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Progress, apocalypse, and completion of history and life after death of the human person in the world religions / edited by Peter Koslowski.
LIBRA BL500 .P76 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Expo 2000 (Hannover, Germany)
- Series:
- Discourse of the world religions ; 4.
- A discourse of the world religions ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religions--Congresses.
- Religions.
- Eschatology--Congresses.
- Eschatology.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 142 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2002]
- Summary:
- Leading scholars of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism have created with this volume a first-hand source of information which enables the reader to gain a better understanding of these five world religions and their teachings on nature and technology.
- Contents:
- The Conflict of Religions and the Mission of a Philosophy of the World Religions: Introduction / Peter Koslowski 1
- The Origin of the World, the Concept of God, and the Image of the Human Person in Hinduism / R. Balasubramanian 11
- The Concept of God, the Image of the Human Person, and the origin of the World in Buddhism / Shizuteru Ueda 43
- Imago Dei in Judaism: Early Rabbinic Literature, Philosophy, and Kabbalah: The Teaching about God, the Human Person, and the Beginning in Talmudic and Kabbalistic Judaism / Yair Lorberbaum 57
- Discussion of the Concept of God, the Origin of the World, and the Image of the Human Person in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism 75
- Creation, the Concept of God, and the Nature of the Human Person in Christianity / Michael Welker 80
- God, Creation, and the Image of the Human Person in Islam / Mehdi Aminrazavi 95
- Discussion of God, Creation, and the Image of the Human Person in Christianity and Islam 112
- On the Conceptions of God, the World, and the Human Person in Five World Religions: An Attempt at a Synthesis from a Buddhist Perspective / Johannes Laube 115
- The Concept of God, the Origin of the World, and the Image of the Human Person in the World Religions: An Attempt at a Synthesis From a Christian Perspective / Armin Kreiner 127
- Discussion of a Possible Synthesis of the Ideas of the World Religions 144
- Conversation between the Representatives of the World Religions after the Conclusion of the Public Discourse 146.
- Notes:
- Based on the Fourth EXPO-Discourse, held on 24-25 June 2000, at the beginning of the World Exposition EXPO 2000 in Hanover, Germany.
- Published simultaneously in German as: Fortschritt, Apokalyptik und Vollendung der Geschichte und Weiterleben des Menschen nach dem Tode in den Weltreligionen.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1402006470
- 1402000553
- OCLC:
- 49833521
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