Description
East vs. West: How Differences in Thought Impact Our Understanding of Scripture
What is the difference between Eastern and Western thought? Why should it matter to today’s reader?
Since Scripture is written from an Eastern perspective, this book will help our Western minds understand the differences between these ways of thinking so we can correctly interpret the meaning of Scripture and apply it to our lives.
Having taught much of his career in theological graduate school and a state university, Dr. Shilling understands the Western goal of finding and proving truth. However, our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters accept truth as a given and are more interested in sharing truthful stories than in proving the truth of those stories. Scripture is full of truthful stories. However, Eastern and Western minds view these stories differently.
Similarly, United States citizens are protected by a constitution that guarantees them individual rights, but Easterners focus on social responsibility and the good of the group. Scripture is full of examples of this reality. We in the West must understand these and other differences if we are going to correctly interpret the meaning of God’s message to us.
East vs. West will help Scripture come alive to you in a new way!
Publisher: Kaleidoscope Ministries, LLC. (May 17, 2023)
ISBN -13 : 979-8395032980
Price : $12.99 + shipping
