| Description |
xiv, 371 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-361) and index. |
| Contents |
Religion and terror: a post 9/11 analysis / Stephen Healey -- Religion, identity, and violence / David Rosen -- The Bhagavadgītā and war: some early anticipations of the Gandhian interpretation of the Bhagavadgītā / Arvind Sharma -- The violent bear it away: Christian reflections on just war / William R. O'Neill -- A Jain perspective on nonviolence and warfare / Padmanabh S. Jaini -- The approach of Muslim Turks to religious terror / Ramazan Bicer -- The concept of peace and security in Islam / Muhammad Hammad Lakhvi -- Perspectives on the conflict in the Middle East / Dow Marmur ... [et al.] -- The golden rule and world peace / Patricia A. Keefe -- World religions and world peace: toward a new partnership / Brian D. Lepard -- Religion and an implicit fundamental human right / James Kellenberger -- Religion and human rights / Shirin Ebadi -- What gives a person worth? A Zoroastrian view / Nikan H. Khatibi -- Religion, violence, and human rights: a Hindu perspective / Arvind Sharma -- Confucian contributions to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: a historical and philosophical perspective / Sumner B. Twiss -- A Bahhá'í perspective on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the world's religions / Brian D. Lepard -- World's religions, human rights, and same-sex-marriage / Brent Hawkes ... [et al.] -- Religion and human rights: a historical and contemporary assessment / Krishna Kanth Tigiripalli, Lalitha Kumari Kadarla -- Women in world religions: discrimination, liberation, and backlash / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Women and human rights: the status of women in the Smṛti texts of Hinduism / Abha Singh -- Women's interfaith initiatives in the United States after 9/11 / Kathryn Lohre -- Turning War inside out: new perspectives for the nuclear age / Marcia Sichol -- Religion and science / Huston Smith -- Incarnation and the environment / Mary Ann Buckley -- Eco-justice and ethics : a brief overview / Dieter T. Hessel -- Pluralism as a way of dealing with religious diversity / Caitlin Crowley -- Orientalist feminism and Islamophobia/Iranophobia / Roksana Bahramitash -- Along a path less traveled : a plurality of religious ultimates? / Arvind Sharma -- Religion is about how you behave : the essential virtue is compassion / Karen Armstrong -- Religious tolerance and peace-building in a world of diversity / Issa Kirarira -- Promotion of Interreligious dialogue / Mihai Valentin Vladimirescu -- Interreligious dialogue attentive to Western enlightenment / Gregory Baum -- Movement and institution : necessary elements of sustaining the interfaith vision / David A. Leslie -- Buddhism meets Hinduism : interaction and influence in India / Arvind Sharma -- Fundamentalism and interfaith dialogue / Harvey Cox Jr. -- Toward a culture of peace / Fabrice Blée -- Religion is central to human affairs : part of the problem, part of the solution / Didiji -- Redefining humanity and civilization / Nadine Sultana d'Osman Han -- Religion in an age of anxiety / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Religion and media / Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami -- Lessons from Hinduism for the world after 9/11 / Ashok Vohra -- The future of mankind : the Bhagavadgītā Doctrine / T.N. Achuta Rao -- The Magdalene moment / Joanna Manning -- CaoDai : a way to harmony / Hum D. Bui -- The glory of the divine feminine / Her Holiness Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi -- Religion, fundamental questions, and human society / Vinesh Saxena -- Beyond Religion : a holistic spirituality / Mabel Aranha. |
| Summary |
"This wide-ranging reader combines some of the best and most valuable contemporary perspectives from leading and significant writers, teachers, and thinkers who together address critical challenges and opportunities for the world's religions in a post 9/11 world. Edited by Arvind Sharma and organized by topic, the essays in this reader consider broad questions such as, What influence does religion have on contemporary life? Can religion destroy or preserve us? Could the world's religions join together as a force for good?...The thematic arrangement of topics includes diverse religious perspectives on: pluralism, human rights, war, peace, globalization, science, spirituality and other topics. A special foreword by John Hick speaks to the value of this reader in broadening our needed understanding of religion. This volume brings together a set of readable and interesting essays on the impact of religion in the contemporary world. Rather than organizing these around religious traditions, the editor presents them as discussions of timely, lively topics£such as human rights, environmental and gender issues, and the troubling revival of religion in political violence, terrorism, and war, ending with essays on the possibilities of a global spirituality for the twenty-first century" -- Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religions.
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| Added Author |
Sharma, Arvind.
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| ISBN |
9780800697464 alkaline paper |
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0800697464 alkaline paper |
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