Getting Oriented: What Every Christian Should Know About Eastern Religions, But Probably Doesn't

By Paul Alan Laughlin

Book Overview

Getting Oriented leads readers on an adventurous trek to discover and unlock the treasures of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Paul Alan Laughlin sketches out an alternative, enlightened version of the Christian faith that draws upon the mystical dynamic of those great Eastern religions. Paying special attention to new ways of viewing God, humanity, Jesus, and the Bible, he offers a unique, compelling, and refreshing vision of Christianity for the Third Millennium. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944344542
• ISBN13: 9780944344545
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Polebridge Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Reflection on Getting Oriented

I have had the pleasure of reading Paul Alan Laughlin's "Getting Oriented: What Every Christian Should Know about Eastern Religions and Probably Doesn't." I have been searching for many years for just such an overview of the major Eastern religions while I have also been looking for a concise critique of traditional orthodox Christian doctrines. In Laughlin's book, I found both under the same cover. I designed a five-week...

This is an important book

Please, don't be put off by the cartoon-like cover, a reflection of the author's sense of humor and its intended use as a college textbook. This book is a very important one. It is two-fold. First, it is an excellent and lucidly written introduction and summary of the major religions of the East, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. I agree with another reviewer that the treatment of Hinduism is the strongest...

Another Tour de Force from Laughlin

Several years ago, I read _Remedial Christianity_, and was literally stunned that I was so ignorant about my own professed faith. Dr. Laughlin woke me up with his wonderful book, which all Christians should read and savor; in fact,it should be used in church and Sunday schools across the country, heads unburied by dogmatic and literalist sands. Since I personally believe that religious fundamentalism is the most dangerous...

Getting Oriented by Paul Laughlin

This book is a must for forward thinking Christians and for those who have become disillusioned with the faith and are willing to take a different view. I think the book demonstrates that there is an alternate to abandoning your faith by showing how it can be reinterpreted. A rare book to be written by a minister but written by one who is well qualified to do so. Equally as good as his first book "Remedial Christianity"