Many Paths Many Truths- A Journey Through World Religions That Have Shaped 21st Century Humanity

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Let me begin by saying that this is the book I wish someone would have handed me 25 years ago. Most of us have grown up in our own narrow lanes of faith and religion. We react to other religions and cultures with stereotypes, often not out of any deep biases and grudges, but simply because of a lack of exposure and a fear of the unknown. As our societies become increasingly multicultural, many of us are realizing this simple fact, and we'd like to become more aware and open. We know that the caricatures of other religions that we've been handed aren't quite right. Other faiths, surely, are as robust, genuine, and beautiful as our own. And we should perhaps make the effort to learn more about them.

To chase these intuitions in my own life, I spent well over 25 years taking the long route: a circuitous path of travel, immersion and extensive study. It's been a driving passion for me. Over the recent years, I've noticed a deep and increasing curiosity toward world religions, as people become more and more aware of what they don't know. Many want to do the hard work to learn about other religions, breaking the stereotypes that they have about other faiths and cultures a true walk towards cultivating at global consciousness.

If that's you, this book is your companion, guide or stepping stone- whatever you prefer to call it. I'm writing for the lay readers who may not have the patience or resources for a full-scale scholarly immersion, but who nevertheless care deeply about becoming more sensitive, thoughtful, and understanding of world religions and the cultures that practice them. Along the way, there is rich spiritual knowledge and awakening to be gained from the unexpected sources.

No book can claim to be an authority on a single religion, much less all of them. Religions are too vast, multifaceted, and complex. There are so many differing opinions and biases that constantly move the goalposts. No fixed answers exist for some of the fundamental questions of religion-you can't sum up in a few hundred pages what religions have spent millennia searching for answers to. If anything, instead of finding such answers, we'll gain a better understanding of the questions - and in my experience of life, it's well worth it.

Not all the information contained here may be theologically accurate or philosophically profound. I come to you not as a scholar or critic, but as a fellow traveller. I'm a curious, diligent student of world religion who has spent a lifetime exploring and now sharing my travel notes with you.

**Contents and Sample Pages**