World Faiths

World Faiths is a balanced, historical presentation of world religions and what they mean to their believers. The author provides extensive coverage of religion in everyday life, and fully explores the cultural context in which beliefs and rituals developed. The book explores gender roles and religion, and includes separate chapters on African religions and American Indian religions, and new chapters on the Bahai faith and religion in global perspective. This revised edition also includes increased coverage of current trends and the geographic distribution of believers in contemporary world religions.