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Publisher: Perennial / HarperCollins
Release Date: Feburary 17, 2004
ISBN: 0-380-97776-1
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Format Reviewed: Paperback
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Genre:   Non-fiction / religious
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Amanda Kimbrell
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Abraham
A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths  
By Bruce Feiler

    The search for the ancestor to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam takes the author through war zones and much turmoil while he seeks answers from religious leaders. The questions of where each religion started and how each of these religions has become powerful in the world today are discussed at length. Similarities and disparities of these religions are discussed and defined while thought-provoking ideas are put to the test.

   This book is a very real look at today’s most influential and powerful religions and how each share a common ancestor. Bruce Feiler has done an excellent job at describing the events that took place to shape each religion and how they attained such proportions as seen today. Mr. Feiler also poses thoughtful questions on how to create peace between each religious sect and what that peace would mean to the world today.