Reviews for Chinese Religion: An Introduction

The average rating for Chinese Religion: An Introduction based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-24 00:00:00 A.rahman Alkuwari Actually a re-read, since I read it as a student quite a few years back. But my interest in the subject-matter is greater now, and I know more, generally speaking, about that part of the world so I thought it might be worth going through it again. And I was not wrong. There are a couple of drawbacks. First of all, it IS a bit old, and I really hope there is something more updated out there now. And secondly the books is clearly aimed at American college students with absolutely no idea that people can live quite different lives (for example, there are many times the author explains how things differ from Christianity - which feels a bit like explaining why a banana isn't a strawberry, and I think it underestimates quite a few of the readers, even those student ones). But that said, when he gets on to actually talk about religion and the social history of China, he does so quite well and he manages to cram quite a lot of information into this rather slim book.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-09-22 00:00:00 Jeffrey Gammel Machen is quite helpful in addressing the critical claim that Paul did not know much about Jesus' life and teaching as proved by the limited material in Paul's letters. Shows the continuity between Jesus and Paul. Also, Machen argues that the center of Paul's religion is the redemptive acts of Christ. Classic Machen. Solid.