100 Spiritual Leaders Who Shaped World History

by Samuel Crompton and Samuel Willard Crompton

Book Overview

Each of the 100 men and women profiled in this book have discovered for themselves and inspired others to find ways to reach God and find inner peace. Readers will be fascinated about the many different religions and beliefs from around the world and throughout history. Chronologically presented, this book begins with Abraham (c. 19th century BC) and ends with Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama (b. 1935). Both men, although centuries apart, discovered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912517441
• ISBN13: 9780912517445
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 10

Customer Reviews

Especially recommended to students of religion/spirituality

In 100 Spiritual Leaders Who Shaped History, Samuel Crompton provides an informative biographical survey of one hundred men and women who led extraordinary spiritual lives and significantly contributed to our understanding of religious beliefs. From the Biblical Abraham and the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, down to Desmond Tutu and Tenzin Gyatso (The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of the present day), these spiritual leaders are presented in chronological order, complete with fascinating personal and historical facts, more than one hundred illustrates, locator maps, a glossary, timeline, and index. From the founder of Hasidism (a mystical strain of Judaism) to the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha, 100 Spiritual Leaders Who Shaped History is a succinct, inspiring, "reader friendly" compendium and especially recommended to students of religion and spirituality.