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Download or read book Scriptures of the East written by James Fieser and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2004 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of scriptures offers selections that vary in length from a few paragraphs to 10 pages, accompanied by brief introductions that discuss the nature and scope of scripture within each religion as well as the history of each scripture presented. Scriptures of The East contains sacred writings of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and indigenous religions of the East; a companion text, Scriptures of The West, contains sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Baha’i faith, and indigenous religions of the West.