Summary
Maps the current nature, extent, and influence of each of the major religions and shows, country by country, how religions are spread through broadcasting, missionary work, schooling, and banking; how they relate to government, laws, and world hunger; and the role they play in wars. It traces the em... Full description
- Pt. 1. Beginnings : Popular religions, Arrivals, Roots and branches
- pt. 2. Beliefs, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism, Traditional beliefs, Catholicism, New religious movements, New departures, Non-believers
- pt. 3. Structures, State attitudes to religion, Christian finance, Religious education, Christian missionaries, The word, Christian broadcasting, Aid and development, Islamic law
- pt. 4. Conflicts and tensions, Faultlines, Emerging from persecution
- pt. 5. Contemporary challenges, Shared world, Equal rites, Environmental protection, Ethical investment, The future
- pt. 6. The heartlands, Origins, Holy natural, Fundamentals of the faiths
- pt. 7. Social context.