The Major Religions: An Introduction with Texts

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• A new edition of this popular introduction to the world’s major religions
  
• Provides a comprehensive survey of the major religious traditions together with selected primary readings
  
• Focuses on the beliefs and values that animate each religion, helping students to understand what makes them meaningful to their followers
  
• Includes new material on Sikhism and additional material on each religion’s ethics and their encounter with the modern world
  
• Features chapter-by-chapter discussion and test questions, summaries, and suggestions for further reading
  
• Improved visual design, with extensive student aids including revised maps, timeline and charts.

The book is accompanied by a website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/burke