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The Pocket Professor Religion : Everything You Need to Know About Religion (The Pocket Professor)
The Pocket Professor Religion Everything You Need to Know About Religion - The Pocket Professor Author:Denis Boyles, Gregg Stebben Comprehensive, informative, and fun, Pocket Professors are crammed with the facts and tidbits your brain promptly forgot after college. Designed to provide a crash course on your favorite subject without the burden of stuffy research or long-winded discourses, you'll dip and flip your way through each volume to gain an encyclopedic wealth of kno... more »wledge and dinner party edge -- sans the outrageous tuition!When it comes to religion, a single mistake could haunt you for eternity. That's why The Pocket Professor: Religion answers the most puzzling questions about religion and shines an intriguing light on nearly every aspect of worship. From five classical arguments for the existence of God to balancing yin with yang, this remarkable compendium fires its canons, separates teleology from theology, and delineates the denominations. It's an all-inclusive guide to the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of the world's most popular religions. Inside you'll find:
A consumer's guide to heavens and hells
The bottom line on Buddhism
The names of God
The three branches of Judaism
The five pillars of Islam
A genealogy of Christian denominations
A shopping list of heresies
The elements of a cult
A catalog of priests, preachers, shamans, and other holy men
And much more!
Complete with a handy history of the Bible and a guide to religious rituals, The Pocket Professor: Religion is an indispensable resource for armchair theologians who want a multicultural view of the world's most disputed and inspiring topic.« less