Looking for a good book about religions?

Question

I'm a Christian, however, I strongly believe that if you really want to know what other religions believe(specially islam),you have to read it from an non-biased book. Do you know of any?

Answer 1

The Noble Qur'an

http://thetruereligion.org/modules/Quran/

Answer 2

I do not think there is a non-biased book. If the author writes about his faith, then he cannot be non-biased. If it is written by an outsider, then how does he know which faith is the right one? Seeing that you are a Christian, with all due respect, do Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox agree on every aspect of Christianity? No, right? Since you only want information (it is not going to affect your life) try web sites. The ones above should give you a general idea of what Islam is about.

Answer 3

i don't believe there are any "non-biased" books. I think Yusuf Ali has an English translation and commentary on the Koran.

Compact Guide to World Religions by Halverson is okay. It's brief.

Answer 4

The Purpose Driven Life
by Rick Warren

Answer 5

i am Muslim an, i reading don't know English books about Islam but i can give you sites to help you to get a closer view about Islam

http://discover.islamway.com/

http://english.islamway.com/bindex.php?section=topics

http://www.islam101.com/terror/index.htm

http://www.islam101.com/theology/index.htm

http://www.islam101.com/rights/index.htm

this site show some books about islam

http://www.harunyahya.com/html/m_book_index.htm

http://www.harunyahya.com/c_islam_christianity_judaism.php

this site represent an analysis between religions

http://www.jamaat.net/deedat.htm

have you ever heard about ahmed deedat ? you may like to read his books specially a book called the choice

by the way i did the same as you , i am muslim and read about christianity from christian books and talked to christians to know what is christianity from non baise sources too

good luck

Answer 6

I would definitely recommend "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris which does a good comparison of christian, muslim and to some extent jewish faiths. This should be required reading for all people of faith.

If you want a quick read this is an unbiased website on most religions.

http://www.godulike.co.uk/index.php

Answer 7

One of the best books on the personal view of religion is about Jewish religoin.

I and Thou

MArtin Beuber

Not easy reading.

Answer 8

"Islam, the Straight Path" by John Esposito. ISBN 0195074726

Answer 9

There are NO non biased books.

Try the following URL 's for facts on islam;

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/index.htm

http://apostatesofislam.com/

http://www.islam-watch.org/

http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Science/index.htm

http://jihadwatch.org/

http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/moongod.

Answer 10

If you're interested in Judaism, you can learn a lot here --
http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm

I also recommend "To Life" by Harold Kushner
and "This is My God" by Herman Wouk

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