WORLD RELIGIONS
Briefs Behind Today’s Headlines

WORLD RELIGIONS
Briefs Behind Today’s Headlines

The headlines in our daily papers report news about unknown people in far away places. As often as not, the headlines are negative: “Sikhs Threaten Uprising,” “Fundamentalist Muslims in Protest,” “Orthodox Jews Clash with Israeli Government.” These headlines no more represent the religious realities of the peoples of those lands than headlines about strife in Northern Ireland represent the religious realities of Catholics and Protestants. Still, the headlines do stimulate questions: Who are these people? What are they like? What do they believe? If we are to understand the world in which we live and come to a deeper appreciation and love of others, an awareness of their religious world-view is indispensable. This volume provides a brief summary of the beliefs of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Taoism and other major world religions in the hope that, by shedding light on them, greater tolerance of their adherents will ensue.

About the Author: Former Director of the Christophers (1978-1995), manager for three years of Eva’s Village (a poverty program in Paterson, New Jersey which feeds over 700 persons daily), and Founder of St. Jude’s Media Ministry which from 1995 to the present has aired on 1025 stations from Maine to Hawaii, Father John T. Catoir has dedicated the better part of his priestly ministry to using the mass media of communications (Press: countless magazine articles, weekly newspaper columns, nearly a dozen books on practical approaches to spirituality; Television: Christopher Closeups and various TV spots; as well as Radio) to encourage people of all faiths and no particular faith to believe in their ability to change themselves and the world for the better with the help of God. His other Alba House titles are Enjoy the Lord, God Delights in You, Enjoy Your Precious Life, Dios Se Complace En Ti (Spanish version of God Delights in You), Where Do You Stand With the Church, and The Stations of the Cross for the New Millennium.