Patterns of Faith Around the World

Wilfred Cantwwell Smith is Professor Emeritus of the Comparative History of Religion at Harvard and was also Chairman of the Study of Religion these. His academic career has taken him from Lahore, India, through Montreal to Harvard. He haas published many academic texts as well as journal articles, and has been on the editorial board of seven scholarly journals in the UK and overseas.

• Part 1 Patterns of Faith 19introduction 21Hindus 35Buddhists 49Muslims 63The Chinese 77Implications for Oneself and One's Own Community 91Conclusion 107 Part 2: Addressed specifically to Christians 121The church in Religiously Plural World 123