Conversations about Religion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Howard.

Series:

Ideas Roadshow Collections

Ideas Roadshow Collections ; v.7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

Conversations About Religion is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading experts with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. David J. Goldberg (1939-2019), former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London's Liberal Jewish Synagogue and author and columnist; 2. Nile Green who holds the Ibn Khaldn Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA; 3. David Hollinger, Professor of History, UC Berkeley; 4. Eleanor Nesbitt, Professor Emeritus of Education Studies at University of Warwick;5. Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary University of London. Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.

Contents:

Intro

Textual Note

Preface

Rabbi with a Cause

Israel and Identity

A conversation with David J. Goldberg

Introduction

I. This Is Not The Way

II. Jewish Values

III. Who is a Jew?

IV. Cultural Judaism

V. Ever Striving

Continuing the Conversation

Religious Entrepreneurs?

A conversation with Nile Green

I. Origins

II. Sufism

III. The Model of Religious Economy

IV. Global History

V. Terrains of Exchange

VI. Modern Implications

VII. Ever Onwards

Battling Protestants

A conversation with David Hollinger

I. Diverging Protestants

II. Drifting towards Secularism?

III. Often Overlooked

IV. The Missionary Position

V. Demographic Diversification

VI. William James

VII. Strident Atheists

VIII. An Empty Stage

IX. Future Speculations

Religion and Culture

A Historian's Tale

A conversation with Miri Rubin

I. Historical Beginnings

II. Life on the Ground

III. William of Norwich

IV. Mother of God

V. Doing History

Exploring the Sikh Tradition

A conversation with Eleanor Nesbitt

I. Looking To Connect

II. Historical Overview

III. Identity

IV. Towards Deeper Understanding

Continuing the Conversation.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781771701969

177170196X

9781771701723

1771701722

OCLC:

1255239233