One God, Three Faiths: The first chapter from Comparative Religion for Dummies by William P. Lazarus and Mark Sullivan. From Geez, Jesus was an end-times preacher who offered up some radical, compelling shit — beyond that, it gets pretty hazy; and a look at how God’s son has been adapted to a great variety of human-created roles. A review of Is Jesus the Only Savior? by James R. Edwards. The first chapter from The Historical Jesus For Dummies by Catherine M. Murphy. Is the Pope capitalist? Stuart Reid wants to know. From Expositions, a symposium on Augustine and anti-Semitism. A review of It's Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian by Samir Selmanovic (and more) and Everything Is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism by Jay Michaelson. From JBooks, not a guide, but an example: Jay Michaelson on paradoxes of spiritual writing (and two responses). A review of How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism by Hans Kung and Walter Homolka. An excerpt from Shalom Goldman's Zeal for Zion: Christians, Jews, and the Idea of the Promised Land. A review of Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem’s Sacred Esplanade (and more). The Prophet's promise to Christians: Those who seek to foster discord between Islam and Christianity ignore the decrees of the one to whom Islam was divinely revealed. Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: Tariq Ramadan argues for a new understanding of what it means to be a “moderate” Muslim. Sharia’s Dominion: A review of Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law by Nonie Darwish (and more). Who's afraid of Shari'a? The key to interreligious harmony and world peace: Philosopher Andrew Pessin explains how a simple thought experiment regarding certainty and uncertainty could catalyze global reconciliation.
