Exploring Religious Diversity and Covenantal Pluralism in Asia: Volume II, South & Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9781032344386 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 186 str.

Hoover, Dennis R.

Opis

This book examines the growing diversity of religions and worldviews across South & Central Asia, and the factors affecting prospects for “covenantal pluralism” in these regions.

The chapters originally appeared as research articles in the journal The Review of Faith & International Affairs.

 

Spis treści

From Religious Plurality to Civic Solidarity in Asia: An Introduction to Volume II  SECTION 1: SOUTH ASIA  1. Covenantal Pluralism in Pakistan: Assessing the Conditions of Possibility  2. Pluralizing Pluralism: Lessons from, and for, India  3. Possibilities for Covenantal Pluralism in Nepal  4. Promoting Covenantal Pluralism amidst Embedded Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka  5. Barriers to Covenantal Pluralism in Bangladeshi Public Opinion  6. As Children of Adam: (Re)Discovering a History of Covenantal Pluralism in Afghan Constitutionalism  7. Pluralism and Peace in South Asia  SECTION 2: CENTRAL ASIA  8. Can Covenantal Pluralism Grow in Central Asian Soil? Hopes and Hard Lessons from the Religious History of the Region  9. Legal Reform in Uzbekistan: Prospects for Freedom of Religion or Belief and Covenantal Pluralism  10. Religious Pluralism and State Paternalism in Kazakhstan   11. Authoritarian Governance and Ambiguous Religious Policy: An Uncertain Future for Covenantal Pluralism in Tajikistan  12. “Turkmen Islam” and the Paucity of Real Pluralism in Turkmenistan’s Post-Soviet Nation-building  13. Building Pluralism in Central Asia: Outlining an Experiential Approach in Kyrgyzstan