LEADER 02567nam 2200577 450 001 9910777603303321 005 20230828223812.0 010 $a1-282-52705-3 010 $a9786612527050 010 $a0-85771-079-6 010 $a600-00-0882-1 010 $a1-4294-5402-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467231 035 $a(EBL)676368 035 $a(OCoLC)710975301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110169 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12026908 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110169 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10063105 035 $a(PQKB)10189257 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC676368 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL676368 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL252705 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467231 100 $a20220517d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBelief $ea short history for today /$fG. R. Evans 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cI.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd.,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84511-225-3 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I. Believing; 1. What is reasonable?; Part II. Making and Breaking; 2. Godness; 3. God's in his heaven; all's right with the world?; 4. A high-risk strategy?; 5. Repair; Part III. Life's Ends and Purposes; 6. A nice place to be?; 7. Is there a future for 'me'?; 8. Heavenly community?; Conclusion; Notes; Dates of authors mentioned; Glossary; Bibliography; Index 330 $aWhat am I to believe?' is perhaps the fundamental question of human existence. It is unlikely that most people reach the end of their lives without wondering what it has all been for and what happens next. But the question of belief is more than just academic, since what people believe is now more critical than ever. As G R Evans shows, an ignorance of the history of beliefs can leave individuals susceptible to the influence of extreme ideas, and unsure how to put them into context and judge their validity. In all religions, not just Islam and Christianity, that is precisely how sects and cul 606 $aFaith 606 $aReligious thought$xHistory 615 0$aFaith. 615 0$aReligious thought$xHistory. 676 $a234.23 700 $aEvans$b G. R$g(Gillian Rosemary),$0899577 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777603303321 996 $aBelief$93703971 997 $aUNINA