03337nam 2200709Ia 450 991015472830332120200520144314.01-282-23260-697866138103420-88920-669-410.51644/9780889206694(CKB)2430000000002579(EBL)685818(OCoLC)753479557(SSID)ssj0000381881(PQKBManifestationID)12117990(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381881(PQKBWorkID)10383040(PQKB)10424447(MiAaPQ)EBC685818(CaPaEBR)402437(CaBNvSL)jme00327002 (MiAaPQ)EBC3246340(OCoLC)1016600283(MdBmJHUP)muse57866(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/7491dn(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402437(DE-B1597)667818(DE-B1597)9780889206694(EXLCZ)99243000000000257919900119d1989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCompetition in religious life /Jay Newman1st ed.Waterloo, Ont., Canada Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press19891 online resource (249 p.)Editions SR ;v. 11Description based upon print version of record.0-88920-989-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Understanding Competition; Chapter Two: Evaluating Competition; Chapter Three: Interdenominational Competition; Chapter Four: Regulating Interdenominational Competition; Chapter Five: Intradenominational Competition; Chapter Six: Religious Competition Broadly Conceived; Notes; IndexIn his latest work on the social consequences of religious commitment, Jay Newman reveals in clear and concise fashion the extent to which competitiveness is an essential feature of religious life. His assessment charts various classical strategies that have been proposed for either eliminating such competitiveness or directing it into appropriate channels. After a detailed philosophical analysis of the nature and value of competition, the author examines competition between denominations and within denominations, and considers religious competition in some of its less obvious forms. In the process of evaluating the methods for curbing religious competition advocated by such thinkers as Spinoza and Lessing, as well as by modern ecumenists, the author points the way to a general approach to religious competition that minimizes destructive religious conflicts without ignoring the positive value of religious competition.Editions SR ;v. 11.ReligionReligionsReligion.Religions.291.1291.172Newman Jay1948-1124023Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154728303321Competition in Religious Life2863358UNINA