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| 101 Questions and Answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto | | | Author: | John Renard | | ISBN: | 0809140918 | | Format: | Handover | | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | Book Review | | | |
Readers Preference Reviews and Midwest Book Review
The answers are well thought out and well written so they are as clear as possible.
Book Description
Responses to 101 Questions on Religions of China and Japan packs a great deal of information about three major East Asian faith communities--Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto--into a series of brief, thematically arranged sections, all in the popular question and answer format. Major areas include origins and early sources. Designed as a companion volume to the author's other volumes on Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam in this series, this book is perfect for high school and college courses, adult/continuing education groups as well as inquiring minds.
About the Author
John Renard, who has a Ph.D. in Islamic studies from Harvard University, is professor of theological studies at St. Louis University. He is the author of Responses to 101 Questions books on Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, as well as editor of Ibn 'Abbad of Ronda: Letters on the Sufi Path (Paulist Press™, Classics of Western Spirituality™).
101 Questions and Answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto FROM THE PUBLISHER In this concise, user-friendly volume, John Renard introduces readers to the major historical, cultural, spiritual, and theological points of interest about Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. This book identifies and explains the religious and sacred elements of these three major traditions, which are indigenous to China and Japan, in addition to exploring their ethical and philosophical dimensions as well as their community structures and impact.
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