Same God, Different Churches: A Guide to Christian Denominations

by Katie Meier

Provides quizzes to help the reader determine which group of religions the reader's beliefs fall into, and then gives information on different denominations' beliefs and history and how they differ from each other.

276 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

Reviews

[Darren]

Aimed at high school level. Probably too much focus on "how I want to worship" and not enough on "what are spiritually beneficial ways to worship," but I found it very interesting.

[Aaron Loy]

This reference-style book is simple, and laid out well, but falls short in many ways. First, the writer tries too hard to be casual/conversational, often having the book coming off more like a journal entry than a full-fledged book. Second, the quizzes in the first portion try to "guide" you towards a category of denomination but they are composed with biased answers based less on doctrine and more on personal "preference". Third, there is a lot of repetitive information concerning the different denominations and covers more surface level differences rather than the core doctrines separating them. Finally, the book is a little dated, and leaves out other big denominations in the Church today.

[Meadow Frisbie]

This book had a lot of churches and a lot of information on each one, like, history, Statement of Faith, beliefes, unique characteristics. It was a great help. They also included some quizes to see where you stand.