One of a series that focuses on major religions and their relevance to contemporary life. It offers a balance of information about each religion and an exploration of how we can learn from it. The text looks at the founders and significant individuals in the religion and its key beliefs, signs and symbols. Worship is also covered, the festivals, celebrations, rites of passage, pilgrimages and sacred places. Moral issues and ultimate questions are presented and considered. The concepts explored in the "Living Religions" series are presented here in a simplified and more accessible text.

 

This book features in the following series: Living Religions, Modern World Religions, Religions Today .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Cavan Wood has been a Head of RE for 20 years. He has written books on teaching RE including The RE Teacher's Handbook (Continuum) and textbooks for Key Stages 3 and 4 as well as PSHE resources. He has also written for assembly resources and is a regular book reviewer. He is interested in films, books and politics.