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Is God a Christian? : Creating a Community of Conversation by R. Kirby Godsey (2011, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMercer University Press

ISBN-10088146242X

ISBN-139780881462425

eBay Product ID (ePID)10038634180

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

Publication NameIs God a Christian? : Creating a Community of Conversation

LanguageEnglish

SubjectComparative Religion, General, Christianity / General

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorR. Kirby Godsey

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2011-003172

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal261.2

SynopsisChristians often think and behave as though God is a Christian. This book is written to ask if that assumption is true and to foster a more open conversation about other world religions., In a world composed of almost seven billion people, about 2.2 billion of them claim to be Christian. And while Christianity is continuing to grow at a modest rate, other religions are growing at a faster pace. Some scholars predict that Islam will overtake Christianity as the world's largest religion by the middle of the twenty-first century. Predictions aside, religions are competing for the world stage, and in the competition, Christians seem certain that God is on their side. Christians often think and behave as though God is a Christian. This book is written to ask if that assumption is true and to foster a more open conversation about other world religions. The world has grown too small and the stakes for mankind have grown too high for any of us to engage our faith as if our understanding of God represents the only way God's presence may be known in the world. We need, more than ever before, to develop creative communities of conversation. Conversation does not begin with talking. It begins with listening. like Quakers of old, we need to gather in humility and honesty to face the meanness and evil that religion itself has sometimes heaped upon mankind. Godsey asserts that "We should open ourselves to new spectrums of light that may emanate from faiths foreign to our own. Our high calling is to commit ourselves to building a better pathway for creating understanding and mutual respect among people of faith throughout the world."

LC Classification NumberBL473.G58 2011