The Eliade Guide to World Religions

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This groundbreaking and definite book includes description of the: world’s major religions, religious personalities, histories, sacred texts, mythologies, and mystical techniques is a one-volume distillation of Eliade’s three-volume History of Religions Ideas and draws on the sixteen-volume Macmillan Encylopedia of Religion, which Eliade edited. Divided into two parts, part one presents thorough summaries of thirty-three religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Shinto, Shamanism, Taoism, South American religions, Baltic and Slavic religions, Confucianism, and the religions of Africa and Oceania. Part two offers both an index and brief descriptions of key religious figures, sacred books and spiritual themes.

Sweeping, yet rich in detail, this epic guide renders Eliade’s lifework of detailing and comparing humanity’s entire religious heritage accessible and contemporary. Despite his insistence on the historical character of the study of religion, Eliade treated religion systematically. As completed by his successor, Ioan Couliano, this single volume not only provides essential information about all the major religious traditions, it also offers insights into the character and world view of each through analysis and comparison.