Flames of Faith: A Thumbnail Guide to World Religions - Couverture souple

Cunyus, John

 
9780595417674: Flames of Faith: A Thumbnail Guide to World Religions
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595417671 ISBN 13 : 9780595417674
Editeur : iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

The horrific events of September 11, 2001 forever shattered the illusion that the only religion which matters is our own. When the hijacked airliners flew into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a lonely Pennsylvania hillside that morning, the world realized with chilling clarity that the religious imaginations of people in far away lands now mattered to all. Some sort of understanding of the world's great religious traditions is now essential to our political security, perhaps even to our own survival. We need to understand, roughly at least, what other people believe and why they act the way they do, if nothing else to defend ourselves from future attacks. Comparative religion is no longer merely an academic endeavor.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The horrific events of September 11, 2001 forever shattered the illusion that the only religion which matters is our own. When the hijacked airliners flew into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a lonely Pennsylvania hillside that morning, the world realized with chilling clarity that the religious imaginations of people in far away lands now mattered to all. Some sort of understanding of the world's great religious traditions is now essential to our political security, perhaps even to our own survival. We need to understand, roughly at least, what other people believe and why they act the way they do, if nothing else to defend ourselves from future attacks. Comparative religion is no longer merely an academic endeavor.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Cunyus, a native of Dallas, Texas, holds degrees from Rice, TCU, and Pacific Western Universities. Cunyus served as an ordained minister for twenty years before becoming a full-time writer. An avid student of world religions, he is dedicated to making others aware of the richness?and folly?of human religious experience.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595417671
ISBN 13 
9780595417674
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
58
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