The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice

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Michael D. Palmer, Stanley M. Burgess
John Wiley & Sons, 12.03.2012 - 664 Seiten

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions.

  • The first publication to offer a comparative study of social justice for each of the major world religions, exploring viewpoints within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism
  • Offers a unique and enlightening volume for those studying religion and social justice - a crucially important subject within the history of religion, and a significant area of academic study in the field
  • Brings together the beliefs of individual traditions in a comprehensive, explanatory, and informative style
  • All essays are newly-commissioned and written by eminent scholars in the field
  • Benefits from a distinctive four-part organization, with sections on major religions; religious movements and themes; indigenous people; and issues of social justice, from colonialism to civil rights, and AIDS through to environmental concerns
 

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Inhalt

Notes on Contributors
9
Major World Religions
13
Contemporary Expressions
30
Historical Setting
46
Contemporary Expressions
61
Historical Setting
77
Contemporary Expressions
93
Historical Setting
110
Faith and Giving in Muslim Contexts
319
Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
330
Religion and Social Justice among the Diola of Senegal
350
A God for the Poor Folk Catholicism
373
The Roma People of Romania
388
The Kurds Religion and Social Justice
402
Ojibwe Culture
425
The Gonds of India A Search
438

Contemporary Expressions
124
Historical Setting
137
Contemporary Expressions
153
Historical Setting
170
Contemporary Expressions
190
Introduction
207
The Quest for Justice in Revival a Creole Religion in Jamaica
224
A Muslim Modernist Organization
241
The Role of the Chief in Asante Society
256
Tibetan Monastics and Social Justice
268
Sangha and Society
280
Gmeelut Chasadim Deeds of Kindness
292
Hospitality
306
Introduction 347
453
Abundant Life or Abundant Poverty? The Challenge
469
AIDS Religion and the Politics of Social Justice
482
Religion Civil Rights and Social Justice
496
The DoubleConscious Nature of American Evangelicalisms
519
Gender and Sexuality in the Context of Religion
535
Death and Dying
561
Religions Influence on Social Justice Practices Relating
575
Ecology and the Environment
591
Christianity and Nonviolent Resistance
607
Building Peace in the Pursuit of Social Justice
620
Index
633
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Autoren-Profil (2012)

MICHAEL D. PALMER is a professor of philosophy at Regent University. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, book chapters, and reviews, he has published four books, including a two-volume work The Holy Spirit and Social Justice, Interdisciplinary Global Perspectives (2019), coedited with Antipas Harris. Palmer has extensive experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in moral theory, social ethics, applied ethics, and philosophy of religion. He has also conducted professional workshops and seminars for educators on topics relating to religion and ethics.

STANLEY M. BURGESS is Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University. In addition to over 150 scholarly articles, he has published numerous books, including the International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements (2002), the Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity (2004), and Christian Peoples of the Spirit: a Documentary Collection (2011).

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
HerausgeberMichael D. Palmer, Stanley M. Burgess
VerlagJohn Wiley & Sons, 2012
ISBN1444355376, 9781444355376
Länge664 Seiten
  
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