A guide to religions
"David Brown, now Bishop of Guildford, lived and taught for many years in Africa and the Near East, and his penetrating yet sympathetic studies of Islam have contributed much to mutual understanding between Christians and Muslims as worshippers of the One God. In this Study Guide he explores the relationship between the Creator and the creation as it is expressed in the religions of mankind. The chief purpose of the book is to describe religions at their face value, as part of the social and cultural context within which Christians live and work, not to criticize or evaluate them: Judaism and Christianity are analysed in the same way as the rest. In the last chapter, however, the author relates this discussion to the belief that Christ God intervened in our world in a unique and decisive way. Material for the chapters on Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Taoism, and the religions of the Ga in Ghana, the Maori, and Shamanism in Korea has been contributed by nationals of the areas concerned. Lively photographs show some of the many ways in which different people witness and worship, while the study questions and discussion topics will help Christian readers to compare their own ideas and beliefs with those of other religions."-Publisher
Print Book, English, 1975
S.P.C.K. : United Society for Christian Literature for the Theological Education Fund, London, 1975