- Publisher: Between the Lines
- ISBN: 9781897071625
- Price: $16.00 CAD
- Publication Date: Mar 2010
- Rights: Canada
- Pages: 144
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Request Exam CopyNo-Nonsense Guide to Religion
Symon Hill
Religion is a term that the media often use without any clarification. But it is a loaded word that encompasses hundreds of different beliefs. Religion can be seen as a source of war and peace, love and hate, dialogue and narrow-mindedness. The globalization of communications has raised awareness of religious conversion, with more people than ever before belonging to a different religious community than their parents. The No-Nonsense Guide to Religion considers how religion has shaped our culture, and how our culture is shaping religion today.
Contents
1 Talking About Religion
2 Religious World
3 Question of Truth
4 Power and Oppression
5 Resistance and Liberation
6 An Elusive Freedom
7 Sacred Violence, Sacred Peace
8 The Future
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About the Author
Symon Hill is a tutor in Practical Theology, a writer, a trainer, and an activist. He has written comment pieces for newspapers ranging from the Sunday Herald to the Daily Mail and contributes regularly to the Guardian website, The Friend, and Ekklesia.