Religion

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Take a trip around the world through faith with the following book recommendations from AbeBooks bookseller For Book Lovers

It is a basic human quality to believe. The world's belief systems are as diverse as its people. Come explore humanity through its attempts to discover its origins. Experience a feeling of comminality through our shared impressions of our purpose on this planet. Share in the ideal that a safe and stable future comes from a greater understanding of our neighbors, and ourselves.

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The World's Religions

Huston Smith

This is good book for a person hoping to sort out the differences between the faiths in a simple and semi-quick manner. This book describes each major faith not only in structure, but in spirit, according to the experiences of the people of the time, rather than from a class setting. Each section highlights what the faiths are noted for, and why. Throughout the book, the author ties beliefs together, uniting the faiths, rather than separating them. In the reader sees the faiths as one, and many at the same time.

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The Ramayana

Valmiki

This is THE story of Visnu's voyage to earth through the humble vessel of prince Ayodhya. This is the story of his quest to rid the earth of the demon Ravana, and the drama he endures, and advocates in the name of good's triumph over evil. It is the story of love and selflessness played out through the rescue of his wife by himself, and his devoted brother from the demon Ravana. In doing this, his acts are a vindication that he has finally proven himself worthy of the throne of Ayodhya, and brings compassion to the planet once more for all to admire and value.

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Christinanity - A Global History

David Chidester

A massive piece of historical documentation, this book is truly enlightening. Christianity is seen not as an abstract doctrine, but a truly living faith that sparked, as well as reacted to the development of societies. It is thourough and no incident is left out. Each sect, schism, and creation of a form of the faith is included, along with its consequences. It leaves a person with a kind of inspiration, devoid of dogma, but, rather of a kind of hope that some day we will get it right.

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Editor's Pick

The Shack

William P. Young

Mackenzie Allen Philips’ youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever.

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