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Neighboring Faiths

Author : Winfried Corduan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 1514002728
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Neighboring Faiths written by Winfried Corduan and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World religions are not merely abstract sets of doctrinal beliefs. They are embodied worldviews and practices lived out by real people around us. Encounters with these neighboring faiths often challenge our own beliefs and traditions, making us think more deeply about our faith commitments. For all who want to understand the religious faiths of their neighbors, Winfried Corduan offers an introduction to the religions of the world. This classic text covers major as well as lesser known religions, including Judaism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, African traditional religions, Native American religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Baha'i, Chinese popular religion, and Shinto and Japanese religions. Neighboring Faiths emphasizes not just formal religious teachings but also how each religion is practiced in daily life. Dozens of photographs, charts, and maps help illustrate how the faiths have developed and how they're lived out today. Corduan offers specific insights into what to expect from encounters with adherents of each religion and suggestions for how Christians can engage them in constructive dialogue. Each chapter offers lists of key points, ideas for term papers, and recommended resources to help students, instructors, and small groups go deeper. This third edition has been updated and revised throughout. The chapter on militant Islam is significantly revised to address more recent events and issues, and questions for reflection and discussion have been added to each chapter. Neighboring Faiths is an indispensable guide for Christians seeking an informed, empathetic perspective on different religions and the people who practice them.

Neighboring Faiths

Author : David Nirenberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022616893X
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Neighboring Faiths written by David Nirenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the culmination of David Nirenberg’s ongoing project; namely, how Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived with and thought about each other in the Middle Ages, and what the medieval past can tell us about how they do so today. There have been scripture based studies of the three "religions of the book” that claim descent from Abraham, but Nirenberg goes beyond those to pay close attention to how the three religious neighbors loved, tolerated, massacred, and expelled each other--all in the name of God--in periods and places both long ago and far away. Whether Christian Crusaders and settlers in Islamic-ruled lands, or Jewish-Muslim relations in Christian-controlled Iberia, for Nirenberg, the three religions need to be studied in terms of how each affected the development of the other over time, their proximity of religious and philosophical thought as well as their overlapping geographies, and how the three "neighbors” define (and continue to define) themselves and their place in the here-and-now--and the here-after--in terms of one another. Arguing against exemplary histories, static models of tolerance versus prosecution, or so-called Golden Ages and Black Legends, Nirenberg offers here instead a story that is more dynamic and interdependent, one where Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities have re-imagined themselves, not only as abstractions of categories in each other’s theologies and ideologies, but by living with each other every day as neighbors jostling each other on the street. From dangerous attractions leading to interfaith marriage, to interreligious conflicts leading to segregation, violence, and sometimes extermination, to strategies of bridging the interfaith gap through language, vocabulary, and poetry--Nirenberg aims to understand the intertwined past of the three faiths as a way for their heirs to coproduce the future.

Neighboring Faiths

Author : Christine Reed (F.)
Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN 13 : 9781558963566
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book Neighboring Faiths written by Christine Reed (F.) and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 1997 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pocket Guide to World Religions

Author : Winfried Corduan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830867082
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Pocket Guide to World Religions written by Winfried Corduan and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-03-17 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered . . . what the red dot on an Indian woman's forehead means? whether all Buddhist monks practice martial arts? if the Emperor of Japan is still considered a god? Here is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to basic questions about the world's varied religions. In short, incisive chapters, Winfried Corduan introduces readers to twelve of the world's major religions, including Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Parsi, Shinto and Sikhism. For each, he offers brief descriptions of its name, numbers and distribution, key symbols, history, Scriptures, major beliefs, subgroups, worship practices, home practices, clothing, diet and calendar. Also included are even briefer descriptions of sixteen new religious movements and traditional or tribal religions. This book is for students, pastors and other busy people who want the quick, bare-facts scoop on current religions. Designed for students and pastors alike, the short and accessible volumes in the IVP Pocket Reference Series will help you tackle the study of biblical languages, church history, apologetics, world religions, Christian spirituality, ethics, theology, and more.

My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious, Encounter, Growth, and Transformation

Author : Jennifer Howe Peace
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331172
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious, Encounter, Growth, and Transformation written by Jennifer Howe Peace and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking volume gathers an array of inspiring and penetrating stories about the interreligious encounters of outstanding community leaders, scholars, public intellectuals, and activist from the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. With wisdom, wit, courage, and humility, these writers from a range of religious backgrounds share their personal experience of border-crossing, and the lessons learned from their interreligious adventures. We live in the most religiously diverse society in the history of humankind. Every day, people of different religious beliefs and practices encounter one another in a myriad of settings. How has this new situation of religious diversity impacted the way we understand the religious other, ourselves, and God? Can we learn to live together with mutual respect, working together for the creation of a more compassionate and just world? Contributors include: Mary Boys, Rita Nakishima-Brock; Arthur Green; Ruben Habito; Paul Knitter; Michael Lerner; Eboo Patel; Judith Plaskow; Paul Raushenbush; Arthur Waskow; and many more.

A Tapestry of Faiths

Author : Winfried Corduan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 172522626X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book A Tapestry of Faiths written by Winfried Corduan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians find themselves in an increasingly diverse world. The new place of worship in our neighborhood might just as likely be a Hindu temple or a Muslim mosque as a church or a synagogue. How should we view other world religions, and more important, how should we engage our religiously oriented neighbors in conversation? Do all religions teach the same thing? Or are there significant differences? Do we try to minimize differences and just get along? Or do we hold out the Christian faith as the one true hope for all the world? Drawing on his wide experience and knowledge of other religions and how they are actually lived, Winfried Corduan helps us sort through the complex tapestry of faiths around the globe. He contends that there are common threads of understanding that can serve to link us in meaningful discussion. From these common threads we can go on to explore genuine differences. Through the course of the book, Corduan leads readers to explore the important issues of revelation and truth, morality and guilt, grace and redemption, eschatology and hope. Ultimately, Jesus Christ, he argues, stands unique among religious figures and Christianity unique among the world's religions. This is a book that strengthens Christians in their convictions while encouraging them to engage their neighbors with humility, loved, and discernment.

A Guide to New Religious Movements

Author : Ronald M. Enroth
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830823819
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book A Guide to New Religious Movements written by Ronald M. Enroth and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociologist Ronald Enroth and a team of expert contributors provide an accessible handle on the key religious movements of our day, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Jehovah's Witnesses to contemporary versions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.

In the Beginning God

Author : Winfried Corduan
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0805447784
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book In the Beginning God written by Winfried Corduan and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study about the origin of religion concludes that evidence for monotheism (the belief in one true God who created the world and holds people morally accountable) outweighs the popular view of animism (religion born from the veneration of spirits).

A Common Word

Author : Miroslav Volf
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802863809
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book A Common Word written by Miroslav Volf and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A letter printed in the pages of The New York times in 2007 acknowledged differences between Christianity and Islam but contended that "righteousness and good works" should be the only areas in which the two compete. That letter and a collaborative Christian response appear in this volume, which includes subsequent dialogue between Muslim and Christian scholars.

The Kids Book of World Religions

Author : Jennifer Glossop
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1554539811
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book The Kids Book of World Religions written by Jennifer Glossop and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's and educational.

Beyond the Impasse

Author : Amos Yong
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498204651
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Impasse written by Amos Yong and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Christians learn from other religions? This book offers a fascinating account of the nature, role, and purposes of religious diversity within God's providential plan.

Faiths in Conflict?

Author : Vinoth Ramachandra
Publisher : IVP Academic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Faiths in Conflict? written by Vinoth Ramachandra and published by IVP Academic. This book was released on 2000-08-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating and ground-breaking study, Vinoth Ramachandra explores the complex nature of conflict among the major world religions of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, and also between them and the rising tide of secularism.

Christianity at the Religious Roundtable

Author : Timothy C. Tennent
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1585586153
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Christianity at the Religious Roundtable written by Timothy C. Tennent and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that Christian dialogue with other faiths is an integral part of our call to proclaim the message of Christ.

Reasonable Faith

Author : Winfried Corduan
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780805415490
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Reasonable Faith written by Winfried Corduan and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1993 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The apostle Peter urged his readers to give a reason for the hope that is within them. In a day when even the concept of truth is questioned, Corduan gives reasons for the truth of historic Christian faith and argues that being able to give reasons for one's faith is possible, desirable, and something laypersons can learn.

Engaging Islam

Author : Georges Houssney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983048503
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Islam written by Georges Houssney and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions

Author : Ron Rhodes
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310829062
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions written by Ron Rhodes and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cults and New Religions Aren’t Hard to FindThey’re in your neighborhood . . . your workplace . . . your school . . . maybe even your family.Cults are flourishing across America. Chances are, you’ve encountered one, perhaps even know someone who is involved in a cult. Can you discuss knowledgably the critical differences between Christianity and the teachings of Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Scientology, the New Age movement, Hindu-based cults, and other prominent groups and religious movements? In this essential resource, preeminent cult authority Ron Rhodes explains what cults are, why they are cause for concern, and why in the 21st century, as never before, their numbers and memberships are exploding nationally and worldwide. Drawing on his extensive experience as a cult researcher, Rhodes offers to-the-point, cutting-edge information on twelve major cults and new religions:MormonismJehovah’s WitnessesMind SciencesNew Age MovementChurch of ScientologyHindu-based CultsUnification ChurchBaha’i FaithUnitarian UniversalismOneness PentecostalismMasonic LodgeSatanismLearning the distinctives of these groups will equip you to deal with any of the thousands of other less significant cults you may encounter. The Challenge of the Cults and New Religion includes Color photosScripture IndexSubject IndexGlossaryBibliographyAnd your resources don’t end at the last page. You can supplement your knowledge whenever you choose by visiting the author’s Web site at www.ronrhodes.org for free, thorough, up-to-the-minute information on each cult discussed in the book.If you’re concerned for the temporal and eternal welfare of others, The Challenge of the Cults is a must. It will help you confront the deception of false Christs and lying doctrines with the clear, well-grounded truth of biblical Christianity.

Who Owns Religion?

Author : Laurie L. Patton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 022667598X
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Who Owns Religion? written by Laurie L. Patton and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One afternoon, Laurie Patton, then chair of the religious studies department at her university, sat in her office collating death threats. A colleague had come under attack by members of the Hindu diaspora for a scholarly study that they judged offensive. A global petition demanded that the book be withdrawn, and threats against the author included explicit calls for his execution. This case is one of many in which the secular study of religion has scandalized-and been passionately refuted by-the very communities it had imagined itself embracing. Authors of seemingly arcane studies on subjects like the origins of the idea of Mother Earth or the sexual dynamics of mysticism have been targets of hate mail and topics of book-banning discussions. As a result, scholars of religion have struggled to describe their own work even to themselves. In this book, scholar and noted university administrator Laurie Patton looks at the cultural work of religious studies through scholars' clashes with religious communities, especially in the late 1980s and 90s. These kinds of controversies emerged with new frequency and passion during this period because of two conditions: 1) the rise of the multicultural politics of recognition, which changed the nature of debate in the public sphere and created the possibility for Patton calls "eruptive" public spaces; and 2) the emergence of the Internet, which changed the nature of readership. "Others" about whom scholars wrote to their colleagues were now also readers who could agree or condemn in public forums. These controversies were also fundamentally about something new: the very rights of secular, Western hermeneutics to interpret religions at all. Patton's book holds out hope that scholars can find a space for their work between the university and the communities they study. Their role, she suggests, is similar to that of the wise fool in many classical dramas and indeed in many religious traditions. Scholars of religion have multiple masters and must move between them while speaking a truth that not everyone may be interested in hearing"--