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The Culture of Religious Pluralism
by Richard E. Wentz. 132 pgs.

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Providing a historical context to religious pluralism, Richard E. Wentz examines the challenges that this presents to denominationalism and civil religion, and considers the influence of secularism on the culture of religious pluralism.

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Preface

1: Diversity and Pluralism: An Introduction

Notes

2: Conquest And Conversion: Models of Response To Diversity

Notes

3: The Denominational Model: From Dissent to Commonality

Notes

4: Diversity And The Public Order: The Way Of Civil Religion

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5: Race, Gender, And Ethnicity

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6: Secularity and Diversity

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7: The New Age As A Festival of Diversity

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8: The Mandate of Pluralism

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About the Book And Author

Index
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The Dawn of Religious Pluralism: Voices from the World's Parliament of Religions, 1893
by Richard Hughes Seager, Ronald R. Kidd, Diana L. Eck. 504 pgs.

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Nothing like the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions had been seen in the history of the world, and nothing like it was to be seen for again for many years: a gathering of representatives of numerous world religions for an exchange of views. It was a turning point in American life, presaging the multiculturalism of a century later. This volume contains a selection of 60 representative and revealing addresses given to the Parliament, with authoritative introductions and notes. The addresses include contributions by Protestant mainstream ministers, African-Americans, Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and representatives of other Asian religions. Also included are various "points of contact and contention," in which religious leaders attempted to analyze or reach out to their counterparts in other traditions.

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Foreword

Preface

General Introduction

Notes

Part I Assembling and Welcome

Introduction

1: Words of Welcome

2: Words of Welcome

Part Ii Protestant Mainstream Delegation

Introduction

3: The Religious Mission of the English-Speaking Nations

5: Religion Essentially Characteristic of Humanity

6: Christianity as A Social Force

7: The Sympathy of Religions

8: Possible Results of the Parliament

9: The Influence of Religion on Women

10: A White Life for Two

11: The Reunion of Christendom

Notes

Part III African- American Delegation

Introduction

12: Impromptu Comments

13: Christianity and the Negro

14: What Can Religion Further Do to Advance the Condition of the American Negro?

Part Iv Roman Catholic Delegation

Introduction

15: The Needs of Humanity Supplied by the Catholic Religion

16: Religious Union of the Human Race

17: Future of Religion

Part V Eastern Orthodox Delegation

Introduction

18: The Greek Church

19: The Armenian Church

20: A Voice from Syria

21: Universal Brotherhood

Part Vi Jewish Delegation

Introduction

22: Human Brotherhood as Taught by the Religions Based on the Bible

23: Elements of Universal Religion

24: The Voice of the Mother of Religions on the Social Question

25: The Outlook of Judaism

Part VII Three Views of Islam

Introduction

26: Some Teachings of the Koran

27: The Points of Contact and Contrast Between Christianity and Mohammedanism

28: The Spirit of Islam

Part VIII Two Views on Science and Religion

Introduction

Evolution and Christianity

30: Science A Religious Revelation

Part Ix Points of Contact and Contention

Introduction

Christianity as Seen by A Voyage Around the World 31

32: The Invincible Gospel

33: The Attitude of Christianity to Other Religions

34: The Religion of the Future

35: The Bearing of Religious Unity on the Work of the Christian Missions

36: Orthodox or Historical Judaism

37: Criticism and Discussion of Missionary Methods

38: Impromptu Comments

39: Impromptu Comments Vivekananda

40: The Work of Social Reform in India

41: Confucianism

42: Spiritual Forces in Human Progress

43: Idealism the New Religion

44: A Voice from the Young Men of the Orient

45: Arbitration Instead of War Shaku Soyen

Part X Delegates from the Religions of Asia

Introduction

46: Taoism, A Prize Essay

47: Shintoism

48: The Philosophy and Ethics of the Jains

49: Confucianism

50: The Religious System of the Parsees

51: The Real Position of Japan Toward Christianity

52: The Law of Cause and Effect, as Taught by Buddha

53: The World's Debt to Buddha

54: Hinduism

55: Spiritual Ideas of the Brahmo-Somaj

56: The World's Religious Debt to Asia

Part Xi Close of the Parliament

Introduction

57: The World's Parliament

58: The Ultimate Religion

59: Christ the Unifier of Mankind

Appendix

Index
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Pluralism and Particularity in Religious Belief
by Brad Stetson. 150 pgs.

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Challenging commonly held assumptions in the field of religious studies, the author argues that religious pluralism as a paradigm of religious belief is deeply flawed. This work focuses particularly on the foundations of John Hick's influential articulation of religious pluralism, and suggests its consonance with postmodernist criticism. The critique of pluralism is followed by a defense of Christian exclusivism, and its moral viability as a style of religious belief. The comprehensive reference bibliography records the major works in the study of religious pluralism.

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Preface

Acknowledgments

One Philosophical Aspects Of Religious Pluralism

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Three The Postmodern Parallel

NOTES

Bibliography

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About the Author
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From State Church to Pluralism: A Protestant Interpretation of Religion in American History
by Franklin Hamlin Littell. 178 pgs.

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Introduction

Chapter I: The Colonial State Churches

Chapter III: The Civil War and Aftermath

Chapter IV: American Religion at Floodtide

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The Liberal Conscience: Politics and Principle in a World of Religious Pluralism
by Lucas Swaine. 218 pgs.

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Aclmowledgments

Introduction

1: A Liberalism of Conscience

2: Liberalism and the Liberty of Conscience

3: How Should Liberal Democracies Treat Theocratic Communities?

4: Inspiring Public Reason

Notes

Index
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Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition
by Yohanan Friedmann. 233 pgs.

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Tolerance and Coercion in Islam Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition

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Preface

Introduction

Chapter One: Religious Diversity and Hierarchy of Religions

Chapter Two: Classification of Unbelievers

Chapter Three: Is There No Compulsion in Religion?

Chapter Four: Apostasy

Chapter Five: Interfaith Marriages

Chapter Six: Concluding Observations

Selected Bibliography

General Index

Index of Qur˒ānic Verses

Index of Prophetic Traditions

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The Realm of Ends: Or, Pluralism and Theism; the Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the Years 1907-10
by James Ward. 496 pgs.

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PREFACE

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ERRATA

PART I.: PLURALISM.

Lecture Ii.: THE ONE AND THE MANY.

Lecture Iii.: PLURALISM.

Lecture Iv.: THE CONTINGENCY IN THE WORLD.

Lecture V.: EVOLUTION AS EPIGENESIS AND EQUILIBRATION.

Lecture Vi.: THE PLURALISTIC GOAL.

Lecture Vii.: THE PLURALISM OF HEGEL.

Lecture Viii.: THE HEGELIAN UNITY.

Lecture Ix.: THE LIMITS OF PLURALISM.

Lecture X.: PSYCHOPHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES IN PLURALISM.

PART II.: THEISM.

Lecture Xii.: THE COSMOLOGY OF THEISM.

Lecture Xiii.: FREEDOM.

Lecture Xiv.: FREEDOM AND FOREKNOWLEDGE.

Lecture Xv.: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND PESSIMISM.

Lecture Xvi.: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND OPTIMISM.

Lecture Xvii.: MORAL EVIL AND MORAL ORDER.

Lecture Xviii.: THEORIES OF A FUTURE LIFE.

Lecture Xix.: FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE.

Lecture Xx.: THE REALM OF ENDS.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES.

INDEX
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Religious Pluralism and Religious Participation, in Annual Review of Sociology
by Mark Chaves, Philip S. Gorski. 20 pgs.

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Religious Pluralism: A Challenge for Muslims-A Theological Evaluation, in Journal of Ecumenical Studies
by Mahmut Aydin. 23 pgs.

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Problems of Religious Pluralism: A Zen Critique of John Hick's Ontological Monomorphism, in Philosophy East & West
by Jung H. Lee. 25 pgs.

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Sixth Response; Religious Pluralism and Interfaith Dialogue: A View from India, in Cross Currents
by Kalyani D. Menon. 6 pgs.

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At Home and Not at Home: Religious Pluralism and Religious Truth, in The Christian Century
by Robert N. Bellah. 6 pgs.

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