| Religion & Human Nature Contributor(s): Ward, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 019826965X ISBN-13: 9780198269656 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: 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: 0.85" H x 5.47" W x 8.49" (0.96 lbs) 340 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. |
