Name: Mikenley Lundy
Class: Christian witness world Religions
Critical book review
Introduction
This semester I was required to read an interesting book regarding the world religion and Christianity. This book is title: Christianity encountering world religions wrote by Terry C. Muck and Frances S. Adeney published by Baker Academic in 2009. This book highlights how Christianity can reach other world religions through their message and build a strong relationship with them. It also put a strong emphasis focus on our responsibility as a Christian toward other people who belongs to another religion in this twenty first century. In the next few lines I will point very strong point that I find in the book that could help me in my pastoral ministry …show more content…
First of all, I realize that the author fails to illustrated each chapter with an image. I think illustration is one of the great key to learn an understand better a subject. If the authors have the intention to edit this book, it will be very important if the can add some illustrate in each chapter. Secondly, this has a Lack of spiritual advice. When I was reading this book I was expected that the author will give some spiritual advice that can help them to very successful in their mission field. However, the authors give more humans approach to reach other people and develop a relationship with them instead of giving to his reader some spiritual points that can help the Christian people from other religion when they’re refusing to accept our message. There is too much methodology.
As I said it before this book is very deep, profound and very academic. However, it didn’t write in level where someone with a 5th grade education will be able to understand the metaphor of “giftive mission” presented by the authors. I would suggest that the editors make several volumes of this book, instead of writing one piece of work in one book. It will be very interesting if each chapter was focus on how to approach a particular religion in the world. For instance, the author supposes to have a chapter about Hinduism and how we can reach them as …show more content…
We must create an environment where people of other religion fell very welcome among us. According to the author if we really want to be successful among other religion we have to stop criticize them or show them that the Christians are the only one who have the truth. When Jesus was on earth his great desire is to save all people and not some people. If you, we apply in our heart the desire to reach others as Jesus did while he was on earth, much people of other faith will respond to our
Class: Christian witness world Religions
Critical book review
Introduction
This semester I was required to read an interesting book regarding the world religion and Christianity. This book is title: Christianity encountering world religions wrote by Terry C. Muck and Frances S. Adeney published by Baker Academic in 2009. This book highlights how Christianity can reach other world religions through their message and build a strong relationship with them. It also put a strong emphasis focus on our responsibility as a Christian toward other people who belongs to another religion in this twenty first century. In the next few lines I will point very strong point that I find in the book that could help me in my pastoral ministry …show more content…
First of all, I realize that the author fails to illustrated each chapter with an image. I think illustration is one of the great key to learn an understand better a subject. If the authors have the intention to edit this book, it will be very important if the can add some illustrate in each chapter. Secondly, this has a Lack of spiritual advice. When I was reading this book I was expected that the author will give some spiritual advice that can help them to very successful in their mission field. However, the authors give more humans approach to reach other people and develop a relationship with them instead of giving to his reader some spiritual points that can help the Christian people from other religion when they’re refusing to accept our message. There is too much methodology.
As I said it before this book is very deep, profound and very academic. However, it didn’t write in level where someone with a 5th grade education will be able to understand the metaphor of “giftive mission” presented by the authors. I would suggest that the editors make several volumes of this book, instead of writing one piece of work in one book. It will be very interesting if each chapter was focus on how to approach a particular religion in the world. For instance, the author supposes to have a chapter about Hinduism and how we can reach them as …show more content…
We must create an environment where people of other religion fell very welcome among us. According to the author if we really want to be successful among other religion we have to stop criticize them or show them that the Christians are the only one who have the truth. When Jesus was on earth his great desire is to save all people and not some people. If you, we apply in our heart the desire to reach others as Jesus did while he was on earth, much people of other faith will respond to our