Author: Rafiq Zakaria
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 327+
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-7991-822-X
Description
A historical survey analyzing the place of God in every major religion and brings out the continual discovery of the only one who has endured.
Man's interest in God is as old as his own existence. He has struggled ever since his creation to find his Creator. He tried to see the Celestial Being in different forms; sometimes as the sun, the moon, or the constellation of stars. And sometimes as a mighty river for a lofty mountain or the earth itself. However, the Supreme Being continued to elude man.
Then doubts arose about His very existence in some quarters, more particularly in the latter half of the last millennium. Atheists gathered force and some even argued whether there was such a thing as God; They declared that even if He existed, He was dead. However, this was only a transient reaction; as time passed, His need was felt more than ever before.
Contents
DEDICATION
FOREWORD
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
The Earliest Quest
CHAPTER TWO
Monotheistic Stirrings
CHAPTER THREE
The Indian Exploration
CHAPTER FOUR
The Chinese Path
CHAPTER FIVE
The Greek and Roman Contribution
CHAPTER SIX
The Prophetic Intervention
CHAPTER SEVEN
Moses Gives the Lead
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Jewish Search Within
CHAPTER NINE
The Impact of Jesus
CHAPTER TEN
Conflict between Reason and Faith
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Seal of Muhammad
CHAPTER TWELVE
The Sufi Mediation
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Rationalism on the Offensive
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Monotheistic Trends Among Hindus
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Reconstructing Spiritual Thought
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The West Returns to Unity
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
The East Reaffirms Oneness
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
The Hopeful Culmination
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX