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050 00 $aBL80.2$b.S726 1994
082 00 $a291$220
100 1 $aStephens, G. Lynn.
245 10 $aSeven dilemmas in world religions /$cG. Lynn Stephens and Gregory Pence.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bParagon House,$c1994.
300 $ax, 158 pages ;$c24 cm
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520 $aAn engaging and insightful introduction to six of the world's major religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
505 0 $a1. Judaism in a hostile world: the threat of Hellenism. A chosen people -- General historical background of Hellenistic centuries -- Greek ideas and values -- Jewish and Greek attitudes to sexuality -- Judaism in the Hellenistic era -- Jason and the Maccabees -- Ethnicity or universalism? 2. Was Jesus a great moral teacher? Moral teachings without theology? -- The moral teachings of Jesus -- Resist not evil -- The poor you have with you always -- Consider the lilies of the field -- A preliminary evaluation of Jesus' moral teachings -- The coming of the kingdom.
505 0 $a3. Was Jesus divine?: Paul on the status of Jesus. Judaism on Jesus -- The status of Jesus -- Incarnation or atonement? -- Other problems about the nature of Jesus -- Judaism, Paul, Hellenism, and Christianity. 4. Mohammed and the Islamic conception of God. The founding of Islam -- There is no God but Allah -- The Islamic rejection of the Christian incarnation -- Origins of the concept of Allah -- Tensions in Mohammed's conception of Allah. 5. Is God a person? Hinduism on Brahman. Allah and Brahman -- The background of the Upanishads -- The wisdom of the Upanishads -- The nature of Brahman.
505 0 $a6. Does anything survive death?: What the Buddha taught. The life of Buddha -- The four noble truths -- Samsara and Anatta -- Can Buddhism teach both Anatta and Samsara? 7. Does public morality depend on religion?: Confucius on politics and religion. Voltaire's admiration of Confucian views -- Life and times of Confucius -- Confucius on political authority -- Confucius's critics -- Mozi's Utopia of all-embracing love -- A Confucian look at Mozi's Utopia. 8. Conclusions and reflections. Religion and morality -- Religion and the meaning of the universe -- Religion and community.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aReligions.
650 7 $aReligions.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01093898
700 1 $aPence, Gregory E.
710 2 $aMazal Holocaust Collection.$5TxSaTAM.
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