David Whitten Smith

The World's Religions

World Religions

“The conspiracy theory of the 9/11 commission that blames crazed Muslim fundamentalists for the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States has been used to promote an endless war driven by fear of terrorists, Muslims, foreigners, and people serious about their religious faith. Whether that framing of 9/11 is accurate or not (and I don't believe it is), the varied articles in Sharma's reader provide more careful and helpful investigations of how religions may contribute to or interfere with our efforts to act well in the current world situation. This collection will be valuable for any course in world or comparative religion, as well as for political science and peace studies.”