Special Note

An attempt has been made to both keep this bibliography short and manageable -- as well as current by including only books that remain in print. Each title is a link to the book's page on the Amazon.com^™ website; these links are not meant as endorsement of that retailer (we receive no proceeds should you purchase books through these links). Rather they are provided as a convenient way for you to learn more about them through access to descriptions and reviews of their content.

Books for Understanding World Religions

Huston Smith, The World's Religions (2nd ed.; San Francisco: Harper, 1991).

Mircea Eliade and Ioan P. Couliano, with Hillary S. Wiesner, The HarperCollins Concise Guide to World Religion: The A-to-Z Encyclopedia of All the Major Religious Traditions (San Francisco: Harper, 2000).

Anthologies of Selections from Sacred Texts

Philip Novak, The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions (San Francisco: Harper, 1995).

Stephen Mitchell, ed., The Enlightened Mind: An Anthology of Sacred Prose (New York: Harper Perennial, 1993).

------. The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry (New York: Harper Perennial, 1993).

Religion in Contemporary America

Diana L. Eck, A New Religious America: How a "Christian Country" Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation (San Francisco: Harper, 2002).

Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida, eds., How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook (3rd ed.; Woodstock, Vermont: Skylight Paths, 2003).

Huston Smith, Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief (San Francisco: Harper, 2002).

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