Cycles of Faith: The Development of the World's Religions

by Robert Ellwood and Robert S. Ellwood

Can the histories of the great religious traditions help us to predict their futures? Are broad common patterns discernable within the developments of Hinduism, Chinese religion, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam? In Cycles of Faith, noted historian of religion Robert Ellwood makes the case that the five largest world religions all move through the stages of Apostolic, Imperial, Devotional, Reformation, and Folk Religion. Cycles of Faith...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075910462X
• ISBN13: 9780759104624
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"