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World Religions in Practice introduces five of the world's great religions - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and explores how they are lived and expressed in custom, ritual, and symbol.

• A major new textbook exploring the world's great religions through their customs, rituals and everyday practices - by focusing on this 'lived experience' it goes beyond many traditional introductions to religious studies
• Adopts a directly comparative approach to develop a greater understanding of the nature of religion
• Each chapter engages with an individual theme, such as birth, death, food, pilgrimage and ethics, to illustrate how religious practices are expressed
• Broadens students' understanding by offering an impartial discussion of the similarities and differences between each religion
• Includes chapter-by-chapter opening themes and summaries, and will be accompanied by a website at www. blackwellpublishing. com/gwynne featuring additional resources and study questions.

Paul Gwynne lectures in comparative religion in the General Education Program of the University of New South Wales. He completed his doctoral studies in Rome and has taught theology and religious studies in Indonesia and at the Melbourne College of Divinity.