01559nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000130007608200170008910000220010624500530012826000460018130000170022749000450024450000180028952010040030754600080131165000130131965000210133220260722155848.0260722m20172016|||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780300228816  cPK-LaUMT  a200.9bHOL-L1 aHolloway, Richard12aA little history of religion /cRichard Holloway  aNew Haven :bYale University Press,c2017  aviii, 244 p.  aLittle histories (Yale University Press)  aIndex present  aIn an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion from the dawn of religious belief to the twenty-first century with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those with faith and those without, and especially for young readers, he encourages curiosity and tolerance, accentuates nuance and mystery, and calmly restores a sense of the value of faith. Ranging far beyond the major world religions of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism, Holloway also examines where religious belief comes from, the search for meaning throughout history, today fascinations with Scientology and creationism, religiously motivated violence, hostilities between religious people and secularists, and more. Holloway proves an empathic yet discerning guide to the enduring significance of faith and its power from ancient times to our own.--Front book jacket flap  aEng  aReligion  aReligion-History