God: a very short introduction

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 e...

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Main Author: Bowker, John 1935- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014
In: Very short introductions (398)
Year: 2014
Reviews:God: A Very Short Introduction, John Bowker, Oxford University Press, 2014 (ISBN 978-0-19-870895-7), xxiv + 135 pp., pb, £7.99 (2015) (Keefer, Arthur, 1987 -)
Edition:First edition
Series/Journal:Very short introductions 398
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B God
B God / Idea of God / Theism
Further subjects:B Theism
B Introduction
B God Miscellanea
B God
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Summary: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
Does God exist? -- Why believe in God? -- The religions of Abraham : Jewish understandings of God -- The religions of Abraham : Christian understandings of God -- The religions of Abraham : Muslim understandings of God -- Religions of India -- On knowing and not knowing God
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0198708955