Resource person: Audra Bullard - office@clehighlands.com

Description:

Although Christianity is the largest religion in the world, only 33% of the world’s population is Christian. So what are the prospects for eternal life for the other 4 billion people? Join author and scholar Jeffrey Small in a lively presentation on the ancient origins of the concept of resurrection as well as comparative views of heaven and eternal life in Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. What can we learn from traditions that are different from our own that may enlighten our views on the meaning of salvation? How can we view eternal life not as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow of our lives but instead find salvation during this life?

Jeffrey Small, Jr. is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and lay theologian. He is the author of two works of fiction, The Breath of God and The Jericho Deception. He is also the author of an academic textbook on Christian - Buddhist discourse entitled, God as the Ground of Being: Tillich and Buddhism in Dialogue. Jeffrey has been a popular religion blogger on the Huffington Post, an adjunct professor at Emory University, and a nationally acclaimed speaker on religion in the 21st century. He has a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a Masters Degree in the Study of Religions from Oxford University in England.

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