30-Second Religion

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30-Second Religion

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Hardcover - USA - 1st Edition.

Author Russell Re Manning
Published 2011-??-??
Type Non-fiction
Genre Educational
Themes Religion
Age Group Teen

30-Second Religion: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Religious Beliefs, Each Explained in Half a Minute is a book about religions edited by Russell Re Manning and published in 2011.

The book gives a brief description of 50 different religious sects. I'd recommend it to someone who has never taken a world religion's class or read much about religions before.

Personal

Own?Hardcover, USA, 1st edition.
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I bought this book on clearance because I wanted to better expand my understanding of world religions.

Review

Overall:

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Good

  • The book describes a lot of religions that most Westerners rarely encounter, like Sufism and Zoroastrianism.
  • There are a few asides which talk about holy books and important religious figures.

Bad

  • The illustrations are pretty bland, mostly jazzed-up clip art.

Ugly

  • The descriptions are so short, it doesn't go into any of the details of any one religion.

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