World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts

World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts | Absolutely Outstanding

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	World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts Paragon House Publishers, 1995 - 880 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Demonstrating the commonality of the world's religions and our common humanity, this rich and varied anthology of scripture offers a highly useful collection of religious quotations, passages, and excerpts from the holy texts, representing a new, holistic approach to the world's religions.

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This is a theology students dream. It must have taken one many years of serious study and labor to compile scripture references in this way. Passages from the holy books of every major and most minor religions are represented here and grouped side by side by topic for quick comparison. On almost every subject the harmony of thought is staggering! It makes one wonder why religious leaders ever quarrel with one another. It's a great book for study and even better to browse. I started reading it in my doctor's waiting room and got hooked. I found myself actualy looking forward to going to the doctor! If you'd like to sample divine wisdom from many cultures and ages. Buy this book and you'll refer to and enjoy it for a lifetime!

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Absolutely Outstanding

I have looked for and read many similar books to this, and I must say that this is the best of the best. These editors really went all out to put together a quality product. World Scripture contains a vast variety of selections from various religious scriptures and sources, and groups them together by category, with background information before each category. I believe the best hing about the book is the tremendous variety of source subjects. Almost everything is in here, including Judaism, Chritianity, Islam, Shinto, Sikhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, African Religions, Native American Religions and more; plus some schools of thought that are bordlerine religions, such as Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, etc. If you are into learning about religions, this book is an absolute MUST. And for such a lengthy book, it sells at a very reasonable price.

I also recommend The World's Wisdom, Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life (Bible Quotes), Bounty of Allah (Qu'ran quotes and various Islamic / Sufi quotes), and Pearls of Jaina Wisdom (teachings / aphorisms from the scriptures of Jainism). ALso be sure to check out my book A Collection of Wisdom, which contains wisdom from the world's religions and many other sources.

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Incredible / Great / Wonderful

So much religious energy is spent emphasizing the differences between schools of thought instead of focusing on the foundation which is the same. This book allows one to see what he/she has in common with others whose religious tradition may be different from their own.

a treasure

Great for presentations and sermons to use all of the sacred writtings the world has to offer in a logical manner.

A good book but a little disproportional

First let me say that I highly recommended that you look this book up online before you buy it, simply google the title and you'll find several sites that host it. In general it is a very comprehensive anthology and contains passages from just about any religion that comes to mind. Also it is very well organized by theme which makes it easy to read despite its bulk. With that said let me just say that this book is a little disproportional in its selections. For example Zoroastrian and Taoist traditions represent a very large portion of the text while in reality they constitute a very small religious base. However, this I believe is understandable for those religions have had an extremely vast influence on spiritual philosophy and mysticism throughout a large portion of recorded history. However what is not understandable is that nearly every other topic has a quote from the Unification Church while recent major religions such as Bahai Faith and Mormonism receive very little attention in proportion. I don't know why the editor found it important to include so many passages from such a nugatory and cultish modern movement but the general ambiance it lends to the book is rather negative. Another issue I had is that there is virtually no mention of reincarnation and Hindu and Buddhist quotes that originally explicitly dealt with the topic have been presented in a way that makes them sound almost Judeo-Christian in nature. I personally do not believe in reincarnation but I believe this is a gross misrepresentation of a large spiritual base especially considering that, while esoteric, there are Jewish and Christian traditions that deal with reincarnation. In short while the book is a monumental achievement and an interesting read I felt that it had several strong biases and thus was far from being a universal human scripture as some reviewers have claimed.

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