Stangroom, Jeremy

Profiles leaders, such as John Calvin, Ibn al-Arabi, Hillel the Elder, and Gobind Singh, who have had a major impact on religious thought.

Features biographical overviews of some of the most thought-provoking philosophers of the last 2000 years.

Profiles renowned philosophers from antiquity to the present day, and discusses their influence on modern society.

An engaging and comprehensive introduction to Western philosophy's major figures.

Contains the achievements of history's most influential religious thinkers and leaders focusing on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism as well as other belief systems. Blends the biographical comments of their leaders into a summary of each faith.

Presents the achievement of fifty influential thinkers and ten important philosophical concepts from the classical era to the present day. Focuses on early thought, and philosophical, psychological, social, political, and educational issues. Contains brief sidebar summaries of their major ideas.