The World's Religions after September 11: Volume 1, Religion, War, and Peace

Arvind Sharma

Religion & Spirituality

Praeger

Convening on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the global congress The World's Religions after September 11 explored the negative and positive possibilities of the religious dimensions of life. The presentations from the congress have been pulled together in this set, which addresses religion's intersection with human rights, spirituality, science, healing, the media, international diplomacy, globalization, war and peace, and more. This comprehensive set includes contributions from such well-known scholars of religion as Arvind Sharma and a host of others from all the world's religious traditions. This set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserve us, and a thorough exploration of what steps might be necessary for all religions to join together as a force for good. Because of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the very concept of religion underwent a paradigm shift. Instead of standing for virtue and piety, peace and harmony, the word religion also came to be inextricably associated with evil, aggression, and terror. People around the world began to question whether the religious and secular dimensions of modern life can be reconciled, whether the different religions of the world can ever coexist in harmony. Indeed, the very future of religion itself has sometimes seemed to be uncertain, or at least suspect. The volumes are: 1. Religion, War, and Peace 2. Religion and Human Rights 3. The Interfaith Dimension 4. Spirituality.

The World's Religions after September 11: Volume 2, Religion and Human Rights

This presentation of Hinduism particularly stresses the intermingling of philosophy and religion within the faith. It hopes to broaden the horizons of the conventional philosophy of religion by adding material drawn from Hindu thought to its scope of interest. By thus juxtaposing the philosophy of religion with Hindu philosophy, the book attempts to move towards a cross-cultural philosophy of religion. This series of books explores contemporary religious understandings of humanity and the universe. It covers the continuing dialogues between religion and philosophy, scepticism and faith and between the different religions and ideologies.

A Hindu Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Religious Ferment in Modern India

Hal W. French

It covers the historical evolution and discusses the Indo-Western encounter. The major topics it discusses include Sati: A Study in Western Reactions, The Tradition of Indigenous Protest against Sati, An Analysis of Reaction of Hindus and Non-Hindus to Sati, The Scriptural Sanction for Sati in Hindusim, Raja Rammohun Roy and Bal Gangadhar Tilak: A comparsion based on Roy's attitude towards Sati, The Bhagavad Gita: Its Role in the Abolition of Sati, Windowhood and Yoga.

Sati: Historical and Phenomenological Essays

Social Sciences

Motilal Banarsidass Pub

M. N. Srinivas

Motilal Banarsidass

<p>This book provides an introduction to Advaita Vedanta, on the basis of something more powerful than argument, namely, experience.</p>

The Experiential Dimension of Advaita Vedanta

<p>This is a unique book about the Rajneesh Movement. It brings together the perspectives of both outsiders and insiders to the movement, in the hope that their point of intersection might provide a novel lens for looking at New Religious Movements.</p>

The Rajneesh Papers: Studies in a New Religious Movement

Susan J. Palmer

Motilal Banarsidass Publishers

A Jaina Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion (Lala Sundarlal Jain research series)

This book is a classic study of a monumental work, the Mahabharata, perhaps the largest epic in world literature. It is an epic study of the epic on account of the voluminous size it has itself attained, the kaleidoscopic variety of the themes it covers, the great diversity of approaches it canvasses, the wide array of contributions it includes and the high standard of scholarship it achieves. Readership: Students and specialists of Hinduism, comparative religion, comparative literature, comparative mythology and classics.

Essays on the Mahabharata

Hinduism

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