246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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We all know what religion is - or do we? Confronted with religious pluralism and cultural diversity, it manifests itself in many forms. What is Religion? serves not only as an introduction to the different belief systems flourishing throughout the modern world, but asks us to consider how the very boundaries of faith might be drawn now and in the future. How might religion interact with... Read more
Introduction 1 Can religion be defined? 2 How is religion studied? 3 Rituals 4 Scriptures 5 Behaviour 6 Women 7 Liberation 8 Divisions within religions 9 Why can religions not unite? 10 Confessing a murder 11 Is the world designed? 12 What are we? 13 Mind and brain 14 Other belief systems 15 The existence of God 16 A definition of religion 17 The future of religion
Biography
Robert Crawford is a lecturer and tutor at the Open University, and a minister of the United Reformed Church. He has taught in South Africa, Nigeria, America and England, and is the co-author of Can We Ever Kill? as well as accounts of South African aparthied and Ulster Protestantism.
