Comparative Religions
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No Other Gods A Print On Demand Title
$23.99Add to cartThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.
In today’s pluralistic culture, Christianity is no longer the dominant belief system. Interest in religion is on the increase again after having declined in the seventies, but this does not mean that people are returning to the same positions they once held. Eastern religions, especially, have attracted wide interest.
This significant work by Hendrik Vroom presses the theological an dialogical dimensions of religious pluralism. Vroom here makes a broad study of the views of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, especially their views on truth, and explores their mutual relationships. In the process, he seeks to answer a crucial question for our time: For what reasons would a person who has read extensively on Buddhist, Hindu, or Islamic thought continue to be a Christian?
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Christian Theology Of Religions
$33.00Add to cartJohn Hick examines the intellectual problems facing Christians in the late twentieth century. Where exactly does Christianity fit into the scheme of the world in light of other world religions? and is it possible to remain Christian while accepting the truth of other beliefs? Hick explores the validity of other religions and Christianity’s place among them, and argues that it is no longer tenable to believe that Christianity is the only true religion. Hick argues for a new understanding of the uniqueness of Christianity among world religions. John Hick is a fellow at the University of Birmingham, England.
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Jews And Christians
$24.99Add to cartThis eye-opening dialogue between a rabbi and a Christian scholar challenges Jews and Christians to examine their misconceptions and prejudices about each other’s faith. Here a Christian and a Jew stand on common ground. Rather than simply interpreting their own respective heritages each seeks to present his own insights into the other’s religions. Topics discussed in this volume include Scripture,God concepts, Jesus, the Holocaust, election, covenant, and mission. This book is a living dialogue of faith designed to foster mutual understanding and respect between the two religions.
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New Testament And Mythology And Other Basic Writings
$29.00Add to cart“The volume begins with a new . . . translation of Bultmann’s original programmatic essay of 1941, ‘New Testament and Mythology’. . . It is followed by ‘Theology as Science’. . . {Two} essays on hermeneutics, ‘The Problem of Hermeneutics’ and ‘Is Exegesis without Presuppositions Possible?’ are here combined with ‘Science and Existence’ and a 1961 essay, ‘On the Problem of Demythologizing.'” (Christian Century) Bibliography. Index.
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Judaism In The Beginning Of Christianity
$19.00Add to cartNeusner has written this book to answer the central questions about the world of Judaism in which Christianity was born. He gives an overview of the history and religion of Israel and an analysis of the Judaic legacy as it endured among those who did not become Christians. He also discusses the troubling issue of the Pharisees and investigates the identity of the “historical Hillel.”