Short Introduction to Religion, by Gordon Kerr

13 December 2019

A WRITER of “short histories”, Gordon Kerr, in his Short Introduction to Religion (Oldcastle Books, £9.99 (£9); 978-0-85730-170-3), in 17 chapters applies a broad brush to each religion separately: many qualifications could be made to statements in the Christianity chapter alone. But the book is well produced and indexed, and a bonus is a section on “independent belief systems”.

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