Understanding the beliefs and practices of other faiths is essential not just to the task of interreligious dialogue, but also to grasping one\'s own faith.
The accessible primers in the Introductions in Seven Sentences collection act as brief introductions to an academic field, with simple organization: Seven key sentences that give readers a birds-eye view of an entire discipline..
With a sympathetic but not uncritical approach, Groothuis welcomes readers to a vital and global conversation.
Islam: There Is One God, and Mohammad Is His Prophet.
Christianity: Before Abraham Was, I Am.
Daoism: The Dao That Can Be Spoken Is Not the Eternal Dao.
Buddhism: Life Is Suffering.
Hinduism: You Are That.
Judaism: I Am Who I Am.
In this brief volume in IVP Academic\'s Introductions in Seven Sentences, philosopher Douglas Groothuis creatively uses a single sentence representing each of several World Religions as a way to open readers to their depth and complexity, including: Atheism: God Is Dead.
Understanding the beliefs and practices of other faiths is essential not just to the task of interreligious dialogue, but also to grasping one\'s own faith
