When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs

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HarperCollins, Feb 26, 2008 - Religion - 304 pages

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, leading religion and Middle East expert Charles Kimball shows how all religious traditions are susceptible to these basic corruptions and why only authentic faith can prevent such evil.

The Five Warning Signs of Corruption in Religion
1. Absolute Truth Claims
2. Blind Obedience
3. Establishing the "Ideal" Time
4. The End Justifies Any Means
5. Declaring Holy War

Other editions - View all

When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs
Charles Kimball
Limited preview - 2009
When Religion Becomes Evil
Charles Kimball
Limited preview - 2002
When Religion Becomes Evil
Charles Kimball
No preview available - 2003

About the author (2008)

Charles Kimball is a professor of comparative religion at Wake Forest University. An ordained Baptist minister who received his doctorate from Harvard University in comparative religion with specialization in Islamic studies, Dr. Kimball is the author of three books about religion in the Middle East.

Bibliographic information

TitleWhen Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs
AuthorCharles Kimball
Editionrevised
PublisherHarperCollins, 2008
ISBN0061552011, 9780061552014
Length304 pages
Subjects › 

Religion / Comparative Religion
Religion / General
Social Science / Sociology of Religion
  
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