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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157530103321

Autore

Pascal Ana-Maria

Titolo

Multiculturalism and the convergence of faith and practical wisdom in modern society / / Ana-Maria Pascal, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hershey, Pennsylvania : , : IGI Global, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

9781522519560

9781522519553

Descrizione fisica

PDFs (397 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies (ARCS) Book Series

Disciplina

306.6

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Spirituality

Multiculturalism - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

China and Europe from Confucius and Aristotle to now: old histories, new challenges / Stephen Green -- The alchemy of religion: from inner illumination to love and service in action / Edi Bilimoria -- Rethinking the fact-value split: a place for religion in the public square? / R. Scott Smith -- Making the unbearable bearable through existential spirituality / R. Scott Webster -- Offerings: the metaphysics of giving / Ana-Maria Pascal -- Religion, church, and public space / Gheorghe Petraru -- The mystical experience, or the way to transformative union / Puiu Ionita -- The passion of Port Talbot: the sacred heart of a secular narrative / Carys Ruth Walsh -- Religious themes in contemporary art / Codrina Laura Ionita -- Religion and the social economy: elective affinities / Malcolm David Brown -- Great risk for the kingdom: Pentecostal-charismatic growth churches, pastorpreneurs, and neoliberalism / Mark Alan Charles Jennings -- Women and religion in the Indian diaspora / Annapurna Devi Pandey -- Literary history as national history: the Sufi tradition in Iranian culture and identity / Parisa Shiran -- Struggle for inclusion: the narratives of religious converts from Pakistan / Ambreen Shahriar -- Multiculturalism, morality, and secondary secularisation: CoSA or common good in



practice / Marie Chollier, Mariateresa Tassinari -- Forgiveness in the face of hate / Nadine V Wedderburn, Robert E Carey -- Reconciling homosexuality and spirituality in Africa as a heresy and survival strategy: a critical study of House of Rainbow (LGBT church) in Nigeria / Floribert Patrick C. Endong.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the cultural, sociological, economic, and philosophical effects of religion on modern society and human behavior. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives and topics, such as social reforms, national identity, and existential spirituality"--Provided by publisher.