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So, /lit/, what is the best book/textbook for studying religion?

>> No.5368168

how is s'e'x equality a religion

>> No.5368172
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This book explains why all religions are wrong.

>> No.5368182

>>5368172
>for studying religion

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>>5368172
>mfw dick says that because Creationists are wrong God cannot exist.

I'm functionally atheist but this book does nothing for me.

>> No.5368224

>>5368196
I agree, I stopped reading it somewhere in the middle.
Christopher Hitchens - God Is Not Great is far better IMO

>> No.5369372

bump

>> No.5369421

>>5368155
The holy books of the religion you're studying.
You can't some up entire intellectual traditions that have in come cases been evolving for thousands of years in a single book.

>> No.5369430

I suggest starting with a history textbook.

You're not gonna be able to make heads or tails of the actual religious texts if you don't know anything about the peoples who wrote them.

>> No.5369436

William James' "The Varieties of Religious Experience" is one of the most important works on the subject.

Judging by some of the posts here, it seems like a lot of you guys don't actually read books.

>> No.5369741

>>5369436
What do you think about Karen Armstrong's "A History of God"?

>> No.5369757

>>5369436
>Judging by some of the posts here, it seems like a lot of you guys don't actually read books.

you must be new here.