Includes bibliographical references and index. "These selections from the presentations made at the Global Congress on World's religions after September 11, ... in Montreal from September 11-15, 2006"--Introd.
Contents:
v. 1. Religion, war, and peace. The violent bear it away : Christian reflections on just war / William R. O'Neill -- Turning war inside out : new perspectives for the nuclear age / Marcia Sichol -- Demonic religion and violence / Lloyd Steffen -- The Bhagavadgītā and war : some early anticipations of the Gandhian interpretation of the Bhagavadgītā / Arvind Sharma -- Just-war theory in South Asia : Indic success, Sri Lankan failure? / Katherine K. Young -- Religion and terror : a post-9/11 analysis / Stephen Healey -- The approach of Muslim Turks to religious terror / Ramazan Bicer -- Is it relevant to talk about democracy in Lebanon in the aftermath of the summer 2006 conflicts? / Pamela Chrabieh -- 9/11 and Korean American youth : a study of two opposing forces / Heerak Christian Kim -- Sacrificing the paschal lamb : a road toward peace / Jean Donovan -- Seeking the peace of the global city of knowledge of God after 9/11 / Aaron Ricker -- The Golden Rule and world peace / Patricia A. Keefe -- World religions and world peace : toward a new partnership / Brian D. Lepard -- v. 2. Religion and human rights. The current state of the individual : a meditation on "the falling man" / Maurice Boutin -- Locke's inheritors : the dilemma of religious "toleration" / Matt Sheedy -- Religion and an implicit fundamental human right / James Kellenberger -- Religion and human rights : a historical and contemporary assessment / Krishna Kanth Tigiripalli and Lalitha Kumari Kadarla -- Achieving religious harmony / Rhoda Asikia Ige -- The grammar of dissent : religion, rights, and public reason / William R. O'Neill -- Divine rights : toward a new synthesis of human rights and world religions / Brian D. Lepard -- Universality of moral norms : a human rights perspective / Kusumita P. Pedersen -- Is the notion of human rights a Western concept? / Raimundo Panikkar -- What gives a person worth? : a Zoroastrian view / Nikan H. Khatibi -- Women and human rights : the status of women in the smṛti texts of Hinduism / Abha Singh -- Catholicism and the AIDS pandemic / Xavier Gravend-Tirole -- Religion, violence, and human rights : a Hindu perspective / Arvind Sharma -- Confucian contributions to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : a historical and philosophical perspective / Sumner B. Twiss -- Religious freedom, the right to proselytize, and the right "to be let alone" / Kusumita P. Pedersen -- The rationale for a Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the world's religions : before and after September 11, 2001 / Arvind Sharma -- A Bahá'í perspective on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the world's religions after September 11, 2001 / Brian D. Lepard -- v. 3. The interfaith dimension. Master Hsin Tao's vision : the museum of world religions / Maria Reis Habito -- Movement and institution : necessary elements of sustaining the interfaith vision / David A. Leslie -- Pluralism as a way of dealing with religious diversity / Caitlin Crowley -- Promotion of interreligious dialogue / Mihai Valentin Vladimirescu -- Redefining humanity and civilization / Nadine Sultana d'Osman Han -- Along a path less traveled : a plurality of religious ultimates? / Arvind Sharma -- The great chain of pluralism : religious diverstiy according to John Hick and the perennial philosophy / Andrew Noel Blakeslee -- Religious Māyā / Patricia Reynaud -- The concept of peace and security in Islam / Muhammad Hammad Lakhvi -- Interreligious dialogue attentive to Western Enlightenment / Gregory Baum -- Lessons from Hinduism for the world after 9/11 / Ashok Vohra -- Orientalist feminism and Islamophobia/Iranophobia / Roksana Bahramitash -- Women's interfaith initiatives in the United States post-9/11 / Kathryn Lohre -- John Paul II and Benedict XVI on the Jewish tradition / Harold Kasimow -- Peace education : building on Zarathushtrian principles / Farishta Murzban Dinshaw -- Protestantism and Candomblé in Bahai : from intolerance to dialogue (and beyond) / Raimundo C. Barreto Jr. and Devaka Premawardhana -- An analytical inquiry into Islamic and Western methodologies of studying world religions / Ahmad F. Yousif -- Buddhism meets Hinduism : interaction and influence in India / Arvind Sharma -- P.C. Chang, freedom of conscience and religion, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Sumner B. Twiss -- Oil and water : being Muslim and teaching theology in a Jesuit university in post-9/11 America / Amir Hussain -- Religious diversity journeys for seventh graders / Gail Katz -- Interfaith encounters in the pews : bringing interfaith dialogue home / C. Denise Yarbrough -- Religious intolerance in contemporary China, including the curious case of Falun Gong / Sumner B. Twiss -- v. 4. Spirituality. The future of mankind : the Bhagavadgītā doctrine / T.N. Achuta Rao -- Dharma, the cosmic thread / Laj Utreja -- Religion : nature, aim, and function / B.R. Shantha Kumari -- Why is there so much suffering in the world? / Marshall Govindan -- Yoga as a social movement / Marshall Govindan -- Yoga as a spiritual movement / Subhas R. Tiwari -- The cave : teaching religion students to rethink exclusivism and embrace tolerance / Rob Sellers -- This Magdalene moment / Joanna Manning -- Incarnation as worldview / Tobie Tondi -- Making known the reality of the incarnation in business ethics / Helen Costigane -- CaoDai : a way to harmony / Hum D. Bui -- Prophecies and signs of the world teacher / Tom Pickens -- Religion and spirituality : our common mission / Odette Bélanger (alias Vedhyas Divya) -- For an education to nonviolence : religion's necessary contribution / Vedhyas Mandaja -- The glory of the divine feminine / Her Holiness Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi -- Coalition of religious women at the United Nations / Jean M. O'Meara -- How and why science and religion share a nexus and are both indispensable for the attainment of ultimate reality / Emmanuel J. Karavousanos -- Taking back our bodies : a response to the post-human ideal / Laura Gallo -- Humane physics under Ekalavya multiversity / Ravi Gangadhar -- Cultural astronomy and interfaith dialogue : finding common ground in the skies / Andrea D. Lobel -- Vedic science and quantum physics / Shantilal G. Goradia -- Incarnation and the environment / Mary Ann Buckley -- Religion, fundamental questions, and human society / Vinesh Saxena -- Religions as the gateway to peace / Jagessar Das -- Religious tolerance and peace building in a world of diversity / Issa Kirarira -- Toward a culture of peace / Fabrice Blée -- The call to unite / Debra Behrle -- Beyond religion : a holistic spirituality (alternatives to realizing oneself through loving kindness) / Mabel Aranha -- Healing consciousness / Laj Utreja.
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