Deep Religious Pluralism

Author : David Ray Griffin
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066422914X

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A groundbreaking scholarly work, Deep Religious Pluralism is based on the conviction that the philosophy articulated by Alfred North Whitehead encourages not only religious diversity but deep religious pluralism. Arising from a 2003 Center for Process Studies conference at Claremont Graduate University, this book offers an alternative to the version of religious pluralism that has dominated the recent discussion, especially among Christian thinkers in the West, which has evoked a growing call to reject pluralism as such. Renowned contributors of a diversity of faiths include: Steve Odin, John Shunji Yakota, Sandra B. Lubarsky, Jeffery D. Long, Mustafa Ruzgar, Christopher Ives, Michael Lodahl, Chung-ying Cheng, Wang Shik Jang, and John B. Cobb Jr.

Author : Karen Barkey,Sudipta Kaviraj,Vatsal Naresh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197530016

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Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism by Karen Barkey,Sudipta Kaviraj,Vatsal Naresh Pdf

A collection of essays that situates and furthers contemporary debates around the prospects of democracy in diverse societies within and beyond the West. Negotiating Democracy and Religious Pluralism examines the relationship between the functioning of democracy and the prior existence of religious plurality in three societies outside the West: India, Pakistan, and Turkey. All three societies had on one hand deep religious diversity and on the other long histories as imperial states that responded to religious diversity through their specific pre-modern imperial institutions. Each country has followed a unique historical trajectory with regard to crafting democratic institutions to deal with such extreme diversity. The volume focuses on three core themes: historical trends before the modern state's emergence that had lasting effects; the genealogies of both the state and religion in politics and law; and the problem of violence toward and domination over religious out-groups. Volume editors Karen Barkey, Sudipta Kaviarj, and Vatsal Naresh have gathered a group of leading scholars across political science, sociology, history, and law to examine this multifaceted topic. Together, they illuminate various trajectories of political thought, state policy, and the exercise of social power during and following a transition to democracy. Just as importantly, they ask us to reflexively examine the political categories and models that shape our understanding of what has unfolded in South Asia and Turkey.

Author : Chris Seiple,Dennis R. Hoover
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000509328

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The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement by Chris Seiple,Dennis R. Hoover Pdf

This pioneering handbook proposes an approach to pluralism that is relational, principled, and non-relativistic, going beyond banal calls for mere "tolerance." The growing religious diversity within societies around the world presents both challenges and opportunities. A degree of competition between deeply held religious/worldview perspectives is natural and inevitable, yet at the same time the world urgently needs engagement and partnership across lines of difference. None of the world’s most pressing problems can be solved by any single actor, and as such it is not a question of if but when you partner with an individual or institution that does not think, act, or believe as you do. The authors argue that religious literacy—defined as a dynamic combination of competencies and skills, continuously refined through real-world cross-cultural engagement—is vital to building societies and states of neighborly solidarity and civic fairness. Through examination, reflection, and case studies across multiple faith traditions and professional fields, this handbook equips scholars and students, as well as policymakers and practitioners, to assess, analyze, and act collaboratively in a world of deep diversity. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Jonathan Chaplin
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334060239

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Faith in Democracy by Jonathan Chaplin Pdf

What is the place of faith in public life in the UK? Beyond ‘secularism’ that seeks to relegate faith to the margins of public life, and a ‘Christian nation’ position that seeks to retain, or even regain, Christian public privilege, there is a third way. Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity calls for an approach that maximises public space for the expression of faith-based visions within democratic fora while repudiating all traces of religious privilege. It argues for a truly conversational space, reflecting theologically on the contested concepts at the heart of the current debate about the place of faith in British public life: democracy, secularism, pluralism and public faith.

Author : Giuseppe Giordan,Enzo Pace
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319066233

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Religious Pluralism by Giuseppe Giordan,Enzo Pace Pdf

This volume illustrates both theoretically and empirically the differences between religious diversity and religious pluralism. It highlights how the factual situation of cultural and religious diversity may lead to individual, social and political choices of organized and recognized pluralism. In the process, both individual and collective identities are redefined, incessantly moving along the continuum that ranges from exclusion to inclusion. The book starts by first detailing general issues related to religious pluralism. It makes the case for keeping the empirical, the normative, the regulatory and the interactive dimensions of religious pluralism analytically distinct while recognizing that, in practice, they often overlap. It also underlines the importance of seeking connections between religious pluralism and other pluralisms. Next, the book explores how religious diversity can operate to contribute to legal pluralism and examines the different types of church-state relations: eradication, monopoly, oligopoly and pluralism. The second half of the book features case studies that provide a more specific look at the general issues, from ways to map and assess the religious diversity of a whole country to a comparison between Belgian-French views of religious and philosophical diversity, from religious pluralism in Italy to the shifting approach to ethnic and religious diversity in America, and from a sociological and historical perspective of religious plurality in Japan to an exploration of Brazilian religions, old and new. The transition from religious diversity to religious pluralism is one of the most important challenges that will reshape the role of religion in contemporary society. This book provides readers with insights that will help them better understand and interpret this unprecedented transition.

Author : Marjorie Suchocki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111891490

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Divinity & Diversity by Marjorie Suchocki Pdf

One of today's foremost theologians presents the case for embracing religious pluralism as integral to the Christian gospel. Religious pluralism is a fact in North American society today. More than at any other time, adherents of different religious traditions live, work, and play side by side. Yet the fact of religious pluralism creates a tension for a large number of Christians. At the same time they have realized that Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and members of many other religious groups have become their neighbors, they are also aware of Christian teachings that seem to exclude these groups. Statements such as "no one comes to the Father except through me," and "outside the church there is no salvation," seem to imply that these new neighbors are not part of the family of God, or at least that their religious beliefs and practices are not viable avenues to human wholeness and salvation. In this insightful and irenic work, Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki demonstrates that Christians need not ignore, nor even compromise, the teachings of the gospel in order to accept and rejoice in religious pluralism. She argues that the Christian doctrines of creation, incarnation, the image of God, and the reign of God make the diversity of religions necessary. Without such diversity the rich and deep community of humanity that is the goal of the Christian gospel cannot be realized. Along the way Suchocki rejects the exclusivist claim that there can be no relationship with God apart from the church, and the inclusivist idea that Christianity is the highest expression of the search for God, with other religions possessing in part that which Christians possess in full. She argues instead for a pluralist position, insisting on a full recognition of the distinctive gifts that all of the religious traditions bring to the human table.

Author : Stephen Kaplan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0742513327

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Different Paths, Different Summits by Stephen Kaplan Pdf

In a world where religious pluralism is a necessity of modern life, diverse religions exist for the diverse people populating the earth. Theologically, how do people of different faiths find liberation in their separate gods simultaneously? Stephen Kaplan answers this question with his new book, Different Paths, Different Summits. He presents a model for religous pluralism that does not fall victim to the criticisms of pluralist models. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author : Harold Netland
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 083081552X

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Encountering Religious Pluralism by Harold Netland Pdf

Harold Netland traces the emergence of the pluralistic ethos that challenges Christian faith and mission, interacting heavily with philosopher John Hick and providing a framework for developing a comprehensive evangelical theology of religions.

Author : John D'Arcy May
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015041799696

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Pluralism and the Religions by John D'Arcy May Pdf

In these essays by Asian and European theologians, a new approach to pluralism is offered, dealing with such topics as poverty, the arms race, and the feminist and ecological movements.

Author : Patrick J. Mahaffey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429879753

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Integrative Spirituality by Patrick J. Mahaffey Pdf

In Integrative Spirituality, Patrick J. Mahaffey elucidates spirituality as a developmental process that is enhanced by integrating the teachings and practices of multiple religious traditions, Jungian depth psychology, and contemplative yoga. In the postmodern world of religious pluralism, Mahaffey compellingly argues that each of us must fashion a unique path to wholeness which integrates aspects of life and of the self that have become disconnected and disowned. Integrative Spirituality uniquely conjoins four components: exemplary religious pluralists from three traditions, individuation, the forms of contemplative Hindu yoga that have been successfully transmitted to the West, and a presentation of two models for integrating psychological growth and spiritual awakening. The book presents pioneering practitioners in each field who exemplify how we may fashion our own approach to integrating both spiritual awakening and psychological development and delineates an array of spiritual practices that integrate the somatic, psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual aspects of life. Ultimately, Mahaffey contends that integrative spirituality is a mode of being that fully embraces the divinity inherent in each of us and in the world. Integrative Spirituality will be essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies, transpersonal and Jungian psychology, and religious studies and contemplative education. It will also be of interest to analytical and depth psychologists in practice and in training, and to anyone seeking a greater understanding of spirituality, psychological growth, religious traditions, individuation, and contemplative yoga.

Author : Alan Race
Publisher : Thinking about
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506400698

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Thinking about Religious Pluralism by Alan Race Pdf

We live in an era of globalization, and the world's religious traditions are deeply impacted. Throughout the world, an increased awareness of the world's religions, whether through modern media, human encounter, or education, raises new questions. How should we think about different traditions? What do they mean? How should Christians respond? This book equips Christian thinkers with a positive, affirming understanding of religious diversity, and helps Christians articulate the meaning of this diversity in the real world. The reader will gain comfort and curiosity in future meetings with other traditions, and a deeper understanding of the marvelous diversity of human religious expression in our world. Book jacket.

Author : John D. Inazu
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226592435

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Confident Pluralism by John D. Inazu Pdf

In the three years since Donald Trump first announced his plans to run for president, the United States seems to become more dramatically polarized and divided with each passing month. There are seemingly irresolvable differences in the beliefs, values, and identities of citizens across the country that too often play out in our legal system in clashes on a range of topics such as the tensions between law enforcement and minority communities. How can we possibly argue for civic aspirations like tolerance, humility, and patience in our current moment? In Confident Pluralism, John D. Inazu analyzes the current state of the country, orients the contemporary United States within its broader history, and explores the ways that Americans can—and must—strive to live together peaceably despite our deeply engrained differences. Pluralism is one of the founding creeds of the United States—yet America’s society and legal system continues to face deep, unsolved structural problems in dealing with differing cultural anxieties and differing viewpoints. Inazu not only argues that it is possible to cohabitate peacefully in this country, but also lays out realistic guidelines for our society and legal system to achieve the new American dream through civic practices that value toleration over protest, humility over defensiveness, and persuasion over coercion. With a new preface that addresses the election of Donald Trump, the decline in civic discourse after the election, the Nazi march in Charlottesville, and more, this new edition of Confident Pluralism is an essential clarion call during one of the most troubled times in US history. Inazu argues for institutions that can work to bring people together as well as political institutions that will defend the unprotected. Confident Pluralism offers a refreshing argument for how the legal system can protect peoples’ personal beliefs and differences and provides a path forward to a healthier future of tolerance, humility, and patience.

Author : Matthew Shelton Lopresti
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793614407

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Religious Pluralism by Matthew Shelton Lopresti Pdf

Ultimate reality is often characterized in terms of a variety of what are thought to be incompatible concepts, like God, Dao, Brahman, etc. This book examines the plausibility of a genuine religious pluralism, arguing against relativism but in favor of the authenticity of a plurality of the world's major religious traditions.

Author : Paul F. Knitter
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332069

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The Myth of Religious Superiority by Paul F. Knitter Pdf

In this challenging book, the leading exponents of the idea that all religions are a refraction of a truth no single tradition can exclusively reveal discuss what to make of that conviction in today's world of interreligious rivalry and strife. The authors represent a variety of faith traditions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam.

Author : John Harwood Hick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1985-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349179756

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Problems of Religious Pluralism by John Harwood Hick Pdf