Learning about Other Religions: False Obstacles and Rich Opportunities

Keywords

Religions, World Religions, Obstacles in Religion

Abstract

Although I have not been studying and experiencing the world’s religions for over seventy years as Huston Smith has, I fully concur with his conclusion. In my case, the central meal has always been and continues to be Mormon Christianity. At the same time, I believe that it is important for Latter-day Saints to learn about, appreciate, and be nourished by the good of other religions. Why? Both pragmatic and spiritual reasons are central to what I am proposing, yet in what follows I am able to offer only a few markers in a discussion that certainly ought to extend beyond a single article.

Original Publication Citation

Mauro Properzi, “Learning about Other Religions: False Obstacles and Rich Opportunities,” Religious Educator, 16:1 (2015), 128-149.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2016

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/6417

Publisher

Religious Studies Center

Language

English

College

Religious Education

Department

Church History and Doctrine

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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