The World’s Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions

Abstract

The World's Religions, originally titled The Religions of Man, is a book written by religious studies scholar Huston Smith. The book was first published in 1958 and has been translated into twelve languages; it is "one of the most widely used college textbooks on comparative religion. The book has ten chapters, the first being an introduction with the subsequent chapters covering Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity and 'primal' religions (including Australian Aboriginal beliefs ). The final chapter discusses the relations between different religions.