shopping cart
Save up to 30% on our Staff Picks
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Interviews | November 19, 2009

Dave: IMG Finding John Irving: The Powells.com Interview

1 comment By Dave

johnirving[Editor's note: The following is a reprint of our 2005 interview with John Irving, whose new novel, Last Night in Twisted River, has just come out... Continue »
  1. $19.60 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    Last Night in Twisted River

    John Irving
Ships free on qualified orders.
Add to Cart
$14.99
New Trade Paper
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Burnside Religion Comparative- General
21 Local Warehouse Religion Comparative- General
14 Remote Warehouse Religion Comparative- General

More copies of this ISBN:

This title in other formats:

Other titles in the Plus series:

  1. An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
  2. Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
  3. Discover the Power Within You: A Guide to the Unexplored Depths Within
  4. Dwelling Places
  5. Everyday Zen: Love and Work
  6. Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve
  7. God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It
  8. If Grace Is True: Why God Will Save Every Person
  9. Lily Dale: The Town That Talks to the Dead
  10. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
  11. Narnian: the Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis (08 Edition)
  12. Not in Kansas Anymore: Dark Arts, Sex Spells, Money Magic, and Other Things Your Neighbors Aren't Telling You
  13. Power Through Constructive Thinking
  14. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
  15. The History of Last Night's Dream: Discovering the Hidden Path to the Soul
  16. The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History
  17. The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Rediscovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India
  18. The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach about Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem
  19. The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions
  20. The Multi-Orgasmic Woman: Sexual Secrets Every Woman Should Know
  21. The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
  22. The Soul of Christianity: Restoring the Great Tradition
  23. The World's Religions
  24. The Zen Path Through Depression
  25. When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions
  26. Your Sixth Sense: Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition

When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs

by Charles Kimball

When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, leading religion and Middle East expert Charles Kimball shows how all religious traditions are susceptible to these basic corruptions and why only authentic faith can prevent such evil.

The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion

1. Absolute Truth Claims

2. Blind Obedience

3. Establishing the "Ideal" Time

4. The End Justifies Any Means

5. Declaring Holy War

Synopsis:

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, leading religion and Middle East expert Charles Kimball shows how all religious traditions are susceptible to these basic corruptions and why only authentic faith can prevent such evil.

The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion

1. Absolute Truth Claims

2. Blind Obedience

3. Establishing the Ideal Time

4. The End Justifies Any Means

5. Declaring Holy War

back to top

About the Author

Charles Kimball is a professor of comparative religion at Wake Forest University. An ordained Baptist minister who received his doctorate from Harvard University in comparative religion with specialization in Islamic studies, Dr. Kimball is the author of three books about religion in the Middle East.
back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780061552014
Subtitle:
Five Warning Signs
Author:
Kimball, Charles
Author:
by Charles Kimball
Publisher:
HarperOne
Subject:
Comparative Religion
Subject:
Sociology of Religion
Subject:
General Religion
Subject:
Good and evil
Subject:
Religions
Edition Description:
Revised, Update
Series:
Plus
Publication Date:
March 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
295
Dimensions:
7.92x5.34x.74 in. .50 lbs.
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $7.00 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    Rabbi Jesus: The Jewish Origin of Christianity

    Bruce Chilton
back to top

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.