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Other Religions
We live in a world more religiously diverse than ever before. Thanks to the massive geographic migrations enabled by political reforms and modern technologies of transportation, many of our local neighborhoods and communities are home to Mormons, Muslims, Hindus, and devotees of numerous other faiths. How to evangelize in such pluralistic contexts has become a major topic of discussion among evangelicals in recent years. Similarly, Christians continue to debate how to theologically view other religions. Are they simply deceits of the devil? Does God have a purpose in allowing them? Can Christians learn anything from them?
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What Christians Should Know About Shinto
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi on the indigenous religion’s key teachings, its historical development, and ways to evangelize effectively in Japan.
Shinto’s Key Teachings
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi explains why Japan’s indigenous religion lacks a transcendent notion of God.
Shinto’s Historical and Contemporary Influences on Japanese Society
Evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi shares how Shinto influenced the development of emperor worship and the ways Christians responded.
Christianity and Shinto
Japanese believers must be wary of falling into syncretism again, evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi warns.
Review
Ross Douthat Bets on Belief
The Catholic journalist’s new book updates Pascal’s wager for our secular-yet-spooky age.
Review
Studies of Religion Need the Corrective Lens of Social Science
Sociology can help us see neglected drivers of religious beliefs. But it shouldn’t lose focus on the beliefs themselves.
You Are the Light of the Public Square
American Christians can illuminate our country’s politics—if we engage with moral imagination, neighborliness, boldness, and humility.
How to Find Common Ground When You Disagree About the Common Good
Interfaith engagement that doesn’t devolve into a soupy multiculturalism is difficult—and necessary in our diverse democracy.
Review
Rainn Wilson’s Spiritual Revolution Gets Spirituality Partly Right and Jesus Mostly Wrong
“The Office” star offers a welcome critique of privatized faith. His other ideas are harder to swallow.
Testimony
From the Bahá’í Faith to Porn to Alpha to Jesus
God has been faithful all during my winding journey to complete surrender.