What Is God?
Contributors: Robbie Marantz (Illustrator)
Series: "What Is?" Life Concepts Series
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd.; Firefly Books
Published: September 1, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780920668894
Subjects: Religious education / world faiths; Juvenile literature; Children: Grades 4-6; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Religion; Philosophy; Religion - General; God -- Comparative studies -- Juvenile literature; Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / General; Religions -- Juvenile literature; Body, Mind & Spirit; God
First sentence: Let us not ask immediately "who" God is, but instead "what" God is.
Description: What is God? is an eloquent introduction to the ideas behind God and religion, and brings forward complex ideas in a way children will understand. It is written with a simple clarity and beautifully illustrated with just the right blend of seriousness and humor.

What is God? compares different religions -- Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism -- and their holy books, looks at misunderstandings and arguments among people of different religions, and talks about praying as well as feeling connected to everything in the world.

If you want to talk about spirituality with a child, or introduce them to philosophy or religion, or just help them to begin to center themselves and their feelings about the world, this book is a great beginning.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Depth; title: Future; title: Freedom; title: Beauty; title: Truth; title: Conclusion: Mystery; title: Notes; title: Index