Religions of the World

The informed citizen or student needs a good overall knowledge of our small but complicated world. Fifty years ago you might have neglected religions. Now, however, we are shrewder and can see that religions and ideologies not only form civilizations but directly influence international events. These brief books provide succinct, balanced, and informative guides to the major faiths and one volume also introduces the changing religious scene as we enter the new millennium. Today we …

…Harris, prophet of the Harrist Independent Church movement in western Africa. 1939-45 World War II. 1940s Foundation of Taizé prayer movement in France. 1953 Foundation of Jamaa, schismatic Catholic movement in Zaire. 1954 Foundation of Unification Church of Reverend Sun Myung Moon. 1962-5 Meeting of Vatican II. 1970s Rise of Liberation Theology in Latin America; beginning of the conservative Evangelical Alliance in America. 1989 Reemergence of Orthodox Church in Russia after collapse of Soviet Union.