Religions

1. General 2. Hindu Websites 3. Videos ____ 1. General Aradhna: From Comfort to Discomfort, From Church to Temple (International Journal of Frontier Missiology) Break the Christian Cocoon – Let Hindus See Jesus (Mission Frontiers) Bridging the Gap between Western Workers and India’s Hindus (International Journal of Frontier Missiology) The Burden of the Past (Mission [...]

1. Particular Religions 2. General 3. Video ____ 1. Particular Religions Buddhism Folk Religion Hinduism Islam Judaism ____ 2. General Apologetic Sound Bites: How Can You Claim There’s Only One True Religion? (Tim Chester) Atheism and Religious Education Cargo Cult and Culture Worshipers Carl Jung’s Monism and Neo-Paganism Challenge of Other Religions 1 Colin Chapman [...]

1. Face to Face Resources 2. Other Resources ____ 1. Face to Face Resources Abdullah Saeed / Islamic Religious Education and its Reform The All-Encompassing Nature of Islam Amin Saikal / Islam and the West: Containing the Rage? And we for the sake of Christ all things bear: Fatima Al-Mutairi’s poem before her martyrdom Aziz [...]

Hayward is a Christian anthropologist who lectures at Biola University. This is a very helpful presentation explaining how anthropologists view religion and how a Christian anthropologist adds to this. Hayward has some excellent things to say which are relevant to evangelism and ministry across cultures. His wide-sweeping lecture also concerns the relationship between the science [...]

1. Biblical Perspectives 2. Hot Issue: Multi-Ethnic Congregations/Church Communities OR HUP (Homogeneous Unit Principle) Churches? 3. General 4. Videos 5. Websites ____ 1. Biblical Perspectives The Bible as Authority as an Antidote to Cultural Imperialism Bible Translation in Historical Context. The Changing Role of Cross-Cultural Workers (International Journal of Frontier Missiology) A Brief Investigation of [...]

This is my attempt to summarise what Buddhists mean when they speak of karma. It is important in approaching this subject to recognise the difference between what most lay Buddhists at the popular level understand by karma and what is taught in Buddhist texts and by Buddhist scholars. Karma in Buddhism www.facetofaceintercultural.com.au

This blog continues the series of studies looking at references to the Garden(s) of Paradise, as depicted in the Qur’an. Our last blog on this matter was on September 8. The next relevant passage is from Surah 46:13-16 (Yusuf Ali): 13 Verily those who say, “Our Lord is Allah,” and remain firm (on that Path),- [...]

This blog continues the series of studies looking at references to the Garden(s) of Paradise, as depicted in the Qur’an. Our last blog on this matter was on August 28. The next relevant passage is from Surah 44:51-57 (Yusuf Ali): 51 As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security, 52 Among [...]

This blog continues the series of studies looking at references to the Garden(s) of Paradise, as depicted in the Qur’an. Our last blog on this matter was on June 6. The next relevant passage is from Surah 43:68-74 (Yusuf Ali): 68: My devotees! no fear shall be on you that Day, nor shall ye grieve,- [...]

The Dalai Lama and his teaching have had a significant impact upon concepts of the meaning of life and happiness in the Western world. This article provides a summary of the Dalai Lama, his teaching and a Christian response to both. The article was published in the quarterly magazine of the Centre for Apologetic Scholarship [...]