A useful overview of contemporary trends in the study of the faiths of today's world.-Publishers Weekly. A good introduction to the phenomenology of religion. Stressing that religions are not just systems of belief, but forms of behavior . . . Paden focuses on four key complementary categories: myth, ritual, gods and systems of purity.-Choice. Includes new preface | Religious Worlds by William E. Paden, Paperback | Indigo Chapters