Encountering World Religions: A Christian Introduction

The diversity of the worlds religions has come to the West but believers are often ill-equipped for any kind of serious engagement with non-Christians. In Encountering World Religions professor and author Irving Hexham introduces all the worlds major religious traditions in a brief and understandable way.Hexham outlines key beliefs and practices in each religion while also providing guidance on how to think critically about them from the standpoint of Christian theology. African yogic and Abrahamic traditions are all covered. Accessible and clear Encountering World Religions will provide formal and lay students alike with a useful Christian introduction to the major faiths of our world.