This book follows the religious history of the world. It starts from ancient times, continues with religions of Egypt, India, Greece, China and Japan, and concludes with Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It gives the sense that religion almost everywhere arose as a result of a particular need, and evolved in a certain way to address those needs. I found the section on Chinese religions (Confucianism, Buddism and Taoism) especially well-written. (I am no content expert; I mean this section was interesting and easy to read). Some sections are packed with information, and one does not remember much after a few days (such as the section on religions of Greece where several gods are mentioned one after another without going into much detail). I didn't like the organization of pictures.
