| Part I: ALL STUDENTS of Religious Thought in World Perspective should order the following: |
| 024230 | Bragle, George. Religious Thought in World Perspective Course Guide. Empire State College. |
| 022477 | Paden, William. Interpreting the Sacred. Beacon Press. |
| 025223 | Novak, Philip (ed.) The World's Wisdom. Harper Collins |
| For six credits, you should also purchase one book each from PARTS II, III and IV and select two more books that interest you. |
| PART II: REQUIRED CHOICE FOR ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS |
| 022479 | Carmody and Carmody. Christianity: An Introduction. Edition 3. Wadsworth. |
| OR |
| 022483 | Neusner, Jacob. A Short History of Judaism: Three Meals, Three Epochs. Augsburg Fortress. |
| OR |
| 022484 | Waines, David. Introduction to Islam. Cambridge University Press. |
| PART III: REQUIRED CHOICE FOR EASTERN TRADITIONS |
| 012844 | Hopkins, Thomas J. The Hindu Religious Tradition. Wadsworth. |
| OR |
| 012852 | Thompson, Laurence G. Chinese Religion: An Introduction. Edition 5. Wadsworth. |
| OR |
| 022486 | Kitagawa, Joseph. On Understanding Japanese Religion. Princeton University Press. |
| OR |
| 022487 | Harvey, Peter. Introduction to Buddhism. Cambridge University Press. |
| PART IV: REQUIRED FOR FIRST TRADITIONS |
| 025442 | Burkert, Walter. Creation of the Sacred. Harvard U. Press |
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