A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance
“The seven sentences idea uses particular and paradigmatic statements from the world religions—and one from the irreligious Nietzsche, representing atheism—as windows into their worldviews and ways of life.” (2)
The seven sentences:
- Atheism: “God is dead.”
- Judaism: “I Am Who I Am”
- Hinduism: “You Are That”
- Buddhism: “Life is Suffering”
- Daoism: “The Dao That Can Be Spoken Is Not the Eternal Dao”
- Christianity: “Before Abraham Was, I Am”
- Islam: “There Is One God, and Muhammad Is His Prophet”
“In fact, Jesus evinced a coherent and confident worldview that presupposed all his teaching and actions.” (120)
Endorsement
“Knowledge of religions other than one’s own is not widespread, and often this limited knowledge is based on the trappings of a given religion rather than its worldview and necessary doctrines. As a philosopher, Dr. Groothuis has captured what is most needful to understand in the major religions of the world in a book easy to read and understand. I commend him for this work and believe that his book can be an important introduction to the study of faiths other than one’s own. I would encourage anyone wanting to have a better understanding of different religions to read this book.” ~ H. Wayne House, distinguished research professor of theology, law, and culture at Faith International University, author of Charts of World Religions.