Religious Tolerance in World Religions

Klappentext Today! and historically! religions often seem to be intolerant! narrow-minded! and zealous. But the record is not so one-sided. In Religious Tolerance in World Religions! numerous scholars offer perspectives on the "what" and "why" traditions of tolerance in world religions beginning with the pre-Christian West! Greco-Roman paganism! and ancient Israelite Monotheism and moving into modern religions such as Christianity! Judaism! Islam! Buddhism! and Hinduism. By tolerance the authors mean "the capacity to live with religious difference! and by toleration! the theory that permits a majority religion to accommodate the presence of a minority religion." The essays frame the provocative analysis of how a religious system in its political statement produces categories of tolerance that can be explained in that system's logical context. Past and present beliefs! practices! and definitions of social order are examined in terms of how they support tolerance for other religious groups as a matter of public policy.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce D. Chilton, Jacob Neusner
• Assisted by: Bruce Chilton (Editor), Jacob Neusner (Editor)
• Publisher: Templeton foundation press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2008
• EAN: 9781599471365
• ISBN: 978-1-59947-136-5
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 24 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology