God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World

by Prothero, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780061571282
• ISBN10: 0061571288
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-03
• Publisher: Harperone

Summary

Religion scholar Prothero asserts that it is time to replace nave hopes of interreligious unity with deeper knowledge of religious differences. A bold polemical response to a generation of misguided scholarship, "God Is Not One" creates a new context for understanding religion in the 21st century and disproves the assumptions about the way the world's religions work.

Author Biography

Stephen Prothero is the New York Times bestselling author of Religious Literacy and a professor of religion at Boston University. His work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, National Public Radio, and other top media outlets. He writes for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Visit the author online at www.stephenprothero.com.

Table of Contents

A Note on Dates and Diacriticals	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Islam: The Way of Submission	p. 25
Christianity: The Way of Salvation	p. 65
Confucianism: The Way of Propriety	p. 101
Hinduism: The Way of Devotion	p. 131
Buddhism: The Way of Awakening	p. 169
Yoruha Religion: The Way of Connection	p. 203
Judaism: The Way of Exile and Return	p. 243
Daoism: The Way of Flourishing	p. 279
A Brief Coda on Atheism: The Way of Reason	p. 317
Conclusion	p. 331
Acknowledgments	p. 341
Notes	p. 343
Index	p. 375
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