Religions of the World: A Latter-Day Saint View

by Spencer J. Palmer and Roger R. Keller

Book Overview

This book presents a wealth of vital information for people seeking greater understanding of the peoples of the world and the beliefs that motivate them. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842523502
• ISBN13: 9780842523509
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating and open-minded look at other faiths.

Now it's probably unfair of me to rate and review this book, being that I do exactly read a lot of books about world religion. But I was taking the institue class and loved it. And while there are probably many a world religion book that goes into much great detail (how about deeply researching each faith separately?) this is an excellent introduction that goes over the basics of each major world faith. And always in a positive light. I liked the religions so much that I wasn't terribly fascinated by the LDS perspectives, but I suppose they were fairly nice to have around as they solidified the research. I had the most recent update of the book and I adored it. Even if you aren't LDS, this is a great research.

Clear and straight forward

Clear summary of the world religions which despite being written by an LDS author is not biased.

well written and very interesting

This books aim is not to prove the other religions wrong, but rather to inform you of their beliefs, and from what I can tell, the author made his best effort to insure that the information was accurate. All in all a very interesting read!