Because religion is so central to the lives and experience of the vast majority of people throughout the world, it figures very prominently in a variety of ways in interhuman relations. Unfortunately, 'religion' often appears to be one of the potent sources of mistrust, discord and strife between and among individuals, groups and cultures. What frequently lies at the root of such suspicion and dissension is general ignorance concerning the religious other, a lack of knowledge about his or her beliefs, aspirations and views of the good and morally honorable life. And even if people have some...
Because religion is so central to the lives and experience of the vast majority of people throughout the world, it figures very prominently in a varie...
In the few years since the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, evil has become a central theme in the media and human consciousness: the evil of terrorism, the evil of secular culture, concern for poverty, and climate change...Yet different cultures and religious traditions have different ideas of what evil is and what its root causes are. Although there is no massive clash of cultures, many disagreements and also conflicts in the world arise from the deep differences in views of evil. This volume explores religious views of evil. Scholars from different religions and from...
In the few years since the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, evil has become a central theme in the media and human consciousnes...
Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of backgrounds explore various facets of the relationship and interaction of Christianity with its cultural environment: politics, society, esthetics, religion and spirituality, and with itself. Divided into three main sections, "Crossroad Discourses between Christianity and Culture "looks at the interaction of Christianity with culture in the first section, with other religions and spiritualities in the second, and finally with itself in the third....
Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of back...
Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of backgrounds explore various facets of the relationship and interaction of Christianity with its cultural environment: politics, society, esthetics, religion and spirituality, and with itself. Divided into three main sections, "Crossroad Discourses between Christianity and Culture "looks at the interaction of Christianity with culture in the first section, with other religions and spiritualities in the second, and finally with itself in the third....
Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of back...
