Ebook: Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message

In a world with so many religions, why Jesus?

We are living in a time when you can believe anything, as long as you do notclaim it to be true. In the name of tolerance, our postmodern cultureembraces everything from Eastern mysticism to New Age spirituality. But as RaviZacharias points out, such unquestioning acceptance of all things spiritual isabsurd. All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true.

Jesus Among Other Gods provides the answers to the most fundamental claims aboutChristianity, such as:

• Arent all religions fundamentally the same?


• Was Jesus who He claimed to be?


• Can one study the life of Christ and demonstrate conclusively that He wasand is the way, the truth, and the life?

In each chapter, Zacharias considers a unique claim that Jesus made and then contraststhe truth of Jesus with the founders of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism withcompelling insight and passionate conviction. In addition to an impressive breadthof reading and study, he shares his personal journey from despair and meaninglessnessto his discovery that Jesus is who He said He is.

In Jesus Among Other Gods, Ravi Zacharias demonstrates that he is one of the most intellectually giftedas well as spiritually sensitive writers of todays leading apologists for the Christian faith. Zachariasbrings alive the unique power of the claims of Jesus about himself and the utter relevance of his messagetoday for the human condition.

David Aikman, author of Great Souls

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From Publishers Weekly

When Pope John Paul II called for a massive "new evangelization" of Asia during a November 1999 visit to India, his comments sparked protest from Hindus for whom proselytizing is a form of oppression. The debate underscored the sharp difference between Western creeds such as Christianity and Islam, which tend to be exclusive, and Eastern religions that stress pluralism. This collision forms a fascinating story line, and on that basis Zacharias's new work is superficially intriguing. Zacharias, a Christian apologist who grew up in India, does offer the occasional insight into Eastern religions. He claims that despite the current Hollywood romance with Buddhism as a simple faith of compassion, in most forms Buddhism is actually a complex system, featuring 227 disciplinary rules for men and 311 for women. Yet for the most part, Zacharias is in dialogue here not with Eastern religions but with Western skeptics. He seeks to settle old scores with Darwin and Hume, resurrecting tired debates over the nature of evil and the argument from design without adding anything new to the discussion. His theodicy will be convincing only to committed Christians, and his use of scripture is entirely uncritical (he points out grammatical and textual difficulties in the Koran without even mentioning analogous difficulties in the Bible). There are touching flashes of humanity as Zacharias describes suffering people he has encountered, but on the whole he does little to advance inter-religious conversation. (Aug.)

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About the Author

Ravi Zacharias is President and Founder of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM). Their global outreach grew from humble roots in 1984 and includes fielding a team of itinerant speakers who operate from offices located around the world including the U.S., the UK, Romania, the Middle East, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Canada. The Hallmark of Ravis heart is his strong evangelistic and apologetic that manifests itself from a position of compassion.