A Dome of Many Colors: Studies in Religious Pluralism, Identity, and Unity

Sharma, Arvind (Editor)/ Dugan, Kathleen Margaret (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1563382679 / ISBN 13: 9781563382673

Published by Trinity Pr Intl, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dome of Many Colors: Studies in Religious Pluralism, Identity, and Unity
• Publisher: Trinity Pr Intl
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563382679
• ISBN 13: 9781563382673
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.3 kilograms

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Synopsis

The Parliament of World's Religions met in Chicago in 1993 to commemorate the centennial of the World Parliament of Religions in 1893. One of the organizing themes of this conference, attended by around 10,000 delegates, was religious pluralism - the focus of this volume.

Here, then, is a collection of essays from a conference that meets not every year or even every ten years but once in a century. All the of contributors to the volume are well-established scholars who are known for their expertise in world religions: Julia Ching, R. Panikkar, Harvey Cox, Arvind Sharma, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Masao Abe, Clara Sue Kidwell, Samuel Ruiz, Paul F. Knitter, Donald W. Mitchell, Jeffrey Carlson, and Robert J. Schreiter.

While many books on religious pluralism focus on the plurality of religious presences in North America, this volume employs the term religious pluralism to include the plurality of perspectives present within religious traditions as well. It thus understands the term both in an internal and external sense. In addition, it extends the discussion of religious pluralism beyond North America to other theaters of the world, to Asia and Latin America.

CONTENTS

1. Living in Two Worlds: A Personal Appraisal

2. Religious Identity and Pluralism

3. Our Religions" in a Religiously Plural World

4. Civilizing the Choctaws: Cultural Expectations and Realities

5. Religious Conflict and Christianity

6. Religion and Globality: Can Interreligious Dialogue be Globally Responsible?

7. Two Types of Unity and Religious Pluralism

8. Religion and Globality

9. A Call to Action

Arvind Sharma is Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University in Montreal.

Kathleen Dugan is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of San Diego."

About the Author

Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University, Canada. He has held fellowships at the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life, and the Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, at Harvard University, and at the Brookings Institute. He also received a Maxwell Fellowship and was elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. His publications include Hinduism and Human Rights (2004) and Hinduism On Its Own Terms (2016). He is also the general editor of the Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (2017). Arvind Sharma has been a member of the faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University since 1987. He has held fellowships at the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life, and the Center for Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, at Harvard University, and at the Brookings Institute. He also received a Maxwell Fellowship and was elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. He is the author of Are Human Rights Western? (2006) and Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology (2005).