by Odon Vallet · Découvertes Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070526628
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«L'Esprit des savoirs» is Odon Vallet's essay on comparative religion, published by Découvertes Gallimard in paperback (128 pages, in French).
The essay presents a comparative analysis of religions: similarities and differences between the great traditions, the ancient rites they take up and reformulate, and the three great families according to their geographical origin (Near East, India, China and Japan). Each tradition responds to essential needs through sacred texts, commentaries, images and places of worship, and its political and social dimension can generate conflicts or open the way to interreligious dialogue.
This book is the fifth volume of the series «Une autre histoire des religions», published in 2000 within the Découvertes Gallimard collection.
Recommended for readers interested in the comparative history of religions and in popular works from the Découvertes Gallimard collection.
French historian of religion
