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God Is Not One (Enhanced Edition): The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

God Is Not One (Enhanced Edition): The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

Stephen R. Prothero
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In a bold polemical response to a generation of misguided scholarship, God Is Not One creates a new context for understanding religion in the twenty-first century and disproves the assumptions most of us make about the way the world’s religions work. In addition to the complete book you can read an exclusive author essay, take a quiz, receive a course guide and watch an exclusive author video where Stephen Prothero describes his spiritual journey.





To claim that all religions are the same is to misunderstand that each attempts to solve a different human problem. For example:





–Islam: the problem is pride / the solution is submission





–Christianity: the problem is sin / the solution is salvation





–Confucianism: the problem is chaos / the solution is social order





–Buddhism: the problem is suffering / the solution is awakening





–Judaism: the problem is exile / the solution is to return to God





Prothero reveals each of these traditions on its own terms to create an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to better understand the big questions human beings have asked for millennia—and the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today.
Language
English
Pages
400
Format
ebook
Release
April 20, 2010
ISBN 13
9780062011428

God Is Not One (Enhanced Edition): The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter

Stephen R. Prothero
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
In a bold polemical response to a generation of misguided scholarship, God Is Not One creates a new context for understanding religion in the twenty-first century and disproves the assumptions most of us make about the way the world’s religions work. In addition to the complete book you can read an exclusive author essay, take a quiz, receive a course guide and watch an exclusive author video where Stephen Prothero describes his spiritual journey.





To claim that all religions are the same is to misunderstand that each attempts to solve a different human problem. For example:





–Islam: the problem is pride / the solution is submission





–Christianity: the problem is sin / the solution is salvation





–Confucianism: the problem is chaos / the solution is social order





–Buddhism: the problem is suffering / the solution is awakening





–Judaism: the problem is exile / the solution is to return to God





Prothero reveals each of these traditions on its own terms to create an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to better understand the big questions human beings have asked for millennia—and the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today.
Language
English
Pages
400
Format
ebook
Release
April 20, 2010
ISBN 13
9780062011428

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