Between one faith and another: engaging conversations on the world's great religions 9780830845101, 9780830890842, 0830845100

How do we make sense of the world's different religions? In today's globalized society, religion is deeply int

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English Pages 213 pages ; 21 cm Year 2017

Between one faith and another: engaging conversations on the world's great religions
9780830845101, 9780830890842, 0830845100

Author / Uploaded
Kreeft
Peter

Table of contents :
What is religion? The problem of definition --
Primitive religions: the sense of the religious --
Hinduism: the claims of mystical experience --
Buddhism: the logic of Nirvana --
Zen: the transformation of consciousness --
Confucianism: the structure of social success --
Taoism: the power of nature's way --
Judaism: human culture or divine revelation? --
Islam: is surrender fundamentalism or the heart of religion? --
Christianity: the most believed (and most unbelievable) claim ever made --
Comparative religions: can contradictories both be true?

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