by Jostein Gaarder, Victor Hellern, Henry Notaker · Companhia de Bolso · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788535906981
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«O Livro das Religiões» is the essay on religion by Jostein Gaarder, Victor Hellern and Henry Notaker, published by Companhia de Bolso in paperback (335 pages, in Portuguese).
Written by the author of «Sophie's World» together with Henry Notaker and Victor Hellern, this essay explores the religious phenomenon and sets out the similarities and differences between the world's major religions, from Hinduism and Buddhism to Judaism, Islam and Christianity. The work presents religions with an objective approach, describing their beliefs, rituals and organization, and also analyzes life philosophies without a religious basis, such as humanism, Marxism and materialism, as well as the viewpoint of atheists, agnostics and other non-religious positions.
Popularizing essay originally published in Norway as «Religionsboka» in 1997. This Brazilian edition of 2005 includes an appendix on religions in Brazil prepared by the social scientist Antônio Flávio Pierucci.
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often utilizes metafiction in his works and constructs stories within stories. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World (1991). It has been translated into 60 languages; there are over 40 million copies in print.
