Presenting the new book WHAT DO OUR NEIGHBORS BELIEVE?
by Howard Greenstein, Kendra Hotz,
and John Kaltner
from Westminster John Knox Press.
The
neighbors we encounter these days do not always hold the same religious
beliefs as we do. This is a fact of contemporary life, exemplified
by the diversities of places of worship we see as we travel: synagogues,
churches and mosques.
Those with religious sensitivity realize that in today’s culture
it is important, on many levels, to understand what our neighbors
believe. The book that follows seeks to provide easy access to beliefs
of three major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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- ORIGIN
AND COMPOSITION
-
When, where, and how did the religion begin?
- What
are the main subgroups within the religion?
- Where
is the religion found today?
- DATES,
PEOPLE, AND PLACES
- SACRED
TEXTS AND OTHER WRITINGS
- LEADERSHIP
AND AUTHORITY
- BELIEFS
- PRACTICES
- RELATIONSHIPS
- SOCIAL
ISSUES
- CURRENT
CONCERNS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
The
late Howard
R. Greenstein served as Rabbi of
the Jewish congregation of Marco Island, Florida. He had previously
served congregations in Florida, Ohio, and Massachusetts. Greenstein
was a Lecturer at the University of Florida, University of North
Florida, and Jacksonville University. He is the author of Judaism:
An Eternal Covenant (1983) and Turning Point: Zionism
and Reform Judaism (1981).
Kendra
G. Hotz serves as Adjunct Professor of Theology at Memphis
Theological Seminary. She formerly taught at Calvin College. Hotz
is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and coauthor
(with Matthew T. Mathews) of Shaping
the Christian Life: Worship and the Religious Affections
(2006) and coauthor of Transforming
Care: A Christian Vision of Nursing Practice (2005).
John
Kaltner is a member of the Department of Religious Studies
at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee where he teaches courses
in Bible, Islam, and Arabic. Among his books are Islam:
What Non-Muslims Should Know (2003); Inquiring
of Joseph: Getting to Know a Biblical Character through the Qu’ran
(2003); Ishmael
Instructs Isaac: An Introduction to the Qur’an for Bible Readers
(Collegeville: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 1999)
Copyright
©2006 Greenstein, Hotz, and Kaltner
Excerpts from What Do Our Neighbors Believe?: Questions and
Answers on Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Howard Greenstein,
Kendra Hotz, and John Kaltner are used by permission from Westminster
John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky. The book will be available
for purchase in December 2006.
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