Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11
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Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11

About this book

This book offers a unique perspective on September 11 and our world after this tragic event, sharing lessons from an Asian religious experience that can help heal a world troubled by religious conflicts and deepening divisions, and promote a positive global transformation.

Existing literature regarding the events of September 11 and our world afterward has focused mostly on the West and the Middle East. Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11 extends this discussion to include Asia—a continent and culture far too important to be ignored in any assessment of the global impact of this event.

The book is organized along the following themes, as they emerged post-September 11th: religion and civilizational dialogue; religion, conflict, and peace; religion and human rights; religion and ethics; religion and the arts; religion, hermeneutics, and literature; religion and gender; religion and ecology; and religion and globalization. Individuals who are studying or teaching political science, international relations, philosophy, ethics, Asian studies, or religious studies will find the text invaluable, while general readers will appreciate the largely unvoiced Asian perspective on this topic.

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Yes, you can access Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11 by Arvind Sharma, Madhu Khanna, Arvind Sharma,Madhu Khanna in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theologie & Religion & Vergleichende Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780313378966
eBook ISBN
9780313378973
Edition
1
Topic
Theologie & Religion
Subtopic
Vergleichende Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Asian Perspectives on the World’s Religions after September 11
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. The Idea of Asia
  8. 1. “Civilizational Dialogues” through Popular Frames Post 9/11
  9. 2. Jainism: The Way to Lasting Peace through Pluralistic Understanding
  10. 3. Tolerance in Early Buddhism: Ideation, Praxis, and Fault Lines
  11. 4. Suffering as a Catalyst for Spiritual Development: The Islamic Perspective
  12. 5. From the Cakravartin Ideal to Realpolitik: Buddhism and Confucianism in the Premodern Chinese Context and Its Implications for Contemporary Chinese Secular Policy toward Religion
  13. 6. From Oriental Utopia to Business Ethics: Europe’s Search for New Socioeconomic Paradigms in Eastern Religions and Philosophies
  14. 7. The South Asian Impact upon Traditional Malay Theater
  15. 8. Javanese Narrations of Rāmāyana and Mahābhārata: Products of a Peaceful Process of Integration
  16. 9. Multilingual Scholarship in the Study of Religion
  17. 10. Politicization of Religion and Its Possible Impact on the Academic Study of Religion in India
  18. 11. Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  19. 12. The Concept of Religious Freedom
  20. 13. Vietnam Central Highlands at the Crossroads: Globalization, Development, Sustainability, and Cultural Identity
  21. 14. Religion as a Possible Impediment to Environmental Discourse
  22. 15. Acculturation of the Tribals in North India during the British Colonial Period: An Ethnographic Perspective
  23. 16. Ecological Cosmology in Hindu Tradition for the 21st Century
  24. About the Editors and Contributors
  25. Index