{"product_id":"god-is-not-one-the-eight-rival-religions-that-run-the-worldand-why-their-differences-matter-isbn-9780061571275","title":"God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGod is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of Religious Literacy and religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that persistent attempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlook the distinct problem that each tradition seeks to solve.  Delving into the different problems and solutions that Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Confucianism, Yoruba Religion, Daoism and Atheism  strive to combat, \u003cem\u003eGod is Not One\u003c\/em\u003e is an indispensable guide to the questions human beings have asked for millennia—and to the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today. Readers of Huston Smith and Karen Armstrong will find much to ponder in \u003cem\u003eGod is Not One\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the twenty-first century, dizzying scientific and technological advancements, interconnected globalized economies, and even the so-called New Atheists have done nothing to change one thing: our world remains furiously religious. For good and for evil, religion is the single greatest influence in the world. We accept as self-evident that competing economic systems (capitalist or communist) or clashing political parties (Republican or Democratic) propose very different solutions to our planet's problems. So why do we pretend that the world's religious traditions are different paths to the same God? We blur the sharp distinctions between religions at our own peril, argues religion scholar Stephen Prothero, and it is time to replace naïve hopes of interreligious unity with deeper knowledge of religious differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReligious Literacy\u003c\/em\u003e, Prothero demonstrated how little Americans know about their own religious traditions and why the world's religions should be taught in public schools. Now, in \u003cem\u003eGod Is Not One\u003c\/em\u003e, Prothero provides readers with this much-needed content about each of the eight great religions. To claim that all religions are the same is to misunderstand that each attempts to solve a different human problem. For example:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e–Islam: the problem is pride \/ the solution is submission\u003cbr\u003e–Christianity: the problem is sin \/ the solution is salvation\u003cbr\u003e–Confucianism: the problem is chaos \/ the solution is social order\u003cbr\u003e–Buddhism: the problem is suffering \/ the solution is awakening\u003cbr\u003e–Judaism: the problem is exile \/ the solution is to return to God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eProthero reveals each of these traditions on its own terms to create an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to better understand the big questions human beings have asked for millennia—and the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today. A bold polemical response to a generation of misguided scholarship, \u003cem\u003eGod Is Not One\u003c\/em\u003e creates a new context for understanding religion in the twenty-first century and disproves the assumptions most of us make about the way the world's religions work.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An urgently needed and very nicely done corrective to politically correct nonsense.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRodney Stark, author of Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“God is Not One is 2010’s must-read for anyone religiously illiterate….Don’t know much about the world’s faiths? Get a copy now.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book could well be the most highly readable, accurate, and up-to-date introduction to the world’s major religions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarvey Cox, Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard University, and author of The Future of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A very much needed book!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiroslav Volf, Professor, Yale University, and author of Exclusion and Embrace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephen Prothero has done it again. This is a powerfully-written, paradigm-shifting book. How religious differences can be a bridge of cooperation rather than a bomb of destruction is one of the most important challenges of our era, and Prothero is as good a guide as you will find.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEboo Patel, founder and executive director of Interfaith Youth Core and author of Acts of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Provocative, thoughtful, fiercely intelligent and, for both believing and nonbelieving, formal and informal students of religion, a must-read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“enormously timely, thoughtful and balanced” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889166151909,"sku":"NP9780061571275","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061571275.jpg?v=1730230662","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/god-is-not-one-the-eight-rival-religions-that-run-the-worldand-why-their-differences-matter-isbn-9780061571275","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}