"If you need a text for an introductory course in the world religions,
your search will be over after you examine Professor Burke's The
Major Religions.
What recommends it? Its fresh, lucid and unpretentious style,
its direct approach to the essentials of each major tradition, its
clear awareness of the abilities and resources of the undergraduate
mind. The text is an ideal combination of analysis, illustration,
classical texts (with commentary), discussion questions, suggestions
for tests and additional reading.
Professor Burke and his editors have produced what comes close
to the ideal college textbook. Its exciting arrangement will have
students eager to turn to their religion assignment."
James E. Biechler, Emeritus Professor of Religions,
La Salle University, Philadelphia
"This book is the best, brief description available currently
of the origins, tenets and ways of worship of the world's great
religions aimed at beginning students. T. Patrick Burke writes in
a clear and easily understandable style that will help the reader
go back to it regularly to grasp the essentials of faith and its
role in the society."
Murray Friedman, Director, The Myer and Rosaline
Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University
"Professor Burke's approach is one which I think would
be appealing in those contexts (particularly one semester courses)
for which it is designed. The inclusion of sources in the book,
if designed for one-semester use, is an excellent idea, and furthermore,
I think that Professor Burke's selection of sources is remarkably
apt. Pedagogically, I think that the book is well done: it will
be accessible and interesting to students, and it has plenty of
examples."
Professor Dewey D. Wallace Jr., George Washington
University
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