A Tapestry of Faiths: The Common Threads Between Christianity & World Religions

by Winfried Corduan

Drawing on his wide experience and knowledge of other religions as they are actually lived, Winfried Corduan helps you sort through the complex tapestry of faiths around the world.

Genres: Religion

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2002

Reviews

[Doug · Rating 4 out of 5]

Corduan is a treasure to the evangelical community, from my perspective. I enjoy his writings in general, but found this book helpful as I completed some course requirements for a seminary degree. Corduan's perspective is unique in my own experience in that he writes from a well-informed religious perspective. As a philosopher of religion, he's able to analytically evaluate religious faiths epistemologically, metaphysically, and ethically. He obviously studies diligently, but also has some language expertise to boot. Needless to say, this is helpful today for the simple reason that religions are ignorantly lumped together, without much discernment (because of lazing intellectual marginalization in many instances). Corduan does a good job of making other faiths accessible for those less knowledgable (like myself), distilling what makes them click, while trying to genuinely represent them as well as he can from his Christian point of view. He unapologetically stands in the evangelical tradition (his book No Doubt About It comes to mind), while distinguishing between what is truly similar and what is not.