The World's Living Religions

An authoritative study of comparative religion, Oriental and Occidental, by one of the foremost scholars in the field. It differs from other similar works on the subject in that, in addition to a detailed study of the five major religions--Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the book also offers significant insights into the lesser known religions, such as Jainism, Vedantism and Yoga, Taoism, Confucianism and Shintoism. It even has a chapters on primitive religions and Humanism! A perfect textbook for the comparative religion classes as well as an excellent resource for the general reader.

Late Archie J. Bahm was a professor of Philosophy and Comparative Religion at the University of New Mexico. He had a distinguished career as a teacher and an author with more than twenty books to his credit. Other books of his published by Jain Publishing Company are Philosophy of the Buddha, The Heart of Confucius, Tao Teh King and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.