Langbeschreibung
The diversity of the world's religions has come to the West, but believers are often ill-equipped for any kind of serious engagement with non-Christians. In Encountering World Religions, professor and author Irving Hexham introduces all the world's major religious traditions in a brief and understandable way.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Understanding Precedes Engagement1. Welcome Back to the First Century2. The Christian Enemy3. Uncanny Encounters4. The Neglected Richness of African Traditions5. Africa's Christian Heritage6. The Yogic Experience7. Hindu Narratives and the Problem of History8. The Nothingness of Buddhism9. Trapped in Samsara10. The Revival of Chinese Confucian and Taoist Traditions11. The Sikhs12. Judaism13. The Holocaust and the Problem of Jewish Conversion14. The Rise of Islam15. Islamophobia and the Reality of Islamic RevolutionsConclusion: Christianity Is Different