Scriptures of the World's Religions
by James Fieser and John Powers
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This anthology of scriptures in English translation from the world's living religions offers approximately 80 selections that vary in length from a few paragraphs to 15 pages. Sections and subsections contain brief editor's introductions which discuss the nature and scope of scripture within each religion, and the history of the scripture presented.
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Scriptures of the World's Religions
December 19, 2007, McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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"Contemporary Hindus commonly refer to their tradition as the "universal truth" (sanatana-dharma), implying that it is a meta-tradition which is able to embrace the truths of all other systems of thought while transcending them through its expansive ability to embrace truth in multiple manifestations."
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| July 30, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | associate edition with work OL19030652W |
| April 29, 2011 | Edited by OCLC Bot | Added OCLC numbers. |
| August 12, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
| April 30, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record. |