{"product_id":"9781906523299","title":"The No-Nonsense Guide to Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eReligion is a term that is often used in the media and public life without any clarification. However, it is a word that encompasses hundreds of different beliefs. It is a loaded word that has a different meaning for every person; religion can be seen as a source of war and peace, love and hate, dialogue and narrow-mindedness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymon Hill’s \u003ci\u003eNo-Nonsense Guide to Religion\u003c\/i\u003e tries to explain what religion means, how we relate to it, how it was created, and how it affects us culturally, politically, and spiritually today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wide range of sources, \u003ci\u003eThe No-Nonsense Guide to Religion\u003c\/i\u003e does not just concentrate on the popular and well-established traditions, which normally over-emphasize powerful figures. The guide also focuses on the diversity within religions as well as the similarities between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe globalization of communications has made more people aware of religious conversion, with more people than ever before belonging to a different religious community from their parents. \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo-Nonsense Guide to Religion\u003c\/i\u003e considers how religion has shaped our culture as well as how our culture is shaping religion today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSymon Hill\u003c\/b\u003e is a tutor in practical theology, a writer, a trainer, and an activist. He has written comment pieces for newspapers ranging from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and contributes regularly to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's website, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ekklesia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Internationalist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043831169264,"sku":"9781906523299","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906523299_p0.jpg?v=1763617030","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906523299","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}