Religion For Dummies
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How should we live?
What happens after we die?
Why does evil exist?
Religion For Dummies explains how the world’s great religions answer questions that persist through generations. Authors Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Thomas Hartman are trusted religious advisors known as the God Squad. With wonderful wit and incredible wisdom, they host a daily talk show which reaches nearly 4 million homes in the New York area, and have appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
This book is not a scholarly theological treatise; it’s a lively, practical, hands-on resource that will help you better understand your own religion and others. You’ll explore:
- Religion’s role in the family and in the workplace
- The beliefs and practices of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other religions
- Religion’s impact during major passages in life such as birth, death, and marriage
- How to join a religion and how to pray
- How religion can help you deal with issues in every day life such as conflict, adversity, marriage, divorce, and more
- Religious rituals and ethics
Religion for Dummies touches on lesser-known religions (such as, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Sikhism). It explores how people of various faiths pray, celebrate life and death, and view moral issues. The book does not tell you what to believe, but rather encourages you to live as you believe and let your religion infuse every aspect of your life. It doesn’t give simple answers to haunting, complex questions; it helps you find your own answers and pursue your own spiritual path!
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (2 Aug. 2002), For Dummies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 428 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0764552643 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0764552649 |
| Dimensions | 18.73 x 2.46 x 23.5 cm |
by Lisa Helmsdal
everything was as described and the price unbelievable! I would recommend this to everyone. . . . . . .
by Let Down
Perfect thanks.
by Mike Scott
I bought this book as to be honest I don’t understand religion very well. I live in the UK and am a non-practicing Christian but all I see on the news is about Muslims, Hindu etc etc and to be honest I didn’t know what it all meant.
Therefore this book does a great explanation of all the major religions, where they originated from, why they have the celebrations they do etc and why the conflict in some areas.
It brings you up to speed on religion and allows you to talk from an educated point of view.
Strongly recommended, an easy read (as all the dummies guides are) and one from the coffee table.
Go for it!
by Moomoo
Interesting read and useful for the course I am doing
by Kerry
During a cruise we were lucky enough to be able to visit Jerusalem. I am.not overly religious but I felt quite ignorant of the cultural differences. I bought this book to educate myself more. Its slow going but interesting. The book does state to take it in bite size pieces and thats really the only way to do it. I think with everything thats going on in the world at the moment its good to have some understanding of other beliefs.
by Lucy
I wanted a simple objective account of the religions of the world. What I got was very biased but perhaps I should have guessed by looking at the authors. It is also written in an irritatingly jokey style and glosses over any difficulties.
by Cayt
I read Buddhism for Dummies shortly before buying this. I stopped reading this book by page 20 as I had found three major inaccuracies regarding Buddhism. If I had picked up three errors already, what others could I expect to find throughout the book? And what other inaccurate information might there be regarding Eastern religions that I would not identify.
Thye authors may know their Abrahamic religions inside out but their knowledge of other (Eastern) religions appeared inaccurate. Perhaps there should have been more authors from other religions involved.