02316cam a2200289 i 4500 500774550 TxAuBib 20210517120000.0 200518s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020020752 9780190064679 PAP 11.95 0190064676 PAP 11.95 TxAuBib rda Tweed, Thomas A. Religion [BOOK] : a very short introduction / Thomas A. Tweed. New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. xx, 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Very short introductions ; 669 Includes bibliographical references and index. Religion plays a central role in human experience. Billions of people around the world practice a faith and act in accordance with it. Religion shapes how they enter the world and how they leave it - how they eat, dress, marry, and raise their children. It shapes their assumptions about who they are and who they want to be. Religion also identifies insiders and outsiders, who has power and who doesn't. It sanctifies injustice and combats it. It draws national borders. It affects law, economy, and government. It destroys and restores the environment. It starts wars and ends them. Whether you notice it or not, religion plays a role in how billions conduct their lives. We are called, then, to understand this important factor in human life today. Beginning with the first signs of religion among ancient humans and concluding with a look at modern citizens and global trends, leading scholar Thomas Tweed examines this powerful and enduring force in human society. Tweed deftly documents religion as it exists around the world, addressing its role in both intensifying and alleviating contemporary political and environmental problems, from armed conflict to climate change. Religion: A Very Short Introduction offers a concise non-partisan overview of religion's long history and its complicated role in the world today. Provided by publisher. 20210517. Religions. Very short introductions ; 669.