When faiths collide / Martin E. Marty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marty, Martin E., 1928-2025

Series:

Blackwell manifestos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism.

Physical Description:

ix, 193 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Summary:

Collisions of faiths are among the most threatening conflicts around the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In the face of these conflicts, this manifesto is a call to embrace religious pluralism. Tackling people 's fears of religious pluralism, the author demonstrates that citizens, religions, and identities can in fact survive in radically pluralist settings. He argues that the first address to communities involved in collisions of faith should not be the conventional plea for tolerance, but a call that at least one party risk hospitality toward the other. The book deals with conflicts that affect or occur within those nations whose polities can be called republican, open, democratic, liberal, or free, particularly the UK, the US, and Western Europe.

Contents:

Religious strangers as menaces

"Belongers" versus strangers

When faith communities conflict

The pluralist polity

Living with the pluralist polity

The risk of hospitality

Theological integrity in responses.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.

ISBN:

1405112220

1405112239

OCLC:

54974484