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Why Religions Work – God`s Place in the World Today
Eleanor Stoneham
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Description for Why Religions Work – God`s Place in the World Today
Paperback. Is religion worth keeping? Are militant atheists misguided? Do religion and spirituality need each other? Is it possible to build tolerance and respect in a divided world? And can science play a role? In this book, the author explains why the answer to all these questions is a resounding 'yes'. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
God and religion come in for bad press these days. Is religion worth keeping? Are militant atheists misguided? Do religion and spirituality need each other? Is it possible to build tolerance and respect in a divided world? And can science play a role? Eleanor Stoneham explains why the answer to all these questions is a resounding 'yes'. It is true that religions need to change and become more relevant for today's needs. But supposing science also changed, shed its shackles of conventional materialistic dogma based on some shaky assumptions and looked with new eyes at religious beliefs such as prayer, ... Read more
God and religion come in for bad press these days. Is religion worth keeping? Are militant atheists misguided? Do religion and spirituality need each other? Is it possible to build tolerance and respect in a divided world? And can science play a role? Eleanor Stoneham explains why the answer to all these questions is a resounding 'yes'. It is true that religions need to change and become more relevant for today's needs. But supposing science also changed, shed its shackles of conventional materialistic dogma based on some shaky assumptions and looked with new eyes at religious beliefs such as prayer, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780994963
SKU
V9781780994963
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About Eleanor Stoneham
Eleanor Stoneham is a postgraduate biologist from Sheffield University as well as a qualified accountant, tax consultant and financial adviser, now retired to give more time for her research and writing interests. Actively involved in the Anglican Church as a verger and altar girl, she describes herself as an unconventional and free-thinking Christian author and in what little spare time ... Read more
Reviews for Why Religions Work – God`s Place in the World Today
We are smashing up ourselves, our relationships, and our planet. Religion is often blamed, and the charges often seem just. Fundamentalism of all sorts puts words and dogmas above people, justice and plain decency. There's a strong temptation to ditch religion. Compassionate humanism sometimes seems to have a more sensitive diagnostic nose and a more shrewd therapeutic, or at least ... Read more