World Christianity Encounters World Religions

Author : Edmund Kee-Fook Chia
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814684475
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Christianity Encounters World Religions written by Edmund Kee-Fook Chia and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizing the thinking of the most prominent scholars, Professor Edmund Chia discusses practically everything that should be known about Christianity’s encounter with other religions in this comprehensive book. Topics include: the invention of the idea of World Religions and World Christianity the Bible and the church’s attitude toward other faiths Vatican II, Asian Christianity, and interfaith dialogue the what, why, when, and how of dialogue the global ecumenical movement theologies of religious pluralism cross-textual hermeneutics comparative theology interfaith worship religious syncretism multiple religious belonging interfaith learning in seminaries.

Author : Terry C. Muck
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441205268
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity Encountering World Religions (Encountering Mission) written by Terry C. Muck and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current religious climate poses unique challenges to those engaged in mission. Thus the authors of this book propose a new, yet very biblical, model for interacting with people of other faiths. They term this model giftive mission, as it is based on the metaphor of free gift. We bear the greatest gift possible--the gospel message. Adopting this perspective not only has the potential for greater missionary success but also enables us to more closely imitate God's gracious activity in the world. The core of the book explores eleven practices that characterize giftive mission. Each practice is illustrated through the story of a figure from mission history who embodied that practice. Further discussion shows how to incorporate these practices in specific mission settings.

Author : Irving Hexham
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310588618
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encountering World Religions written by Irving Hexham and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Hexham outlines key beliefs and practices in each religion, while also providing guidance on how to think critically about them from the standpoint of Christian theology. African, yogic, and Abrahamic traditions are all covered. Accessible and clear, Encountering World Religions will provide formal and lay students alike with a useful Christian introduction to the major faiths of our world.

Author : Terry C. Muck
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801026601
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity Encountering World Religions written by Terry C. Muck and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major work, two world religion and mission experts present a new relational model for Christians interacting with people of other faiths.

Author : Daniel B. Clendenin
Publisher : Baker Publishing Group (MI)
ISBN 13 : 9780801020599
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Many Gods, Many Lords written by Daniel B. Clendenin and published by Baker Publishing Group (MI). This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of different views of the uniqueness of Christianity suggests how Christians should represent their faith around other religions.

Author : Irving Hexham
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310314488
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding World Religions written by Irving Hexham and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world’s many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexham’s decision to explore African religions, which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Author : Paul Tillich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity and the encounter of the world religions written by Paul Tillich and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Partridge
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 080069970X
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to World Religions written by Christopher Partridge and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading textbook for world religion, this new edition is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions. Known and valued for its balanced approach and its respected board of consulting editors, this text addresses ways to study religion, provides broad coverage of diverse religions, and offers an arresting layout with rich illustrations. The second edition has new and extended primary source readings, a stronger section on the Religions of South Asia, additional maps, a new full-color, student-friendly format, and more.

Author : Kate McCarthy
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813541352
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interfaith Encounters in America written by Kate McCarthy and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its most cosmopolitan urban centers to the rural Midwest, the United States is experiencing a rising tide of religious interest. While terrorist attacks keep Americans fixed on an abhorrent vision of militant Islam, popular films such as The Passion of the Christ and The Da Vinci Code make blockbuster material of the origins of Christianity. The 2004 presidential election, we are told, was decided on the basis of religiously driven moral values. A majority of Americans are reported to believe that religious differences are the biggest obstacle to world peace.Beneath the superficial banter of the media and popular culture, however, are quieter conversations about what it means to be religious in America today-conversations among recent immigrants about how to adapt their practices to life in new land, conversations among young people who are finding new meaning in religions rejected by their parents, conversations among the religiously unaffiliated about eclectic new spiritualities encountered in magazines, book groups, or online. Interfaith Encounters in America takes a compelling look at these seldom acknowledged exchanges, showing how, despite their incompatibilities, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Hindu Americans, among others, are using their beliefs to commit to the values of a pluralistic society rather than to widen existing divisions.Chapters survey the intellectual exchanges among scholars of philosophy, religion, and theology about how to make sense of conflicting claims, as well as the relevance and applicability of these ideas "on the ground" where real people with different religious identities intentionally unite for shared purposes that range from national public policy initiatives to small town community interfaith groups, from couples negotiating interfaith marriages to those exploring religious issues with strangers in online interfaith discussion groups.Written in engaging and accessible prose, this book provides an important reassessment of the problems, values, and goals of contemporary religion in the United States. It is essential reading for scholars of religion, sociology, and American studies, as well as anyone who is concerned with the purported impossibility of religious pluralism.

Author : George Braswell
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433669129
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding World Religions written by George Braswell and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1994-01-12 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding other religions is no longer an academic, ivory tower exercise. In this timely and important book, Dr, Braswell provides an introduction to the major world religions, as well as many of the minor ones.