SORTS OF RELIGION 356 Are the criteria offered for religions being of different sorts
philosophically neutral and accurately applied?
Annotated reading
Christian, William (1972) Opposition of Religious Doctrines, New York: Herder
and Herder. An account of how we can discover and may understand doctrinal
differences between religions.
Larsen, Gerald James and Deutsch, Elliot (eds) (1988) Interpreting across
Boundaries, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Investigates some of the
challenges and rewards of considering religion in a cross-cultural context.
Schmidt, Wilhelm (1931) The Origin and Growth of Religion, London: Methuen
and Company. A controversial but very interesting defense of the view that
monotheism is the earliest religion.
Smart, Ninian (1960) A Dialogue of Religions, London: SCM Press. Presents the
views of various religions on central topics in the form of a dialogue.
Smart, Ninian (1964) Doctrine and Argument in Indian Philosophy, London: Allen
and Unwin. Clear and comprehensive presentation of the basic claims of different
Indian philosophical systems.