A Brief Guide to Beliefs: Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries, and Movements

This wide-ranging and highly readable introduction focuses on the contemporary fascination with the big questions about God and the supernatural, setting out clearly and fairly what people believe and their reasons for believing it. All the major faiths are covered, along with new and alternative movements, neo-pagan and New Age thought, and spiritualities of human potential and self-enhancement. Offering a wealth of information on key concepts, movements, and thinkers, A Brief Guide to Beliefs will be especially helpful to students of religion or related subjects, and to all who want to know more about the most popular and influencial beliefs in the world today.

Author: Linda Edwards
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 08/01/2001
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.09w x 1.49d
ISBN: 9780664222598

About the Author
Edwards, Linda: - Linda Edwards is a former Lecturer of Religious Education at King's College in London. She is currently Minister at Narberth Baptist Fellowship in South Wales.