Understanding World Religions in 15 Minutes a Day
Overview
What religions are represented in your neighborhood, your workplace, and your children’s school? Things seem to be changing every day, and it can be hard to keep up. You may know a little about some of these religions, but others are new to you. You’d like to learn about them and how they differ from your beliefs, but who has time to do all the research?
In Understanding World Religions in 15 Minutes a Day, cross-cultural expert and professor Garry R. Morgan explains the key beliefs, histories, and practices of more than 20 religions, including the familiar—Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism—and some of the lesser-known—Baha’i, Sikhism, and New Age religions. Broken into 40 short readings, each chapter is engaging and easy to understand. In just minutes a day you’ll soon have a better understanding of the diversity of the world’s religions.
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- Explains key beliefs of more than 20 world religions
- Provides easy to understand explanations
- Organizes chapters by religion for easy navigation and understanding
Top Highlights
“In summary, there is no single right answer to defining religion. For this book we’ll use this working definition: ‘Religion is an organized system of beliefs that answers ultimate questions and commends certain actions or behaviors based on the answers to those questions.’” (Page 16)
“First, one religion component is an organized system of beliefs. In some cases the organization may not be obvious to outsiders, but no religion is made up of random, unrelated creeds. Second, not all religions involve worship, but they do all mandate or at least commend certain behaviors and actions—corporate, individual, or both—that are related to the belief system. Third, a religion answers questions about the unknown.” (Page 15)
“All other religious systems believe the main responsibility for solving life’s problems rests upon people. Christianity reveals and demonstrates that we cannot set things right by our own efforts, which makes grace all the more astounding and precious.” (Page 23)
“philosophy differs from religion in that it typically does not involve corporate practices like worship.” (Page 13)
“The frequently heard statement ‘All religions are basically the same’ is based on the superficial observation that religion seems to be about guiding and motivating people to ‘behave well.’” (Page 18)
- Title: Understanding World Religions in 15 Minutes a Day
- Author: Garry R. Morgan
- Publisher: Bethany House
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 176
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Religions
- ISBNs: 9781441264404, 9780764210037, 144126440X, 0764210033
- Resource ID: LLS:NDRWRLRL15MNDY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:46:14Z