SACRED QUEST, THE

This book provides a thematic and comparative approach to the study of religion. The focus of individual chapters gives equal weight to both theoretical issues and to practices as they are reflected in the major religions of the world. These chapter topics include a definition of religion; the nature, appearance, and language of the sacred; ritual; sacred communities; the problem of evil; religion and morality; and the quest for salvation. For anyone interested in a formal study of religion.