Popular Handbook of World Religions

J McCoy Daniel

Description

A Christian's Guide to the World's Most Prominent Religions Meeting people from other religions is an incredible blessing and a unique challenge. As Christians, what do we need to know about their beliefs to effectively interact with them? And how can we share about Jesus with sensitivity for someone's relationship to their current faith? A compilation from some of today's top religion scholars, The Popular Handbook of World Religions is a clear and insightful guide to understanding and conversing with followers of the world's major belief systems. You will gain a balanced, nuanced comprehension of what followers of other religions believe, and see how those beliefs compare with those of Christianitydevelop deeper respect for different cultures and appreciate their unique traditions and ideaslearn how to share about Christ with true compassion and a recognition of other people's individuality and heritage Featuring the writings of Dr. Douglas Groothuis, Dr. Paul Copan, Dr. Winfried Corduan, and more, The Popular Handbook of World Religions is designed to help you gain the wisdom you need to interact with people of other faiths, from atheism to Judaism, Buddhism to Islam, Jainism to Sikhism, and more.

Sujets

• Religion
• Reference work

Informations

• Publié par: Harvest House Publishers
• Date de parution: 23 mars 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780736979108
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Endorsements
Daniel McCoy has assembled a tremendous team of contributors who are passionate experts in their respective fields. The Popular Handbook of World Religions is a true Swiss Army knife for every reader interested in understanding various religious systems. This highly unique and multifaceted volume not only presents the facts about the world s most prolific religions, but it also offers the reader compelling and practical ways to move the religious discussion forward- in love ! For this reason, The Popular Handbook of World Religions clear and concise content is a must-read for anyone seeking to make a real and measurable difference in an often misunderstood and contentious discipline. Every serious student, missionary, pastor, and evangelist must read this volume!
Joseph M. Holden, PhD President, Veritas International University Author, The Harvest Handbook of Apologetics
I ve been wishing for a long time that a book like this would be published! This is a truly accessible guide to world religions with just the right amount of detail and written in a compelling way. I have no doubt it will be my go-to recommendation on the subject for years to come.
Natasha Crain , speaker and author of three books, including Talking with Your Kids about Jesus
The Popular Handbook of World Religions is an excellent resource with a wealth of insight on an array of critical topics for anyone ministering cross-culturally. Rather than settle for dry, encyclopedic entries, the contributors use an engaging narrative style that provides valuable context without sacrificing nuance. The chapters offer balanced perspectives with concision and clarity, which makes the book useful for practitioners and scholars alike.
Jackson Wu Theologian in Residence, Mission ONE
The twenty-first century church must return and recommit to Jesus s command to make disciples who make disciples. This excellent handbook encourages and equips disciple-making among people of the world s religions. Not only are the authors intent on describing the religions accurately and graciously, but they are also effective in helping us carry out our core mission: to make disciples of all nations.
Bobby Harrington Point Leader of Renew.org and Discipleship.org
One of the biggest apologetics challenges today is explaining how Christianity can be the one true religion in light of the various claims made by the world s religions. The Popular Handbook of World Religions not only provides a wealth of information about the distinctive religions of the world, but it also serves as a tool chest for Christians who desire to be informed and to interact with people who embrace these religions. This work is a valuable resource for Christian education, evangelism, and apologetics.
Kenneth Samples Senior Scholar, Reasons to Believe
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The Popular Handbook of World Religions
Copyright 2021 by Daniel J. McCoy
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-7909-2 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-7910-8 (eBook)
Names: McCoy, Daniel J., editor, author.
Title: The popular handbook of world religions / Daniel J. McCoy, general editor.
Description: Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 2020. Summary: Whether you seek to understand other religions or want to find ways to engage with people of another belief system, The Popular Handbook of World Religions is a clear and insightful guide to the top belief systems globally - Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020012318 (print) LCCN 2020012319 (ebook) ISBN 9780736979092 (trade paperback) ISBN 9780736979108 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Christianity and other religions. Religions.
Classification: LCC BR127 .P675 2020 (print) LCC BR127 (ebook) DDC 261.2-dc23
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Dedication
I dedicate this book to my five precious children:
Beth, Sarah, Hannah, John, and Elijah
I love you, and I pray that God would use you to help make disciples of all nations .
Acknowledgments
I am so grateful to so many people for making this project possible. Thanks to Win Corduan for motivating my interest and guiding my study in world religions. Thanks to Lindsey Medenwaldt for not only contributing the chapter on Jehovah s Witnesses but also doing an excellent job looking over all the chapters and making the project far better as a result. Her help was invaluable. Thanks to my editors at Harvest House for entrusting me with this project. I am thankful for getting to work with more than 20 capable scholars who agreed to contribute chapters.
I will always gladly make use of any opportunity to thank my wife, the lovely Susanna McCoy. I don t deserve such a wonderful wife, and I sure am grateful for her. I m also grateful for our five children. They fill our home with joy, each in his or her unique way.
Jesus has given us a very clear purpose: to make disciples. I m thankful to my parents, David and Nancy, for discipling me throughout my childhood. I m thankful to be working with the Renew Network ( renew.org ), an organization whose purpose is to fuel disciple-making. I m also thankful to be able to offer this book toward that same end, that we as His disciples might become dedicated and effective disciple-makers.
Contents
Endorsements
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction- Daniel McCoy
Part 1: Religion and Christianity
1. What in the World God Is Up To (and How You Can Join In)- Miriam Adeney
2. Tough Questions About Religion- Winfried Corduan
3. How to Contextualize the Gospel- I Ching Thomas
4. Objections to Cross-Cultural Evangelism- Daniel McCoy
Part 2: Missionary Religions
5. Christianity- Karin Stetina
6. Islam- Mark Durie
7. Buddhism- Winfried Corduan and Daniel McCoy
Part 3: Major Religions
8. Judaism- C. Wayne Mayhall
9. Zoroastrianism- Michael Caba
10. African Traditional- Anne Carlson Kennedy
11. Hinduism- Amit Bhatia
12. Jainism- Leonard Thompson
13. Sikhism- Natun Bhattacharya and C. Wayne Mayhall
14. The East Asian Complex- Aaron Wheeler and Mike Ackerman
Part 4: Modern Religions
15. Baha i- John Ferrer
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints- Ross Anderson
17. Jehovah s Witnesses- Lindsey Medenwaldt
18. Unitarian Universalism- Alan Gomes
Part 5: Religious Moods
19. Religious Pluralism- Paul Copan and Benjamin B. DeVan
20. New Spirituality- Douglas Groothuis
21. Atheism and Agnosticism- Paul Copan and Benjamin B. DeVan
Part 6: What God Is Doing Today
22. Stories of Coming to Christ- Patrick Zukeran
23. How to Treat Our Foreign Neighbors- Taffeta Chime
24. Prayer and Fasting- Shodankeh Johnson
Notes
Introduction
Daniel McCoy
I f you re like me, you ve got bookshelves crammed with well-intentioned purchases. In fact, multiple shelves aren t enough; book stacks spring up around the house like firework stands in summer. There are the theology books on what Christians believe and apologetics books on why Christians believe. There s that stack of Christian books on marriage you have been meaning to read. With parenting growing more complicated, you really ought to get to those books on how to be a Christian parent. There s the devotional you started twice but never finished-last January and the January before that. And of course, as your preacher keeps reminding you, there are lots of great plans for reading through the Bible itself.
When there s already not enough time to read all the books you d like to about your own religion, why should you take the time to study a book on other religions? Sure, there are theology students who read such books as part of a three-credit-hour class. But why should everyday Christians bother to learn the basics about other