World Religions: The History, Issues, and Truth

World Religions: The History, Issues, and Truth
ISBN-10
1503503682
ISBN-13
9781503503687
Series
World Religions
Category
Religion
Pages
278
Language
English
Published
2015-03-28
Publisher
Xlibris Corporation
Authors
Edwin Fear, G. A. Mohr

Description

World Religions This revolutionary book discusses the multitude of often contradictory religions developed by man. Key features of the book include: —Man’s physical evolution briefly discussed —Religious evolution: from animism to theism —Historical and current religions of the world: 1) Africa and Oceania 2) The Americas and West Indies 3) Europe and Northern Asia. 4) The Middle East 5) India 6) China and Japan —Many new religions and sects: (a) In the period 1500–1900 (b) Since 1900 —Alternative ‘credos’ are discussed: (a) Quasi-religions movements (b) Philosophical beliefs (c) Scientific beliefs (d) Political beliefs —How religions are created and spread —Key issues: 1) Proliferation of new religions and sects 2) Religious persecution and conflict 3) Religious corruption and terrorism —Mohronism: a new religion based on Mohr’s ten laws and including Murphy’s law —Recommendations, including: (a) Mohr’s contact theory (b) Mere exposure research Industry and reader comment has included the following: “Some provocative and timely issues” “A prophetic warning” “A huge topic” “It could outsell the Bible”’ G. A. Mohr did his PhD in Cambridge, where his father helped split the atom. Geoff Mohr published papers and books on subjects ranging from engineering to corrosion and cancer. His books A Microcomputer Introduction to the Finite Element Method, A Treatise on the Finite Element Method and Finite Elements for Solids, Fluids, and Optimization established him as a world-leading scientist. His recent books include the following: The Pretentious Persuaders The Variant Virus The Doomsday Calculation The War of the Sexes Heart Disease, Cancer & Aging, 2nd edn. The History & Psychology of Human Conflict 2045: A Small Town Survives Global Holocaust Elementary Thinking for the 21st Century The legendary John Argyris called Geoff Mohr “The greatest scientist in Australia.” Edwin Fear is a descendant of Anne Boleyn, whose husband founded the Church of England. He gained a diploma of business science (DBS) majoring in marketing from IASC. He contributed to many research papers and books and cowrote The Evolving Universe, Relativity, Redshift, and Life From Space with G. A. Mohr and Richard Sinclair.

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