Religion96%
Taoism16%
Hindu Theology15%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Jewish History
  • Taoist Thought
  • Encyclopedias
  • Religion & Spirituality
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  • Buddhist History
  • Comparative Religion
  • Ecumenism
  • Hindu Theology
Authors
Huston Smith
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
August 18, 1995
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
World religious traditions · Religious similarities and differences
Reading lane
Jewish History