This is the most diverse comparison of religions, cults and popular beliefs that I've seen - and a reference book I will return to as our world grows smaller and smaller. Would be fascinating as a group study with teens who want to engage their global neighbours intelligently and with understanding!
Paperback • Thomas Nelson • 9781418549176
Everything teens and young adults need to know about world religions and philosophies in one book! This book from a high school religion teacher and a professor of religion clarifies the founding, history, practices, and beliefs of forty groups.
Each chapter puts the group in context and explains how the religion is similar to or different from Christianity. No other book covers such a wide range of topics from Islam, Shamanism, and Mormonism, to atheism, vampirism, and astrology.
An excerpt...
Secular Humanism
Introduction
Secular Humanism is a twentieth-century, nonreligious philosophy that looks to science and sensory experience to determine human understanding and morality. It denounces any religious worldview, including the existence of a divine being—God or otherwise—and the reality of the supernatural.
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Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Ellen Graf-Martin now lives in the heart of Ontario’s Mennonite country with her husband Dan, where she continues to work in publishing and ministry.Learn more about her work at www.grafmartin.com
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