Understanding world religions
| Bezeichnung | Wert |
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| Titel |
Understanding world religions
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| Untertitel |
a road map for justice and peace
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| Verfasserangabe |
David Whitten Smith ; Elizabeth Geraldine Burr
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| Verlag | |
| Ort |
Lanham, Md
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| Jahr | |
| Umfang |
xlv, 398 p.
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| ISBN13 |
978-0-7425-5055-1
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| Annotation |
Summary:
One way to avoid killing each other in the name of God, so the theory goes, is to understand what each other believes. Smith, a diocesan priest and Burr (both justice and peace studies, U. of St. Thomas) works from the current world views of a range of faith and belief, ranging from Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Native American traditionalists, and Marxists. They then cover several critical debates that cross over from belief into politics, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Christian social teaching, liberation theologies, active nonviolence and the "Just War" debate. Along with very accessible descriptions of the various sets of beliefs, which the authors manage to deliver with a remarkable lack of bias, they also provide a very good bibliography that includes significant materials on comparative religion, peace work and justice issues. They also include a comprehensive glossary. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Table of Contents: Prefacep. xiii Creditsp. xvii Introduction: The Study of Worldviewsp. xix 1Hindu Worldviewsp. 1 2Buddhist Worldviewsp. 25 3Jewish Worldviewsp. 55 4Christian Worldviewsp. 85 5Muslim Worldviewsp. 117 6Native American Worldviewsp. 149 7Marxist Worldviewsp. 169 8The Israeli-Palestinian Conflictp. 189 9Christian Social Teachingsp. 227 10Liberation Theologiesp. 253 11Active Nonviolencep. 277 12Just War Theoryp. 303 Glossaryp. 333 Bibliographyp. 365 Indexp. 381 |
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0
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