Ways to the Center: An Introduction to World Religions

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Summary: Book without the center, trying to show ways to the center
Review: I used this book for my class in World Religions. One thing that is very annoying about the book is that, it does not give objective information about concepts, ideas, and philosophies. Even the information that it gives, is not comprehensive or well researched. Information about Hinduism, and some of its rituals is flawed e.g. the idea of sati has been overemphasized, and some concepts are from some outerspace (Ashwamegh yagna's ending has been misconceptualized). There is a bias in the quantity of information given about diffrent religions. Judeo-Christian traditions have been overemphasized, and information hasn't been presented rationally. The book fails revolve around core structure. For eg. it talks to lengths about history, and puts little emphasis on concepts.

There are way better books in the market than this book. I just gave two stars as some concepts are clearly diffrentiated and concisely explained as compared to other books. But, as I said before, it fails to do its job in those areas.

-- Pankaj Patel. BSCS, CCNP, MCDBA.