Dimensions of the sacred : an anatomy of the world's beliefs

"This extraordinary book, the result of twenty-five years of reflection and research, is nothing less than a comprehensive examination of how what is spiritual or sacred to humans - both conventionally religious beliefs and those we usually think of as secular - manifests itself around the world. Dimensions of the Sacred for the first time maps the underlying features of the world's major faiths - Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and African and other indigenous religions. This would be remarkable in itself. But Ninian Smart then uses the same principles to investigate "secular religions" such as Marxist-Leninism and nationalism."
"This extraordinary book, the result of twenty-five years of reflection and research, is nothing less than a comprehensive examination of how what is spiritual or sacred to humans - both conventionally religious beliefs and those we usually think of as secular - manifests itself around the world. Dimensions of the Sacred for the first time maps the underlying features of the world's major faiths - Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and African and other indigenous religions. This would be remarkable in itself. But Ninian Smart then uses the same principles to investigate "secular religions" such as Marxist-Leninism and nationalism."@en
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