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Worldviews: Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefs (3rd Edition)
by Ninian Smart
from Prentice Hall
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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A Comprehensive Book With a Big Flaw 
Smart explains his structural understanding of worldview as being a triangle. At the top corner is the cosmos (meaning the physical universe) and the two bottom corners are self and society. One's worldview determines how the three corners are related. It also determines how self experiences the other two corners.
Smart believes that there are six dimensions that help define a worldview. While all worldviews have these six dimensions, the value a worldview may place on any one dimension will differ.... more info
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great for students 
This book is a good guide for those seeking more enlightenment about the religious world. this book was my major resource for the religious studies course I was taking. It provides an overview for approaching the different aspect and dimensions of religion as a student of Religion Studies, or as a seeker of truth. The book though gets rather confusing when it refers to the many religions' practices and terminology which I am not accustomed to, thus to make the book more bountiful, I used in joint Huston... more info
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