Reviews for Religion of the Post-exilic Prophets

The average rating for Religion of the Post-exilic Prophets based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-04-25 00:00:00 Charles Azrak This is a very readable introduction to the history and thought of the major world religions. Beginning with ancient religions and proceeding to polytheistic religions, the geographic and cultural origins of religions are outlined. Bouquet then deals with 'The Phenomenon of India', before proceeding to China & Japan, Hebrew & Christian religion, Islam, and finally a brief chapter on mysticism (which was surprisingly helpful). Bouquet is one of those slightly liberal Christians in the Church of England around the time of the WWII, and some of the things he says in this book wouldn't sit comfortably with evangelicals today (or evangelicals back in his time either). Nevertheless, he is keen to stress the supremacy and finality of Christian religion, and I think sees it as the final 'world religion'. I hope he is right, but I don't think things are tending in that way. At the very least, entrenched ideologies in China and the Islamic world, the growth of experiential evangelicalism in the global south, and the apparent death of Christendom in the west doesn't bode well. But this is unrelated to the book. Bouquet regularly comments on the race of the people in which the religions began, which is actually a welcome insight if only because you couldn't find an intelligent soul commenting on it today! I think that this book could be rewritten in a more systematic way, but as it is I think it a great introduction and only a few pounds to buy second hand.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-10-05 00:00:00 Angela Wagers Another Pelican Original. Quite an enjoyable read. It reads more like a summary of institutionalised religions around the world. Do keep in mind that it was written by a white professor in the 1960s. Well-intended but very much based on colonialist lens. Am in love with the whole preloved feel to it. ~ I have definitely improved when it comes to reading classics. Yeay!