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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book offers a unique perspective on September 11 and our world after this tragic event, sharing lessons from an Asian religious experience that can help heal a world troubled by religious conflicts and deepening divisions, and promote a positive global transformation. Existing literature regarding the events of September 11 and our world afterward has focused mostly on the West and the Middle East. Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11 extends this discussion to include Asia-a continent and culture far too important to be ignored in any assessment of the global impact of this event. The book is organized along the following themes, as they emerged post-September 11th: religion and civilizational dialogue; religion, conflict, and peace; religion and human rights; religion and ethics; religion and the arts; religion, hermeneutics, and literature; religion and gender; religion and ecology; and religion and globalization. Individuals who are studying or teaching political science, international relations, philosophy, ethics, Asian studies, or religious studies will find the text invaluable, while general readers will appreciate the largely unvoiced Asian perspective on this topic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Arvind Sharma The Idea of Asia Madhu Khanna 1. "Civilizational Dialogues" through Popular Frames Post 9/11 Anuradha Ghosh 2. Jainism: The Way to Lasting Peace through Pluralistic Understanding Ashok Vohra 3. Tolerance in Early Buddhism: Ideation, Praxis, and Fault Lines Ahmad Sohaib 4. Suffering as a Catalyst for Spiritual Development: The Islamic Perspective I. H. Azad Faruqi 5. From the Cakravartin Ideal to Realpolitik: Buddhism and Confucianism in the Premodern Chinese Context and Its Implications for Contemporary Chinese Secular Policy toward Religion Albert Welter 6. From Oriental Utopia to Business Ethics: Europe's Search for New Socioeconomic Paradigms in Eastern Religions and Philosophies Gerrit De Vylder 7. The South Asian Impact upon Traditional Malay Theater Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof 8. Javanese Narrations of Ramayan.a and Mahabharata: Products of a Peaceful Process of Integration Malini Saran 9. Multilingual Scholarship in the Study of Religion Joseph T. O'Connell 10. Politicization of Religion and Its Possible Impact on the Academic Study of Religion in India Madhu Khanna 11. Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective Joseph Prabhu 12. The Concept of Religious Freedom Arvind Sharma 13. Vietnam Central Highlands at the Crossroads: Globalization, Development, Sustainability, and Cultural Identity Tran My-Van 14. Religion as a Possible Impediment to Environmental Discourse Bidisha Kumar and George James 15. Acculturation of the Tribals in North India during the British Colonial Period: An Ethnographic Perspective Radha Madhav Bharadwaj 16. Ecological Cosmology in Hindu Tradition for the 21st Century Rana P. B. Singh About the Editors and Contributors Index ...
