Religion : Comparative Religion

Beyond Belief collects fifteen celebrated, broadly ranging essays in which Robert Bellah interprets the interplay of religion and society in concrete contexts from Japan to the Middle East to the United States. First published in 1970, Beyond Belief is a classic in the field of sociology of religion. more...

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The United States is the most religiously diverse. nation in the world and the most religiously diverse. collection of people in history. And even in this age of. increasing religious violence, there is a growing movement. of cooperation: thousands of devout worshippers. who are willing to take a gamble on people of radically. different faiths. In this insightful, deeply felt examination of the. nature of community and religion, former New York. Times religion reporter Gustav Niebuhr traces the. roots of religious freedom in America and the setbacks. and triumphs it has encountered along the way. From. Hindus and Quakers in Queens to Catholics and. Jews in Baltimore, to black Baptists and Catholics in. Louisville, to Catholics and Buddhists in Los Angeles,. Niebuhr focuses on the ways people build ties between. groups. He looks at why this movement is a particularly. American endeavor and how it can save us all. Beyond Tolerance is a handbook for religious cooperation. in our fractured times. more...

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This resource includes detailed discussions of issues in moral theory, offers extensive treatment of the world's major religious traditions and compares the way religions provide resources for addressing current moral challenges. more...

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Recent interest in Buddhist thought has grown dramatically, and with it the desire to understand where Buddhism stands on a range of contemporary ethical questions, which have not been traditionally addressed. In this engrossing and lucid VSI, seen as a companion to the VSI to Buddhism, Damien Keown examines issues including animal rights, the environment, abortion, and cloning, from a Buddhist perspective. - ;The latter half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in Buddhism, and it continues to capture the imagination of many in the West who see it as either an alternative or a supplement to their own religious beliefs. Numerous introductory books have appeared in recent years to cater for this growing interest, but almost none devotes attention to the specifically ethical dimension of the tradition. For complex cultural and historical reasons, ethics has not received as much attention in traditional Buddhist thought as it has in the West, and publications on the subject are few and far between. Here, Damien Keown, author of Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction , illustrates how Buddhism might approach a range of fascinating moral issues ranging from abortion and suicide to cloning. - more...

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Explores various religious explanations of natural tragedies through interviews with prominent religious leaders across the religious spectrum more...

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