Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History

摘要

There is no doubt that the e-book format, in which this title here is reviewed, lends itself to a work of this scope which claims to include the key moments in the history of the world's religions. The print set is issued in three volumes: Vol. 1 Prehistory to AD 600; Vol. 2 AD 600 to 1,450; Vol. 3 1450 to the Present. The start is good - each section has a link from a clear contents listing. However, when one reaches the text it is not easy on the eye. On my screen, the right-hand side was blank with the two columns of text taking up just the left-hand side of the page. I wonder if this is to make the use on a mobile phone easier. This may be the case, but it should be possible to accommodate various devices for download, and most scholars will want to work from a PC for the extended research. Zooming in makes reading easier, but it was slow when I viewed it. I was also not sure about the muted sequence of pages below a line at the foot of the text. This appeared to change the format of the pages but with no clarity as to how each layout differed.