| Religion and Human Nature Contributor(s): Ward, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198269617 ISBN-13: 9780198269618 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: "(Keith Ward is) one of Britain's most prodigious and profound theological and philosophical Christian minds writing today." -- Churchman "For sheer creativity and ingenuity, Ward is one of the greatest systematicians working in Britain today." -- Reviews in Religion and Theology. What do the great world religions say about the soul and its ultimate destiny? This book, the third in Keith Ward's magisterial tetralogy on comparative religion, presents the beliefs of six major traditions about human nature; the way to immortality, and the end of the world. It offers a major philosophical analysis of beliefs in reincarnation and the resurrection of the body. Finally it constructs a Christian interpretation, in the light of scientific knowledge and a global religious worldview. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Philosophy - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 291.22 |
| LCCN: 98003194 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.2" W x 9.42" (1.22 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What do the great world religions say about the soul and its ultimate destiny? This book, the third in Keith Ward's magisterial tetralogy on comparative religion, presents the beliefs of six major traditions about human nature, the way to immortality, and the end of the world. It offers a major philosophical analysis of beliefs in reincarnation and the resurrection of the body. Finally it constructs a Christian interpretation, in the light of scientific knowledge and a global religious worldview. |
