The Religions Next Door: What We Need To Know About Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, And Islam---and What Reporters Are Missing by Marvin Olasky


The Religions Next Door: What We Need To Know About Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, And Islam---and What Reporters Are Missing
Title : The Religions Next Door: What We Need To Know About Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, And Islam---and What Reporters Are Missing
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ISBN : 0805431438
ISBN-10 : 9780805431438
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 245
Publication : First published October 1, 2004

The Religions Next Door: What we need to know about Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam - and what reporters are missing will educate readers as to the truth about world religions that the media often misrepresent. Our neighborhoods are full of religious diversity these days, but the media would have us believe they all hold different variations of the same tenets. But this isn’t so, and it is in those missed details that serious and grave misjustice is done to the American people by the misreporting of religion. The Religions Next Door provides insight into the beliefs of four growing religions in America, and challenges the media community to report religion as real news - not as community relations fodder, but as stories of human and theological interest.

The Religions Next Door: What We Need To Know About Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, And Islam---and What Reporters Are Missing Reviews

  • Jessica

    The information on each religion in this book was great, but I disliked the author's style (pretty dry, really). When I bought the book, I thought that it would be one of those books that tries to increase knowledge/ acceptance of other religions, but at times the author seemed almost arogant about his own knowledge, which distracted me from what I was trying to learn. Hmm, puh. I might try to re-read this book later and see if my perception of the author changes. I have heard other people rave about both him and this book, so I will give it another chance later.

  • Pablo Gutierrez

    Un libro bastante fácil de leer. Ha de usarse el análisis crítico en la lectura continua de los capítulos sobre las religiones, porque no se anuncian las diferencias entre ellas y el cristianismo, pero se hacen evidentes.

    La estructuración de los capítulos se hace sobre recuento histórico de cada religión y su quehacer en el presente.

    Los últimos dos capítulos serán de más relevancia para periodistas, columnistas, blogueros que comenten sobre incidencias político-religiosas, etc.

  • Angie

    Excellent book. Thoughtful, clear, interesting.