Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion

by James C. Livingston

Book Overview

For one-semester, undergraduate courses in Introduction to Religion and Comparative Religion, and more advanced courses dealing with issues in the theoretical study of religion. This comprehensive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131835645
• ISBN13: 9780131835641
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Deep and Challenging

My daughter bought this and then re-sold it very quickly so I had only 24 hours to review it, but I was impressed. I have long been a student of this field (a philosophy major 47 years ago) so I love different views and new information, and this books delivers. I think I see a bit of a "prejudice" in that the author may give a bit more validity to religion than I do (I think all religions are products of undisciplined and unrestrained imaginations), but he does a better job than I might at staying fairly neutral. This is not a quick read. But if you want a great jumping off point for further study this would be as good as you might find. The references alone are worth the price of the book.

Great buy!

I think this was a great buy. The item came fast and in pretty good conditions. It had somescratched in the cover but everything else was pretty good.

Good but a little biased.

This book has a lot of good information. It is a good INTRODUCTION to religion, but it doesn't get too into any of the topics which is good if you just want a broad over view of the main religious issues in society. If you want some detailed information on a particular religion then this book would only be a starting point, after reading it I would suggest it to anyone who just wants to know a little bit more about religion.

Great Purchase

This book is a great buy for anyone curious about learning more about religion. I know it's a textbook, but I bought it to satisfy curiosity. I recommend it.

Good book

This book is good if you want to know about defining religion. Great for religion students on any level