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Format: 1 online resource (660 pages).

ISBN: 9781444355390 , 1444355392 , 9781444355369 , 1444355368 , 1405195479 , 9781405195478

Series Statement: Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion

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.

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

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444355390