World Religions in Seven Sentences

<P><B>Understanding the beliefs and practices of other faiths is essential not just to the task of interreligious dialogue but also to grasping one's own faith.</B></P><P>In this brief volume in IVP Academic's Introductions in Seven Sentences philosopher Douglas Groothuis creatively uses a single sentence representing each of several world religions as a way to open readers to their depth and complexity including:</P><ul><li>Atheism: God Is Dead.</li><li>Judaism: I Am Who I Am.</li><li>Hinduism: You Are That.</li><li>Buddhism: Life Is Suffering.</li><li>Daoism: The Dao That Can Be Spoken Is Not the Eternal Dao.</li><li>Christianity: Before Abraham Was I Am.</li><li>Islam: There Is One God and Mohammad Is His Prophet.</li></ul><P>With a sympathetic but not uncritical approach Groothuis welcomes readers to a vital and global conversation.</P><P>The accessible primers in the Introductions in Seven Sentences collection act as brief introductions to an academic field with simple organization: seven key sentences that give readers a birds-eye view of an entire discipline.</P>