Part of the problem, part of the solution : religion today and tomorrow / edited by Arvind Sharma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sharma, Arvind.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology.

Physical Description:

viii, 214 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.

Summary:

Convening on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the global congress "The World's Religions after September 11" explored the negative and positive possibilities of the religious dimensions of life. The presentations from the congress have been pulled together in this set, which addresses religion's intersection with human rights, spirituality, science, healing, the media, international diplomacy, globalization, war and peace, and more.

Contents:

Introduction / Arvind Sharma

There is no "clash of civilizations" / Shirin Ebadi

To secularize religion and spiritualize politics / Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Religion is central to human affairs / Didiji

Religion is about how you behave : the essential virtue is compassion / Karen Armstrong

Religion and human rights / Shirin Ebadi

Women in world religions : discrimination, liberation, and backlash / Rosemary Radford Ruether

Fundamentalism and interfaith dialogue / Harvey Cox

What on earth is evangelism? / Rev. Donald Posterski

Religion in an age of anxiety / Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Proselytization and religious freedom / Dayananda Saraswati

Religion, identity, and violence / Rabbi David Rosen

Religion and science / Huston Smith

Panel discussion : world's religions, human rights, and same-sex marriage / Margaret Somerville, Janet Buckingham, Brendt Hawkes, Douglas Elliott

A Jaina perspective on non-violence and warfare / Padmanabh S. Jaini

Panel discussion : perspectives on the conflict in the Middle East / Rabbi Dow Marmur, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Gregory Baum, Karen Armstrong

Religion and media / Seyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi

Religion and media / Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami

The Dawson College incident / Professor Shanta Srivastava

Pieces of the jigsaw puzzle / Arvind Sharma

Afterword / Jean Duhaime.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780313358999

0313358990

OCLC:

227572774