Strangers on the Shore - Randall, Albert B.
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While the world's major religions differ in their beliefs, they share common spiritual values. Although Christians and Muslims disagree about the divinity of Jesus, the New Testament and the Qur'an affirm a common set of spiritual virtues that are also found in Hinduism and Buddhism. For Christians, the fundamental spiritual virtues are most memorably stated in the Beatitudes that begin the Sermon on the Mount. Strangers on the Shore explores the virtues in the Beatitudes as they are expressed in the New Testament, the Muslim Qur'an, the Hindu Bhagavad Gita, and the writings and traditions of Buddhism.…mehr

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While the world's major religions differ in their beliefs, they share common spiritual values. Although Christians and Muslims disagree about the divinity of Jesus, the New Testament and the Qur'an affirm a common set of spiritual virtues that are also found in Hinduism and Buddhism.
For Christians, the fundamental spiritual virtues are most memorably stated in the Beatitudes that begin the Sermon on the Mount. Strangers on the Shore explores the virtues in the Beatitudes as they are expressed in the New Testament, the Muslim Qur'an, the Hindu Bhagavad Gita, and the writings and traditions of Buddhism.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Albert B. Randall received a B.S. from Maryville College, an M.Div. from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, and an M.A and a Ph.D. in philosophy from The University of Oklahoma. On various grants he has traveled in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and Yemen. He has taught philosophy for thirty-four years at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and is the author of The Mystery of Hope in the Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel: Hope and Homo Viator and Theologies of War and Peace Among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Currently he is conducting training sessions in Islam for United States soldiers in various units stationed at Fort Campbell before they return to Iraq.