Religion

Kids Book of World Religions, The
$15.95
This book was purchased for my grand children, but I read it before giving it to them. It was full of easy to understand information and the illustrations were very helpful.

Eight Theories of Religion
$44.95
I recently purchased a used copy of Eight Theories of Religion from the seller and was pleasantly suprised when the product arrived promptly to my house before I expected it! The book look as if it had only been used only once or twice and was in very excellent condition. I appreciated the business-like attitude and character of the seller and am very pleased with the product I purchased. I highly recommend buying products from this seller to anyone.

Religion Explained
$18.00
The book promises to view religion from a new perspective: that of cognitive processes in the human brain, shaped by evolution. It would be fascinating, if it fulfilled the expectations. Unfortunately, the valuable ideas are too few for such a lengthy book. The result is an over-elaboration of obvious concepts, and endless repetitions. The author dismisses too readily the 'traditional' explanations of religion, but fails to offer suitable substitutes. For example, according to the author, religion does not provide any comfort for the angst involving the inevitability of death. Maybe there are religious beliefs in the world that do not provide any hope of an afterlife, but they have not had much success. The author has the annoying habit of presenting well-established concepts about the origin and functions of religion, only to add immediately that they do not make much sense and offer his own explanation. Having said that, if you bear with the tiresome prose and slow progression, there are detours into cognitive science and descriptions of very primitive religious beliefs that you may find interesting.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Religions, 3rd Edition
$18.95
The kindle version of this book (as of 04/03/09) is the second edition of the book published in 2002. Yet the third edition was published in 2004 and is the one being sold in paperback on amazon. I can't figure out why they used a old edition for the kindle version. Of course I didn't realize this until after I purchased the kindle version.