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Global Gods: Exploring The Role Of Religions In Modern Societies
David W. Shenk

Global Gods: Exploring The Role Of Religions In Modern Societies

exploring the role of religions in modern societies

9780836190069
| Paperback
Herald Press | 1995
Dewey 291
LC Classification 4160

Genre

  • Adult Non-Fiction

Subject

  • Religion / Comparative Religion
  • Religion And Sociology
  • Religions
  • Social Science / Sociology Of Religion

Plot

David W. Shenk looks at world religions and ideologies from the viewpoint of a Christian experienced in interfaith dialogue. Global Gods explores ten religious or ideoogical options, including African traditional religion, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, the European Enlightenment, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Marxism, and Platonism. The author honestly assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each major stream. And he interacts with sophisticated currents of thought while keeping his presentation clear and accessible.Global Gods contributes to the growing conversation about the role of religion and ideology in society. In an increasingly pluralistic world, the issues Shenk explores are not only theoretical but have practical urgency.Selected by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association as one of the top five missions/evangelism books (1996).