Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Unhelpful and Biased

I bought this book but ended up returning it. I found Johnsen's description of Hinduism's influence on Greek and Roman culture to be overenthusiastic, under-referenced and a generally distorted picture. She was far too quick to dismiss the attitudes and science of "the West" in favour of an uncritical acceptance of the "traditional wisdom" of India.I should also mention that my girlfriend, who grew up in India, was not very impressed with this book, particularly the sweeping statements about "all Hindus" and "all Westerners".Apologetics have a place, but some of the theories presented here as "plausible" are partisan and highly questionable. This is totally counterproductive in an elementary survey.I went with the second edition of Diana Eck'sDarsan(ISBN: 0-89012-042-0), and I am much more satisfied.