"This book explores the notion of interreligious friendship. Friendship is one of the outcomes as well as conditions for advancing interfaith relations. However, for friendship to advance, there must be legitimation from within and a theory of how interreligious relations can be justified from the resources of different faith traditions. The present volume explores these very issues, seeking to develop a robust theory of interreligious f ..."
"All religions are experiencing rapid changes due to a confluence of social and economic global forces. The modern world threatens the foundations of the world’s religions and the cohesive assurances of their societies. Factors such as the pervasive intrusion of globalizing political and economic developments; polarized and morally equivalent presentations seen in the media; the sense of surety demanded in and promised by a culture domin ..."
"This book tackles the core problem of how painful historical memories between diverse religious communities continue to impact, even poison, present day relations. Its operative notion is that of healing of memory, a notion developed by John Paul II. The different papers explore how the painful memories of yesteryear can be healed in the framework of contemporary efforts. In so doing, they seek to address some of the root causes that co ..."
"The essays collected here, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, address the subject of religious leadership. The subject is of broad relevance in the training of religious leaders and in the practice of religious leadership. It is also germane to religious thought as such, where reflections on religious leadership occupy an important place. What does it mean to be a religious leader in today's world? To what degree ..."
The Way of the Heart The Teachings of Dharma Master Hsin Tao by Hsin Tao Shih, Wei-Je Huang Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2016 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5306-6013-1, ISBN: 1-5306-6013-0
"Michael von Brück feiert seinen 60. Geburtstag - ein würdiger Anlaß für seine Freunde, Schüler und Kollegen, eine Festschrift zu verfassen. 27 wissenschaftliche, aber auch persönlich formulierte Beiträge u.a. aus der Religionswissenschaft, Theologie, Neurowissenschaft, Indologie und Sinologie formen einen abwechslungsreichen Kranz um das Thema, das im Mittelpunkt seines einflußreichen Lebenswerks steht: Die Einheit der Wirklichkeiten.
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