WORTH CONSUMING!
The interesting thing about this
book is that it is more like a book on anthropology and mythology than it is a
book on the history of religion. That doesn’t mean I hated this book. In fact
it was quite good. I enjoy mythology and so it was sort of a pleasant surprise
to have those elements in this book.
Being touted as an Introduction into
how religions formed from Caveman to the beginnings of Christianity and Islam-
this book was a no-brainer to choose as my intro into the 200 levels of the
Dewey Decimal System. And despite some earlier fears- this book is not very
controversial. (A little misguided maybe- as Islam is considered a Peaceful
religion and yet the effects of Islamic Extremism in today’s society isn’t at
least mentioned and the Norse gods aren’t even mentioned and the history of Zoroastrianism
is given a total of 10 words- I kid you not!)
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