This is the first of two volumes written for 14-16 year olds who are studying the six great religions of the world. The first book covers Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the second Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. There are three sections in each volume, and each section looks at the history, belefs, festivals, forms of worship and sacred texts of the six religions.

 

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by Cambridge University Press .

Michael Keene is a former secondary school religious studies and sociology teacher and head of department. Now a full-time writer he has written extensively on religious education for all ages.