God is Not One
the Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
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the Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
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This is a great introductory title to the top 8 religions of the world. It sheds some light on how they function, who they worship (or not), their great books and people who exemplify on the path. This book has a lot of meat, but it still left me wanting to know more about the rituals that each religion perform. I also wished that Prothero encapsulated all the religions in a bullet point format as he did with Buddhism and Christianity in his Intro. I highly recommend everyone read this to try and grok what others believe.
This was not the longest book i've ever read, but WOW did it feel like it. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at these 8 religions through the lens of “what is the problem this religion strives to fix, and how does that differ from the other 7 religions in the book?”, I feel that i previously thought it was all one way to God, but getting to God isn't even the goal of every religion - how naive of me to assume that! I wish i could read the hinduism section like 20 more times, because it was the hardest to understand.
