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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions
Kung joins with three esteemed colleagues to address the question:
"Can we break through the barriers of noncommunication, fear, and
mistrust that separate the followers of the world's great
religions?" The authors analyze the main lines of approach taken by
Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, and give Christian responses to the
values and challenges each tradition presents.
Nelida Naveros Cordova carefully draws from a variety of texts
within the Philonic corpus to provide a complete sourcebook for an
introduction to Philo. After a general introduction, she
consolidates the major topics and themes commonly studied in Philo
into seven chapters: Philo's theology, his doctrine of creation,
his anthropology, his doctrine of ethics, his metaphorical
interpretation of biblical characters, his exposition of the Jewish
Law and the Decalogue, and Jewish worship and major observances.
For each chapter, Naveros Cordova provides a brief introduction and
overview of the topics in their cultural and religious contexts
highlighting Philo's philosophical thought and the significance of
his biblical interpretation. The sourcebook consists mostly of
fresh translations with few authorial comments with an attempt to
introduce and present Philonic texts to the introductory reader to
give broad exposure to the nature of Philo's literal and
allegorical biblical interpretations. From start to finish, the
book emphasizes the unity of the ethical character of Philo's
thought considered the basic spectrum of his biblical exegesis.
This book interprets the Tao Te Ching from the perspective of
personal cultivation. The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu is regarded as
one of the greatest books of wisdom ever written in history, but
few can grasp what it says in entirety. Embedded in each of its
5,000 Chinese characters are highly profound messages. Master Sim
Pooh Ho is a Tai Chi Master and the leader of a Tai Chi lineage
that traces back centuries. In his book Decoding the Tao Te Ching,
he combines the ancestral teachings of Tai Chi with his practice
and provides readers with unique insights into Lao Tzu's ancient
book.The Tao Te Ching is difficult to comprehend because many of
the concepts it introduces are elusive. What is Tao and Te, being
and non-being or yin and yang? The concepts, however, are
discernible in Tai Chi because they are what make the practice
work. Decoding the Tao Te Ching is written in a simple manner by a
Tai Chi master, and translated in an accessible way by his senior
disciple Tekson TEO, thus making it an enlightening read to all
English readers interested in this topic.
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