This engaging series is the first to offer young adults a concise, completely current, and very readable survey of the world's great religions. Each volume describes where a particular religion is practiced, its central beliefs and rituals, its contributions to world civilizations, and an analysis of how it has spread through immigration and conversion.Young readers will see how Confucianism, while lacking the universal adaptability of other great faiths, nonetheless acquired the aspects of a religion and played a profoundly important role in the development of China.
- ISBN10 0816024456
- ISBN13 9780816024452
- Publish Date 1 July 1992
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 November 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Facts On File Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English