Religion and ethics in a globalizing world: conflict, dialogue, and transformation
This book performs a study of the role of religion in a world that is simultaneously globalizing yet deeply divided.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan
c2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Interfaith dialogue
/ Globalization
/ Global ethic
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| Further subjects: | B
Globalization -- Religious aspects
B Globalization Religious aspects B Religion and politics B Electronic books B Religious Ethics B Religious ethics B Religion And Politics B Globalization Religious aspects B Conference program 2008 (Melbourne) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This book performs a study of the role of religion in a world that is simultaneously globalizing yet deeply divided. Around the world religion is an increasingly vital and pervasive force in both personal and public life. Though this trend has been widely noted, its long-term implications are as yet only dimly perceived. Will this be a force for healing or for violence? To express the question in its most dramatic, yet urgent form: can the world's major religious traditions respond constructively to contemporary challenges in the public sphere that are now, by definition, global? This book seeks to address this question and to contribute to a greater understanding of the role of religion in the paradoxical c |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (ix, 272 p), 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0230104622 |