The Rivers of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad as Religious Founders.(Review)(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: April 18, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

The Rivers of Paradise: Moses, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad as Religious Founders. Edited by David Noel Freedman and Michael J. McClymond. Eerdmans, 224 pp., $50.00.

MAX WEBER'S early 20th-century sociological analysis of the ideal types of religious leadership is still a useful benchmark for discussions of founders of religious traditions. The Rivers of Paradise takes up Weber's challenge by exploring the foundational roles that Moses, the Buddha, Confucius, Jesus and Muhammad played in their respective traditions. Five authors (Carl S. Ehrlich on Moses, Richard S. ...

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