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almafu_9959328414002883
Format:
1 online resource (660 pages)
ISBN:
9781444355390
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1444355392
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9781444355369
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1444355368
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1405195479
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9781405195478
Content:
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.
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Part I. Major world religions. Buddhism : historical setting /
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Buddhism : contemporary expressions /
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Christianity : historical setting /
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Christianity : contemporary expressions /
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Confucianism : historical setting /
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Confucianism : contemporary expressions /
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Hinduism : historical setting / O.P. Dwivedi --
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Hinduism : contemporary expressions /
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Islam : historical setting /
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Islam : contemporary expressions /
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Judaism : historical setting /
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Judaism : contemporary expressions /
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Part II. Religious movements and themes. Bahá'í faith /
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The quest for justice in revival, a Creole religion in Jamaica /
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The Muhammadiyah : a Muslim modernist organization in contemporary Indonesia /
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The role of the chief in Asante society /
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Tibetan monastics and social justice /
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Sangha and society /
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G'meelut Chasadim (deeds of kindness) /
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Hospitality /
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Zakat : faith and giving in Muslim contexts /
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Ecumenical and interreligious dialogue /
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Part III. Indigenous people. Africa : religion and social justice among the Diola of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau /
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Australia : religion and social justice in a continent of hunter-gatherers /
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Central America : a god for the poor : folk Catholicism and social justice among the Yucatec Maya /
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Europe : the Roma people of Romania /
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Middle East : the Kurds : religion and social justice of a stateless nation /
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New Zealand : the Māori people /
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North America : Ojibwe culture /
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Southeran Asia : the Gonds of India : a search for identity and justice /
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Part IV. Social justice issues. Colonialism /
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Abundant life or abundant poverty? : the challenge for African Christianity /
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AIDS, religion, and the politics of social justice in Sub-Saharan Africa /
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Religion, civil rights, and social justice /
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Human rights : the South African experience /
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The "double-conscious" nature of American evangelicalism's struggle over civil rights during the progressive era /
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Gender and sexuality in the context of religion and social justice /
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Beginning of life /
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Death and dying /
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Religion's influence on social justice practices relating to those with disabilities /
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Ecology and the environment /
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Christianity and nonviolent resistance /
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Building peace in the pursuit of social justice /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, ©2012 ISBN 9781405195478
Language:
English
Keywords:
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