Anyone know of a good reference book on world religions that?

Encyclopedias or Google

You might check out "How to Be the Perfect Stranger: The essential REligious Etiquette Handbook." It's a work in two volumes, and it was originally a book on how to act when you're in an unfamiliar religious setting. It gives some basics for many religions; the second volume has more of more recent religions.

When it comes to Greek myths, you're probably just going to have to read them. As for Native American mythology, it's going to depend on the tribe in which you're interested. Myths for NA tribes tend to be very localized; for instance, NA myths for the Pacific Northwest tend to have a lot of stories about angry mountains (the Cascadia volcanoes) and shaking earth (our many fault lines and quakes), while mythology for other tribes is often completely different, depending on the area of the country they originally inhabited, and its physical and climatological features.

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I don't know if there is any book who talks about all religions and it''s accurate.. that will take 1000000 pages. If you want to take them separate, I know of nice books in libraries that explain Scientology:

"Scientology: A New Slant on Life - L. Ron Hubbard"

or

"Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought - L. Ron Hubbard"

or (more complex)

"Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health - L. Ron Hubbard".

I find them to be extremely interesting reading even if you are not a scientologist too!!

Native don't write books about our spiritualities......NOT religions......because We aren't seeking out converts or looking for recruits. You'll find plenty of books about us though....written by new-agers, Pretending, Generokees and Plastic Shamans . Made up fluff that is Twilightesque. Nonsense about horoscopes and animal spirit guides.

We don't share the core of our cultures....the spirituality....with those outside the culture. We don't even share that with Natives from other tribes/Nations. If you were meant to know our ways/walk our paths, you would have been born as one of us.

There is no such thing as "native american myths". We don't have "myths". We have stories and histories. And we aren't "defunct". We are alive, still here, and the fastest growing ethnic group in America.

If you are unwilling to go for Wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britannica online, pretty much your best remaining option is the "Encyclopedia of Religions" edited by Lindsay Jones.

It's reasonably up to date, but it costs $1700 for the full set. Any better university library will have it.

Still, Wikipedia is pretty darned good for a basic conversational knowledge.

Edit: I read a good review of the Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Religions, and at least it's affordable, but it's not going to be anywhere in the same galaxy as detailed as the one above. Still, as I said, it's affordable. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Merriam-Websters-Encyclopedi...

I like the book by Walter Martin called Kingdom of the Cults. Very famous book.

Karen Armstrong's books (no single book would do this, but her collection would) probably cover much of this, although I doubt she tackles Scientology.

I think Ankerberg wrote one, excellent at the time. Another is Cults, World Religions and You...

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