The Oxford handbook of religious diversity / edited by Chad Meister.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Meister, Chad V., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism.

Religion.

Religions.

Physical Description:

xii, 456 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Contours of religious diversity

Historical reflections on religious diversity / Martin E. Marty

A religious studies approach to questions about religious diversity / Ian S. Markham

A philosophical approach to questions about religious diversity / Peter Byrne

A sociological approach to questions about religious diversity / Michele Dillon

Part II: Key issues relevant to religious diversity

Theological and philosophical issues

Pluralism and relativism / Joseph Runzo

Religious exclusivism / Paul K. Moser

The diversity of religious experience / Keith E. Yandell

Interreligious dialogue / Sallie B. King

The religious alien / Paul J. Griffiths

Religious diversity and a global ethic / Leonard J. Swidler

Theology amidst religious diversity / Gavin D'Costa

Religious diversity, evil and a variety of theodicies / Michael L. Peterson

Religion and revelation / Keith Ward

Sociological and public policy issues

Religious diversity and globalization / Peter Beyer

Religious demographics and the new diversity / Frederick W. Norris

New religious movements in global perspective / Peter B. Clarke

Race, ethnicity and religion / George Yancey

Religious diversity, secularization, and postmodernity / John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

Multiple modernities and religion / Christian Smith and Brandon Vaidyanathan

Religious violence and peace / Jessica Stern, Dalia Mogahed, and Tom Pyszczynski

Religious diversity in public education / David Basinger

Religious diversity and religious environmentalism / Roger S. Gottlieb

Part III: Differing perspectives on religious diversity

Multifaith perspectives

A Hindu perspective / Arvind Sharma

A Buddhist perspective / David Burton

An African religions perspective / Kwasi Wiredu

A Chinese religions perspective / Chung-ying Cheng

A Jewish perspective / David Shatz

A Christian perspective / Charles Taliaferro

An Islamic perspective / Majid Fakhry

Gender and world perspectives

A feminist perspective / Pamela Sue Anderson

A continental perspective / Bruce Ellis Benson

A naturalistic perspective / Michael Ruse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195340136

0195340132

OCLC:

473125441