From the publishing house: the book combines 10 independent monographs containing the richest material devoted to various religions, both distant and completely different, and close and related to each other in terms of time of existence, distribution area and cult forms. This is a detailed guide to religious traditions, from the rites of the African Zulu and Yoruba tribes to Christianity and Buddhism. The book can serve as a textbook for researchers, teachers, students and schoolchildren engaged in the study of the religions of the world, and is also recommended to a wide range of readers. from : very interesting work! I will immediately say, that this is not an opus of pseudo-academics who visited the public library several times and wrote a cursory review for eighth graders, This is a collection of monographs (scientific works with an in-depth study of one or closely related topics). Based on the experience of different authors , In the field of work , years, This information was obtained in the cultural environments described by them (or from the carriers-heirs of these environments, of course) .. This article is about : .... : [ - Religions of Africa (detail - Zulu, Yoruba) - Religions of Mesoamerica (detail Aztecs, Maya) - Religions of indigenous peoples of North America (detail - Shoshone Wind River, Zuni) - Christianity - Judaism ps: reading such materials, you understand that not a single religion is fed by a person (in our case, Christianity) and all holivars between the carriers of different religions, nothing more than a war between dull ends and sharp points, as the respected Jonathan Swift once noted ................... Friends, let's be tolerant of each other! Publications on the topic: -------------------------------- History of religion Peoples and religions of the world: Encyclopedia (Directmedia) Religions of the world Language and religion . [DT ] Lectures on Philology and History of Religions Jung K-G. On the psychology of Eastern religions and philosophies Zubov A. B. History of Religions . Course of lectures (mp3) History of religions of the East History of religions . Book One: Prehistoric and Non-Historical Religions . Course of lectures . A. B. Religion in America in the 80s: Notes of an Americanist . Religions of the world Celts-Pagans. Life, Religion, and Culture .