TY - BOOK AU - McDermott,Gerald R. TI - The Baker pocket guide to world religions: what every Christian needs to know SN - 9780801071607 AV - BL80.M478.B354 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Grands Rapids, Michigan PB - Baker Books KW - Religions N1 - 1 (pages 144); Timeline: When did the religions start? --; Introduction: Why study the world religions? or, ignorance is not bliss --; Hinduisms : the world's oldest set of religions --; Judaism : Christianity's mother and older brother --; Buddhism : the west's favorite non-Christian religion --; Confucianism and Daoism : two of the biggest nation's three religions --; Christianity : what you believe but have a hard time explaining --; Shinto : the national religion of Japan --; Islam : the world's most important religion geopolitically --; Two common questions; 2 ER -