{"product_id":"9780062011428","title":"God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter (Enhanced Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a bold polemical response to a generation of misguided scholarship, \u003cem\u003eGod Is Not One\u003c\/em\u003e creates a new context for understanding religion in the twenty-first century and disproves the assumptions most of us make about the way the world’s religions work. In addition to the complete book you can read an exclusive author essay, take a quiz, receive a course guide and watch an exclusive author video where Stephen Prothero describes his spiritual journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo claim that all religions are the same is to misunderstand that each attempts to solve a different human problem. For example:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Islam:\u003c\/strong\u003e the problem is pride \/ the solution is submission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Christianity:\u003c\/strong\u003e the problem is sin \/ the solution is salvation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Confucianism:\u003c\/strong\u003e the problem is chaos \/ the solution is social order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Buddhism:\u003c\/strong\u003e the problem is suffering \/ the solution is awakening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e–Judaism:\u003c\/strong\u003e the problem is exile \/ the solution is to return to God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProthero reveals each of these traditions on its own terms to create an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to better understand the big questions human beings have asked for millennia—and the disparate paths we are taking to answer them today. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078720831728,"sku":"9780062011428","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062011428_p0.jpg?v=1763625008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062011428","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}