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Author Evans, G. R. (Gillian Rosemary)

Title Belief : a short history for today / G.R. Evans
Published London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2006

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 W'BOOL  202 Eva/Bas  AVAILABLE
Description x, 230 pages ; 22 cm
Contents 1 What is reasonable? -- 2 Godness -- 3 God's in his heaven; all's right with the world? -- 4 A high-risk strategy? -- 5 Repair -- 6 A nice place to be? -- 7 Is there a future for 'me'? -- 8 Heavenly community?
Summary "'What am I to believe?' is perhaps the fundamental question of human existence. It is unlikely that most people reach the end of their lives without wondering what it has all been for and what happens next. But the question of belief is more than just academic, since what people believe is now a more critical issue than ever. As G. R. Evans shows, an ignorance of the history of beliefs can leave individuals susceptible to the influence of extreme ideas, and unsure how to put them into context and judge their validity. In all religions, not just Islam and Christianity, that is precisely how sects and cults get a grip."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index
Subject Faith.
Religious thought -- History.
LC no. 2007405101
ISBN 9781845112257 (paperback)
1845112253 (paperback)