Invitation to World Religions

xxvi Preface

Kenneth Bass, Central Texas College Robert Pennington, Mount St. Joseph University

Barbara Hornum, Drexel University Joseph S. Wadas, Georgia Southern University

We extend our special thanks to Yaroslav Komarovski of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, who so generously provided valuable suggestions, and to Ravi Gupta of Utah State University, who responded so very helpfully to our request for expert advice. We would also like to acknowledge the suggestions of reviewers for the first, second, and third editions, which continued to inform our work on this new edition:

Asad Q. Ahmed, Washington University in St. Louis Kenneth Atkinson, University of Northern Iowa Kenneth Bass, Central Texas College John Baumann, University of Oregon Todd M. Brenneman, University of Central Florida Robert E. Brown, James Madison University David Bush, Shasta College Dexter E. Callender, Jr., University of Miami Kenneth Claus, Miami Dade Col- lege–Kendall Campus John L. Crow, Florida State University Philip R. Drey, Kirkwood Commu- nity College–Cedar Rapids James Ford, Rogers State University Matthew Hallgarth, Tarleton State University Kathleen Hladky, Florida State University T. Christopher Hoklotubbe, Cornell College

Barbara Hornum, Drexel University Mordechai Inbari, University of North Carolina–Pembroke Jon Inglett, Oklahoma City Com- munity College Maria Jaoudi, California State University–Sacramento Jeffrey Kaplan, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Brad Karelius, Saddleback College Kate S. Kelley, University of Missouri–Columbia Erik Larson, Florida International University Mirna Lattouf, Arizona State University Peter David Lee, Columbia College Iain S. MacLean, James Madison University Wade Maki, University of Toledo Isabel Mukonyora, Western Ken- tucky University Benjamin Murphy, Florida State University–Panama City Samuel Murrell, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Rachel Nabulsi, Georgia Gwinnett College

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