Flames of Faith: A Thumbnail Guide to World Religions

The horrific events of September 11, 2001 forever shattered our illusion that the only religion, which matters, is our own. When the hijacked airliners flew into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a lonely Pennsylvania hillside that morning, the world realized with chilling clarity that the religious imaginations of people in far away lands now mattered to all. Some sort of understanding of the world's great religious traditions is now essential to our political security, perhaps even to our own survival.We need to understand, roughly at least, what other people believe and why they act the way they do, if nothing else to defend ourselves from future attacks. Comparative religions are no longer an academic endeavor.John Cunyus, a native of Dallas, Texas, holds degrees from Rice, Texas Christian, and Pacific Western Universities. Cunyus served as an ordained minister for twenty years before becoming a full-time writer. An avid student of world religions, he is dedicated to making others aware of the richness ... and folly ... of human religious experience.