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The question, or rather the experience of suffering provides a central axis around which the varying perspectives of the world religions can be elucidated and compared.
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Grand in its sweep, this survey of the sacred writings of the major religions of the world offers a thoughtful introduction to the ideas and beliefs upon which great faiths are built.
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