Foreward to Religions of the World

"Religion books take up a good share of most bookstores.  And books on the world's religions, the occult, New Age thinking, spirituality, and worship invite readers to join the quest for release, redemption, renewal, relief, or random access to some higher spiritual plain.  So why should a quartet of Latter-day Saint scholars of world religions attempt to displace other religion books with their version of the subject?  Are not the dozens of world religions texts and the infinite number of books on specific religions (or sects, or denominations, or groups within them, or meditative practices, or methods for forecasting one's future, or whatever) enough to handle the job?  No; there is room for at least one more book on the subject."