God
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: John Bowker
Edition: First edition.
Series: Very short introductions -- 398; Very short introductions -- 398.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780198708957
Subjects: God; Theism; Miscellanea
Description: Who or what is God? In this Very Short Introduction John Bowker considers questions like these. Exploring how the major religions interpret the idea of God, and have established their own distinctive beliefs about God's existence, Bowker shows how and why our understanding of God continues to evolve.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-128) and index.
Table of contents: title: Does God exist?; title: Why believe in God?; title: The religions of Abraham : Jewish understandings of God; title: The religions of Abraham : Christian understandings of God; title: The religions of Abraham : Muslim understandings of God; title: Religions of India; title: On knowing and not knowing God.