- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Highland Books (6 May 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1897913079
- ISBN-13: 978-1897913079
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 754,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a delightful and eye-opening book; everyone living in a multi-racial area, whether it is predominantly Hindu or not, would benefit from reading it. How can we begin to love our Hindu neighbour? Very easily and simply. Those who want to study Hindu religion and culture in depth can look elsewhere, but here we have sufficient background for understanding what it is that our friends have been taught from childhood. These are the preliminaries to becoming friends and sharing what Jesus means to you. Reaching, sharing and loving can be hard work -- learning Scripture, seeing how it use it, and above all, prayer for your friends and with your friends. This book tells how you can begin to share with them in prayer long before they have embraced the Gospel.
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So often we hold back from getting involved with cultures other than our own - we are afraid that we might embarrass or offend. Chapatis for Tea is a practical guide to help us reach out to our Hindu neighbours. Hinduism is a lifestyle religion with many variations of ideals and beliefs, and many scholarly tomes have been written about it. This, however, is a book for ordinary folk who want to befriend their neighbours and colleagues. The suggestions are practical and down-to-earth and each chapter ends with things to do/action to take. For example, why not exchange recipes with an Indian neighbour ... The book is easy to read and the layman's guide to Hinduism is both fascinating and informative. It is practical and user-friendly and it has the additional advantage that it is a British book relating to contemporary British life.
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A dangerous publication,
This review is from: CHAPATIS FOR TEA: Loving Your Hindu Neighbour (Paperback)
This is a very disturbing publication whose sole aim is to undermine hindu beliefs in order to bring about conversion to christianity. Mr.Gidoomal is happy to portray himself as a 'friend' of the UK Asian and Hindu community but this is a none-too-subtle mask of his real intentions: Christian Missionary Activity. Indeed for all his airs and graces, Mr Gidoomal is no better that the 19th Century Indologists who decided to study the Vedic literatures in order to convert the heathen hindu to the 'light' of christianity. On page 13 of this work, it is written that: "We must not relinquish our conviction that the Christian faith shows us the only true way to God and that other religions cannot save people" - so according to the authors no Hindu (no matter how kind and generous he is) can achieve heavenly reward - this is plain religious chauvinism that one may expect from a fundamentalist in the US Bible-Belt or a zealous islamic preacher NOT an alleged 'goodwill ambassador' to the asian community as Mr.Gidoomal. Other interesting remarks include: (page 126) "Avatars, reincarnations of one of the gods, usually Vishnu, have never atoned for our sins. They are not God in the flesh. They are simply aspects of the Hindu gods, never the total incarnation of every aspect of divinity. Only in Christ is the fullness of God revealed. No Hindu scripture can dispute this". (page 79): "The Bible is rooted in actual events but much of the Hindu scriptures are unashamedly mythological. There is no historical evidence for many of the events described" (page 139): "Hindus do not distinguish clearly between history and legends....A Hindu sees little difference between the stories of Krishna and Rama (which seem legendary to us) and those about Jesus. However the stories of the former grew from literary origins whereas those of Jesus are based on accounts of actual eye witnesses" This is nothing but a crude missionary pamphlet and it should be avoided by all persons with humility and kindness. Hindus have great respect for Lord Jesus Christ but this does NOT mean that we are happy to see our religion denigrated and ourselves patronised by the zealous Mr Gidoomal.
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