Mary Pat Fisher's text is probably the text most independent school teachers have adopted in the last decade when they have decided to change from an other text. It is well regarded as a useful tool in schools where students are studying world religions in the upper grades, and or in schools with very challenging curricula.

Smith's classic text is probably the most widely used world religions text in the secondary school world religions classroom. It is also available in an illustrated version. The text is readablej and lends itself better than many other texts to courses with great time constraints (like where you feel you need to cover five major traditions in eleven weeks?)

St. Mary's Press offered two versions of Brodd's text at one point which may be important information for those adopting a new text. One version was decidedly more directed at Roman Catholic schools, while the other aimed at a more sectarian classroom. The reading level is slightly easier than Mary Pat Fisher (above), and the text may therefore be more appropriate for schools where younger students are taking the course, or where reading levels vary.

We currently know of no one using this text, which is newer than the titles above, but it is noteworthy for both the richness in its text and its illustrations. Rather than being the work of a single author—who frequently has greater expertise in some traditions than others—Partridge has gathered together a series of authors, each of whom writes in the area of his or her expertise.