God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World
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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780061571282
Author
Stephen R. Prothero
Producer
HarperCollins Publishers
Weight
299 gr
Year of production
2011
In the twenty-first century, religion remains the single greatest influence in the world. But, argues religion scholar Stephen Prothero, persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct human problem that each seeks to solve. For example: Islam: the problem is pride / the solution is submission Christianity: the problem is sin / the solution is salvation Buddhism: the problem is suffering / the solution is awakening Judaism: the problem is exile / the solution is to return to God God Is Not One is an indispensable guide to the questions human beings have asked for millennia—and to the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today.