Problems of Suffering in Religions of the World

A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

John Bowker (Author)

9780521099035, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 April 1975

332 pages
21.3 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.4 kg

'… Mr Bowker's characteristically lucid and erudite work will be very welcome to all students of religious thought and of the relation between 'creed and culture'.' R. D. Williams, New Blackfriars

A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Glossary
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Judaism
2. Christianity
3. Islam
4. Marxism
5. Hinduism
6. Buddhism
7. Dualism, duality and the unification of experience
Bibliography
Indices.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA]