Religion: A Very Short Introduction
Religion: A Very Short Introduction
Tweed, Thomas A.
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9780190064679, Publication Date: Sun, November 1, 2020, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
an experience. Billions of people around the world practice a faith and act in accordance with it. Religion shapes how they enter the world and how they leave it - how they eat, dress, marry, and raise their children. It shapes their assumptions about who they are and who they want to be. Religion also identifies insiders and outsiders, who has power and who doesn't. It sanctifies injustice and combats it. It draws national borders. It affects law, economy, and government. It destroys and restores the environment. It starts wars and ends them. Whether you notice it or not, religion plays a role in how billions conduct their lives. We are called, then, to understand this important factor in human life today.

Beginning with the first signs of religion among ancient humans and concluding with a look at modern citizens and global trends, leading scholar Thomas Tweed examines this powerful and enduring force in human society. Tweed deftly documents religion as it exists around the world, addressing its role in both intensifying and alleviating contemporary political and environmental problems, from armed conflict to climate change. Religion: A Very Short Introduction offers a concise non-partisan overview of religion's long history and its complicated role in the world today.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

The Women of Jenji Kohan: ...

by Harris, Scarlett

Paperback /Paperback

$12.29

The American Story: 100 True ...

by Armstrong, Jennifer

Hardcover /Hardcover

$26.24

Wisconsin and the Civil War

by Larson, Ronald Paul

Paperback /Paperback

$16.49

The Reef: A Passionate History: ...

by McCalman, Iain

Paperback /Paperback

$14.25

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.