from Janientrelac

All is not sweetness and light on the religious front, this does not surprise me. I was impressed and intetrested by his coverage of the one I had never heard of, Yoruba. I was dismayed by his use of statistics, page 85, parapharsed, "in 1800 23% of the world was Christian, between 1815 and 1915 ...

from nabeelar

This was the final book we read for the Ill Fated Muslim Book Club. Stephen Prothero's argument is that the eight biggest relgions in the world (and he even makes some space for atheists!) are all standing on different 'spiritual mountaintops' and as such are approaching God from completely diffe...

from LyndaInOregon

Prothero's title hypothesis that “God Is Not One” sets forth the notion that it is futile to try to resolve religious differences by insisting that, underneath the trappings, all are the same, and that coexistence among different faiths depends on acknowledging this. His first and last chapters s...

from thewalkinggirl

A very readable overview of the eight religious beliefs/practices with the most influence on the modern world: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Yoruba, Judaism, and Daoism. Includes common beliefs and practices, as well as the social manifestations / implications of those be...

from HenryG

This book delivered exactly what I wanted--basic religious literacy. It lays out the basic beliefs, themes and practices of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Daoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Yoruba and Buddhism with clear and engaging writing. That's a tall order, and sometimes it gets kind of dense, ...