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All societies are organized around, and sustained by, a set of dominant myths - public, large-scale narratives that engage our imaginations and shape the way we experience the world. Myths are an intrinsic part of human existence. They give meaning to our lives, even at the expense of truth. The essays in this book take up six areas of contemporary, global discourse where powerful myths energize and mobilize a great deal of public funding as well as academic production, namely combating terrorism, understanding religious violence, promoting human rights and multiculturalism, the hegemonic role of science, and the postcolonial critique of globalisation. They are addressed to all who are concerned about the public issues that shape our increasingly inter-connected and inter-dependent world. The author, who lives in Sri Lanka but has worked and traveled widely in Asia, Western Europe and North America, brings a critical Christian mind to bear on these issues.

About the Author :
DR VINOTH RAMACHANDRA lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka and is the Secretary for Dialogue and Social Engagement (Asia) for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. He holds bachelor and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of London. He is the author of, among other books and essays, The Recovery of Mission: Beyond the Pluralist Paradigm (Wipf & Stock, 2002) and Faiths in Conflict?: Christian Integrity in a Multicultural World (IVP (UK & US) 1999).

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"I dare say that this will be one of the most significant books you will have read in recent years. Ramachandra is a Sri Lankan who earned his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of London. He is also a teacher, human rights advocate, and a fine lay-theologian. One would be hard-pressed to find a more objective and wise observer of the global landscape from a thorough-going Christian perspective."--Preaching (preaching.org), March 2009 "I must admit, I didn't see this book coming. I didn't think I would see the sensibility and theological passion of Lewis and Chesterton combined with the rigorous (what some would consider edgy) cultural critiques of Chomsky and Zinn alongside the international and global perspectives of a Newbigin--all from a Sri Lankan nuclear physicist. The book is riveting from front to back; the content is rich, finely articulated, and well researched. We should pay it mind for its Christian prophetic import and its integrity in reminding the reader that faithfulness and hope must always be wed to the prophetic word."--Chris Keller, The Other Journal (theotherjournal.com), August 5, 2008 "Schooled in the reigning philosophies of both the East and the West, Ramachandra provides an intellectual handle on and qualified assessment of global issues facing the world."--Jenny McGill, Bibliotheca Sacra, July-September 2009 "The author of this fresh, well researched, and beautifully written book is a lay Sri Lankan theologian. Do we need to know that? Well, yes, we do, because the decisive difference it makes is in terms of perspective--for example on Islam, on Buddhism, on colonialism, and, even more decisively, on post-colonialism. "Rather than subverting global myths, Ramachandra challenges liberal pieties. He takes issue with Western critics of Christianity such as Richard Dawkins, and with Third World ?migr's who sneer at Christianity from their Western university chairs. Formidably well read and well informed, Ramachandra looks at six key areas--terrorism, religious violence, human rights, multiculturalism, science and technology, and post-colonialism. In each, he reviews the case against Christianity, and shows, with a good deal of humour, that it simply does not stand up. "Towards the end of the book he notes that Christianity is now a 'global hermeneutical community, ' in which the majority of Ch "This is a book that will complicate your thinking, as all useful books should. You may not always agree with his analysis but you will be educated and challenged."--Bill Tammeus, Faith Matter (billtammeus.typepad.com), August 23, 2008


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  • ISBN-13: 9780281060238
  • Publisher: SPCK Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: SPCK Publishing
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 380 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0281060231
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jul 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Theology And The Public Issues That Shape Our World
  • Width: 138 mm


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