02686cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000110010610000510011724501620016826400510033030000470038133600260042833700260045433800360048050000310051650801190054752014170066653400450208365300370212865300420216565300420220765300390224985600430228899900170233114867UtSlPG20260610133341.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBLaBR1 aEllinwood, Frank F.q(Frank Field),d1826-190810aOriental Religions and Christianity :bA Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2005-02-01  aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Marilynda Fraser-Gunliffe, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team  a"Oriental Religions and Christianity" by Frank F. Ellinwood is a collection of lectures delivered in the late 19th century, specifically in 1891. The book examines the relationship between Christianity and various Eastern religions, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam, exploring the differences and similarities while asserting the superiority of Christian teachings. Ellinwood emphasizes the importance of understanding non-Christian religions for effective missionary work and addresses the misconceptions surrounding these faiths created in part by anti-Christian scholarship.  The opening of the text provides a preface by Ellinwood outlining the objectives of the lectures, manifesting a concern for the need to engage with Oriental religious systems more thoroughly from a Christian perspective. He highlights that misconceptions regarding these religions, along with the misconceptions about Christianity itself, can hinder the missionary effort. Ellinwood argues for a candid and informed approach to studying these faiths, suggesting that embracing knowledge about them can ultimately affirm and enlighten one’s understanding of Christianity. Set against the backdrop of his time, the opening also outlines a call to action for believers to recognize the historical development and current relevance of these religions in a rapidly changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aChristianity and other religions  aHinduism -- Relations -- Christianity  aBuddhism -- Relations -- Christianity  aIslam -- Relations -- Christianity40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14867  c56255d56255