Sharing Your Faith With a Hindu

Rating:
Summary: thorough and helpful
Review: I appreciated Mr. Thirumalai's book. It was well written. It is not a dry theological treatise, but a thought provoking essay. It is written for the lay person, yet would be stimulating for the scholar.
He wedded practical and profound insights together like a gifted writer. I was impressed with his use of biblical passages and hermeneutical explanations. I personally did a lot of highlighting as I read the book.
Chapter after chapter the religion of Hinduism is explained in a wise and compassionate manner. Whether the subject is Karma, exorcism, rituals, salvation, or the daily life of Hindus, the author unfolds the mystery of the religion, yet does so with a heart for the Gospel.
I highly recommend this book as a thorough covering of the issues needed to get a handle on basic Hinduism. I applaud Mr. Thirumalai for this endeavor.

Rating:
Summary: Promising title but....
Review: This book has a promising title, but is very disappointing. The author applies poor missiology(missions philosophy) to the Hindu person. The discussion of Hinduism is unhelpful and often innacurate.

If you want to share the Gospel with a Hindu friend this is not a book to waste your time with. A more helpful piece of writing is H.Richard's little article "Some pointers for personal evangelism among educated Hindus." printed in Evangelical Missions Quarterly Mar. 1994.