Covenantal Pluralism : The Geopolitics of Interfaith Religious Freedom / by Iqbal Akhtar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akhtar, Iqbal.

Series:

Religion and Philosophy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics.

Religion and sociology.

Political Science of Religion.

Sociology of Religion.

Local Subjects:

Political Science of Religion.

Sociology of Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.

Summary:

This open access book examines the role of religion in the emerging academic and policy discourses on the polycrisis—also termed the metacrisis or permacrisis. Drawing on philosophy, economics, and the comparative study of religion, the book develops a conceptual map and shared vocabulary for engaging the interlocking challenges of our age, which threaten multiple simultaneous regional instabilities across the world system. As current political, economic, social, and ecological frameworks are stretched to their limits, Akhtar explores how the world's religious traditions can be accessed as sources of spiritual inspiration and moral imagination to chart new pathways beyond our collective paralysis. Advancing a covenantal pluralistic response, the volume offers scholars, students, and policymakers a generative framework for navigating overlapping crises through interreligious wisdom. Essential reading for those working at the intersection of religion, ethics, public policy, and the global polycrisis.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The polycrisis

Chapter 3. Religion and society: covenantal pluralism

Chapter 4. Covenantal pluralism: theory, practice, and transformation

Chapter 5. Interfaith futures: models, challenges, and possibilities

Chapter 6. Beyond conflict-the path forward.

Notes:

Print version record.

ISBN:

9783032314796

OCLC:

1611797357