The Essentials of World Religions: An Underlying Harmony

Publisher: Penguin Random House 

Synopsis: 

Religious tensions and conflicts continue across the world. Often the seeds of conflict lie in an incomplete understanding of what the great religions say. Many identify strongly with their own religion without fully understanding its tenets, and with even lesser understanding of other religions. The question that needs to be asked is: Are all the religions fundamentally different from each other? Through research of a wide array of sacred texts across languages and cultures, this book tries to capture the essence of all the world’s major religions and unearth the vital message at the heart of them. It shows that there is a common human quest for meaning, Truth or God, and a better life here and now.