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Title: The Complete's Idiot's Guide to the World's Religions by Brandon Toropov, Luke Father Buckles ISBN: 0-02-861730-4 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for what it is, but you need to dig a lot deeper
Comment: If you're looking for a light overview of the major religions this book will be very helpful.
But still, despite its obvious positive qualities, I also have problems with what is left out that should have been mentioned.
For example, I could find no where within the book a mention of "Sabbath" or a specific day of worship. I found this odd because it is one of the first things that comes to mind when you meet someone from another faith. What day, if any, is THE day of worship? For Jews and Christian Seventh Day Adventists, for example, it's sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. Seems like this should have been mentioned. Given that it's one of the Ten Commandments it should have been at least mentioned under both Judaism and Christianity. (And any author wanting to tell the truth would acknowledge the fact that the Pope actually did change the official Sabbath day from Saturday to Sunday many many centuries ago.)
LIke every "Idiot's Guide" this one doesn't take sides. Or rather, what it approaches it always sounds good. In fact, it bends over backwards to be open to all religions.
I've looked at the guides of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and found all to be wanting because they fail to be critical in any way. Everything is always kept "positive." And that's what you get here as well. But still, of all the guides to be non-opinionated, I would say this would be the best choice to follow that path,
With that said, I would urge anyone who really wants to understand the various religions to dig deeper. This is a good place to start, to get your feet wet, but if you stop researching you'll find yourself ill prepared to have a mature debate about religion, the Middle East or the various cultural problems we deal with today.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great review for Dantes...
Comment: I just took the Dantes exam today and I am sure I passed with the help of this book. This book was easy to read (it flowed very well) and I found that the majority of the information on the exam was printed within the pages of this book. If you are using this book as a study guide for the exam, I would recommend that you pay particular attention to the Eastern Religions (their history & sacred texts). Again, I would highly recommend this and other Idiot's Guide books for taking exams. Previous Idiots Guide's I have used for other exams are the American History and American Literature Guides for their retrospective exams. A very big help. If you study this and don't pass the exam, either you didn't study effectively or there is no hope for you.
Rating: 5
Summary: Just a taste of each...
Comment: Great book typical of the "Idiot's guide to..." series. Gives me just a taste of each religion listed. Great book for those who want to know just the "nitty-gritty" and do not need to know the deeper issues of the religions. Very useful for a quick study.
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts by Steven D. Strauss ISBN: 0028643666 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 17 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Catholicism (Complete Idiot's Guide To...) by Robert T. O'Gorman, Mary Faulkner, Bob, Ph.D. O'Gorman ISBN: 1592570852 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible (2nd Edition) by James S. Bell, Stan Campbell, James S., Jr. Bell, Jody P. Schaeffer ISBN: 0028643828 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 31 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Mythology by Kevin Osborn, Dana Burgess, Michael B. Poliakoff ISBN: 0028623851 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 23 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything by BILL BRYSON ISBN: 0767908171 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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