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We live in a world with many religious traditions. People in these traditions believe that their religious view of life embodies what is important, true, and real. Their religious views of life, however, differ significantly. They can't all capture equally what is important, true, and real. This book seeks to unravel this dilemma. It rejects two approaches to address the problem: First, the view that one religious view of life is the absolute, unique product of revelation, and second, the view that the foundation of all religious views of life is the same--that they are all the product of religious experiences of the same religious ultimate. This ultimate is sometimes called Being-Itself, sometimes the One. Under the second view, the differences between them are considered cultural. Making Sense of Religion shows us that religious views of life are often radically different, and these differences are not just cultural, but substantive. This book explores the hidden logic beneath the surface of religious views of life that holds them together and helps explain their differences. What follows is a way presenting, comparing, defending, and criticizing religious views of life. This is a type of theology.

Richard Corliss is Professor Emeritus at Saint Cloud University. He taught in the Philosophy Department and headed the Religious Studies program. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor of divinity from Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago. He was ordained in the American Baptist Convention and served for four years as Associate Director of the American Baptist Student Foundation in Champaign, IL.