National Geographic Concise History of World Religions: An Illustrated Time Line, Deluxe Edition

Quarto, hardcover, fine in brown padded boards with bright gilt lettering. All pages edged in gilt. Clean, unmarked, as new. 352 pp. including index. Gold silk ribbon marker. "Religion lies at the heart of the human experience. The great faiths-- Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism-- together may account for up to six billion of the world's nearly seven billion people. For all the differences between their beliefs-- or between them and followers of Japanese Shinto or animistic faiths in Africa-- these adherents seek the same fulfillment from their religious experience: a feeling of connection with the universe, an understanding of their purpose, a moral code, a sense of fellowship, and a sense of the supernatural. Such human yearning has inspired many different forms of faith, from the myths of the ancient Egyptians to the storefront churches of San Francisco in the 1960s.