Timeline History of Faiths and Religions of the World Price: £30.00 Published: 2007 ISBN: 1 903025 39 7 Extent: 160 Size: 347mm x 247mm Overview: Religion lies at the heart of all civilisations. Even today, beneath the surface of the West’s comparatively secular lifestyles lies a bedrock of ethical values, attitudes to life and death, the concept of work and the value of effort, the role of women and children that are all moulded and formed by our religious past. This book provides a graphic panorama of the religions of the world, from earliest times to the present. It begins with The World’s Religions Compared, a spectacular six-page gatefold chart, enabling the reader to compare aspects of some hundred religions, their churches and offshoots, their origins, geography, history, beliefs, methods of worship and much more. Accompanying this chart is The Geography of Belief, two large, full-colour world maps showing the origins, spread and histories of the religions, as well as the distribution of belief systems throughout the globe today. Following this is a section Comparing the World’s Religions in terms of art, conflict and war, the priesthoods, etc., plus features on the founders of the great religions, heresies and doctrinal disputes, and great religious personalities. Then, after an inter-faith Glossary, comes The Timeline of the World’s Religions, an illustrated diagram running seamlessly over twenty-five pages chronicling the story of the world’s religions, set in the context of secular history, and showing the development of beliefs, the great thinkers and scholars, and the major events in the history of each faith. The belief systems are then examined in detail, with illustrated sections that provide a concise guide to each. In addition to the major faiths of the modern world, chapters cover the religions of the ancient world as well as alternative religions, sects, cults and belief systems. There is also an invaluable Guide to Further Reading. You may also be interested in the following titles: Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture Timechart History of Jewish Civilization Timechart History of India Timechart History of Mormonism