Is Religion Dangerous? - Softcover

Ward, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802845088 ISBN 13: 9780802845085

Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007

Synopsis

Is Religion Dangerous? Holy wars, crusades, discrimination, hate these by-products of religion are all many contemporary commentators can see. But is religion dangerous? Is it a force for evil, something to oppose as a corrupt system that leads to terrorism and violence? Is it something to disdain as irrational and out of step with modern society? Keith Ward here addresses these concerns intelligently and insightfully. ... Full description

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Review:

This book, unlike many religious books, is very clearly written. I wish I could explain myself as clearly as he does. I think a good way to approach the book could be to regard it as a series of essays on topics such as Life after Death, Morality and the Bible, and Faith and Reason, which can be read independently of each other. -- Christopher Vane * The Lance *

About the Author:

Keith Ward is one of Britain's foremost philosopher-theologians. Former Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Joint President of the World Congress of Faiths, he is now Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, London and a Fellow of the British Acadamy. He is also a well-known broadcaster and author of over twenty books, including God: A Guide for the Perplexed, and Pascal's Fire: Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding.

About this edition

• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0802845088
• ISBN 13: 9780802845085
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208