Living Religions (7th edition) by Mary Pat Fisher

Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Living Religions, 7/e presents a highly readable and stimulating survey of the modern religious world. Exploring the historical development and teachings of traditional faiths, indigenous religions, and new religious movements, this book considers how each of these traditions has evolved into contemporary beliefs and practices. This book explores in detail the changing nature of each religion, the spread of religious pluralism, the rise in violence in the name of religion, and the movement toward interfaith dialogue. Author Mary Pat Fisher offers fresh and challenging insight into how believers of today's faiths perceive their religion and its role in the changing world in which they live.

Customer Reviews

Best I've Seen

Review Date: February 17, 2000

Reviewer: Patricia Y. Mumme, OSU Mansfield, OH

I teach world religions and have used many different textbooks. This book has always been among the best, and the fourth edition is definitely the best--has made a lot of substantial improvements over earlier editions. Fisher is sympathetic, engaging, accessible and yet scholarly, up-to-date, thorough, and accurate. Many great pictures and side box interviews really help students understand the material, and so does the website with on-line tests and web links associated with the book chapters. If you saw an earlier edition and weren't terribly impressed, you need to take a new look at the 4th edition! Finally, a world religion survey to please both students and professors! Hard to improve on.

Living Religions Review

Review Date: February 25, 2006

Reviewer: Beverly Wilson,

I found the book to be very informative. I also enjoyed having the CD to review the the chapters. That was a plus for me.

This book is an AWESOME resource!

Review Date: March 3, 2006

Reviewer: Alisha Miller, Anaheim, CA, USA

I have never read a religious studies book so focued and well researched. Mary Pat Fisher truly shows she knows what she it writing about. This book not only provides thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter, but it is also full of wonderful illustrations! A picture really is worth a thousand words. I couldn't be happier with it.

Excellent Primer on the World's Religions

Review Date: June 25, 2007

Reviewer: Rodney Wilson, Massachusetts USA

An excellent introduction to the world's primary religious and wisdom traditions: their origins, major tenets, peculiarities and similarities across the spectrum, and contemporary manifestations. Along with the companion book, An Anthology of Living Religions, this text offers a solid study in the world's religions.

Great Book!!

Review Date: March 20, 2008

Reviewer: H. Franzone, Texas

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was easy to understand and well organized. I was able to learn a lot about Eastern Religions with this book that I got an 'A' in my Religions class. Yay!