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Sto caricando le informazioni... When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs (originale 2002; edizione 2003)di Charles Kimball
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Lent my copy to a Muslim friend I worked with from Pakistan. While he was skeptical at first, he thanked me and raved at its balanced treatment of the subject and its pointing us to the so obvious evil in shedding blood over beliefs when God is so seemingly silent. All our blood is red. To me, it is spirited common sense and fits with Jesus’ Golden rule. I can only follow the Spirit as it is given to me. I do seriously believe and try to live the invitation by Jesus Christ to “seek and you shall find.” I have already found much in my search, and expect more, but will take whatever I discover. And that is a lifetime of work. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, leading religion and Middle East expert Charles Kimball shows how all religious traditions are susceptible to these basic corruptions and why only authentic faith can prevent such evil. The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion 1. Absolute Truth Claims 2. Blind Obedience 3. Establishing the "Ideal" Time 4. The End Justifies Any Means 5. Declaring Holy War Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Boy, was *I* wrong. Charles Kimball got his Harvard Th.D. in comparative religion, specializing in Islamic studies, and is an ordained Baptist minister. He lived 20 years in the Middle East, working with the World Council of Churches and also government-related organizations. He met most big players in the Middle and Near East during that time (including the Ayatollah Khomeini, who met with him because he was one of the few Americans who really knew Islam). He continued to work with the WCC and interfaith organizations when he returned to the U.S. He is now the Chair of the Department of Religion at Wake Forest University.
And does he know his stuff! He believes the core of every religion is the push for social peace and mercy, but claims there are five warning signs for religion instead becoming evil: 1) absolute truth claims; 2) blind obedience; 3) establishing the "ideal" time; 4) end justifies the means; 5) declaration of holy war. He can trace histories of how these ideas corrupt religions and turn them violent, from the Crusades to Sikh/Hindu conflicts, to the Israeli/Palestinian situation, to the current American Religious Right.
I'm not sure he gave quite enough credence to the fact that rigidity and violence do always tend to accompany almost every religion, no matter how much it preaches peace. He might turn the question back on me, and ask if I've known any major non-religious world view, with lots of adherents, that didn't have a similar problem; perhaps the problem is the human heart rather than the belief system.
But his analysis is deep and detailed, and compassion runs through this book as its lifeblood and energizing force. It was humbling to encounter someone of such experience, who still views the world with hope and compassion even after all he has seen. ( )