Great religions of the world.

"Let there be light" -- Hinduism: Quest for the universal one -- Down the teeming Ganges, holy river of India -- Brahma in Bali -- Buddhism: The eightfold path to nirvana -- Saffron robes in gilded Thailand -- The orderly realm of Chinese sages -- Pilgrims' path in Buddhist Japan -- Zen's disciplined way to sudden light -- Demons and lamas in the high Himalayas -- Sacred writings of the east -- Judaism: "Hear, O Israel" -- A kubbutz where work means worship -- Days of joy and lamentation -- Islam: Mohammed is his prophet -- The sweep of Islam -- On a holy trek to Mecca -- Sacred writings of the west -- Christianity: "I am the resurrection and the life" -- Where the fathers preached and martyrs bled -- The forging of christendom -- The seven sacraments -- Where conquistadors planted the cross -- The reforming spirit -- Renewal in Rome -- New directions in the church today.

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