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| Title | : | The Joy of Sects |
| Author | : | Peter Occhiogrosso |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 656 pages |
| Published | : | September 4th 1997 by Image (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Religion |
Peter Occhiogrosso
Paperback | Pages: 656 pages Rating: 3.83 | 65 Users | 5 Reviews
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Religion is one of the oldest human activities and even in the present day pervades almost every aspect of life, but with so many seemingly incomprehensible beliefs, laws, rituals, and terminologies, you can't tell the players without a program. The Joy of Sects overcomes this confusion by presenting a rich trove of information in a concise, browsable format. It is a guidebook to the world's religious traditions not only for the devout follower but also for the interested outsider, for the curious unbeliever, and for anyone who ever wondered about the difference between karma and dharma, yin and yang, Talmud and Torah, the astral plane and the akashic record, Pharisees and Sadducees, Sunnis and Shiites.Here you will find detailed narrative histories of the six great religious traditions of East and West -- Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam -- along with information about related traditions, including Sikhism, Confucianism, Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, and the various elements that compose the New Age. Each chapter contains brief sections on the scriptures, places of worship, and terminologies, as well as the numerous denominations, orders, and schools that make up the great millefleur tapestry of world religion.
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| Original Title: | The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions |
| ISBN: | 0385425651 (ISBN13: 9780385425650) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 65 Users | 5 ReviewsJudgment About Books The Joy of Sects
Disorganized and poorly laid out, this book reaches towards entertaining and informative but misses.Think this book motivated me to study religion in college. Fast read with good overviews of world religions and their many sects ;o) Love the name, too!
Another must-have in the Interfaith library. And a great book for those who want to understand the world's religions in a deeper, yet playful way.
JOS is an enjoyable, entertaining and very user-friendly survey of the world's religions. It is rather biased towards making a point, that there's a "perennial philosophy" (very loosely, a spiritual, rather than religious element), that all these faiths have in common, and in the pursuit of this point, Occhiogrosso compares the mystical aspects of each faith with its more prosaic common elements. The book starts in the East with Hinduism and works its way west through Taoism, Buddhism, Judaism,
Very thorough, very funny, very useful.
JOS is an enjoyable, entertaining and very user-friendly survey of the world's religions. It is rather biased towards making a point, that there's a "perennial philosophy" (very loosely, a spiritual, rather than religious element), that all these faiths have in common, and in the pursuit of this point, Occhiogrosso compares the mystical aspects of each faith with its more prosaic common elements. The book starts in the East with Hinduism and works its way west through Taoism, Buddhism, Judaism,
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