World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained

Explore the history of the world's great religions - and their most important teachings - through sacred texts, artifacts, paintings, and architecture.

Discover the origins of different styles of worship and the key religious tenets, and examine the similarities and differences of ancient and living faiths.

Written with clarity and sensitivity, this enthralling illustrated guide offers detailed insight into the major belief systems, from Islam and Christianity to Zoroastrianism and the ancient mythologies of the Classical world.