The World's Religions: Old Traditions and Modern Transformations by Ninian Smart.
Description
Introduction -- Earliest religion -- South Asia -- China -- Japan -- Southeast Asia -- The Pacific -- The Americas -- The ancient Near East -- Persia and central Asia -- The Greek and Roman world -- Classical and medieval Christianity and Judaism -- Classical and medieval Islam -- Classical African religion -- The explosion of Europe and the re-forming of Christianity -- North America -- South Asia and reactions to colonial intervention -- China and Korea in modern times -- Modern Southeast Asia -- Japan in modern times -- Islam passes through the shadows -- The colonial impact in the Pacific -- Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union -- Africa in the modern world -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Some final reflections on global religion.
576 pages :illustrations (some color), maps ;24 cm