{"product_id":"the-worlds-religions-after-september-11-4-volumes","title":"The World's Religions After September 11: [4 Volumes]","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.;v. 1. Religion, war, and peace -- v. 2. Religion and human rights -- v. 3. The interfaith dimension -- v. 4. Spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArvind Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e has been a member of the faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University since 1987. 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. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAre Human Rights Western?\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies and Comparative Methodology\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 1, Religion, War, and Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Arvind Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Violent Bear It Away: Christian Reflections on Just War by William R. ONeill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurning War Inside Out: New Perspectives for the Nuclear Age by Marcia Sichol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDemonic Religion and Violence by Lloyd Steffen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBhagavadgt and War: Some Early Anticipations of the Gandhian Interpretation of the Bhagavadgt by Arvind Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust- War Theory in South Asia: Indic Success, Sri Lankan Failure? by Katherine K. Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligion and Terror: A Post-9\/11 Analysis by Stephen Healey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Approach of Muslim Turkish People to Religious Terror by Ramazan Bicer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs It Relevant to Talk about Democracy in Lebanon in the Aftermath of the Summer 2006 Conflictsmbats? by Pamela Chrabieh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9\/11 and Korean-American Youth: A Study on Two Opposing Forces by Heerak Christian Kim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSacrificing the Paschal Lamb: A Road Toward Peace by Jean Donovan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeking the Peace of the Global City of Knowledge of God after 9\/11 by Aaron Gaius\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Golden Rule and World Peace by Patricia A. Keefe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorld Religions and World Peace: Toward a New Partnership by Brian D. Lepard\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 2, Religion and Human Rights\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Current State of the Individual: A Meditation on The Falling Man byMaurice Boutin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLockes Inheritors: The Dilemma of Religious Toleration by Matt Sheedy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligion and an Implicit Fundamental Human Right by James Kellenberger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligion and Human Rights: A Historical and Contemporary Assessment by Krishna Kanth Tigiripalli and Lalitha Kumari Kadarla\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAchieving Religious Harmony by Rhoda Asikia Ige\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Grammar of Dissent: Religion, Rights, and Public Reason by William R. ONeill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDivine Rights: Toward a New Synthesis of Human Rights and World Religions by Brian D. Lepard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUniversality of Moral Norms: A Human Rights Perspective by Kusumita P. Pedersen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs the Notion of Human Rights a Western Concept? by Raimundo Panikkar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat Gives a Person Worth? A Zoroastrian View by Nikan H. Khatibi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen and Human Rights by Abha Singh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatholicism and the AIDS Pandemic by Xavier Gravend-Tirole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligion, Violence, and Human Rights: A Hindu Perspective by Arvind Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConfucian Contributions to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective by Sumner B. Twiss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligious Freedom, the Right to Proselytize, and the Right To Be Let Alone by Kusumita P. Pedersen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Rationale for a Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the Worlds Religions: Before and after September 11, 2001 by Arvind Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Bah Perspective on the Universal Declaration of Human\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRights by the Worlds Religions after September 11, 2001 by Brian D. Lepard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2 Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the Worlds Religions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 3 A Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the Hindus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 4 Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 5 The Dhaka Declaration on Human Rights in Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 6 The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 7 Arab Charter on Human Rights\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 8 Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix 9 A Global Ethic: The Universal Declaration of the Parliament of the Worlds Religions\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 3, The Interfaith Dimension\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Arvind Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaster Hsin Taos Vision: The Museum of World Religions by Maria Reis Habito\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMovement and Institution: Necessary Elements of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSustaining the Interfaith Vision by David A. Leslie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePluralism as a Way of Dealing with Religious Diversity by Caitlin Crowley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePromotion of Inter-religious Dialogue by Mihai Valentin Vladimirescu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRe-defining Humanity and Civilization by Nadine Sultana dOsman Han\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong a Path Less Travelled: A Plurality of Religious Ultimates? by Arvind Sharma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Great Chain of Pluralism: Religious Diversity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to John Hick and the Perennial Philosophy by Andrew Noel Blakeslee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligious Maya by Patricia Reynaud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Concept of Peace and Security in Islam by Muhammad Hammad Lakhvi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInter-religious Dialogue Attentive to Western Enlightenment by Gregory Baum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLessons from Hinduism for the World after 9\/11 by Ashok Vohra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrientalist Feminism and Islamophobia\/Iranophobia by Roksana Bahramitash\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen's Interfaith Initiatives in the United States Post-9\/11 by Kathryn Lohre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Paul II and Benedict XVI on the Jewish Tradition by Harold Kasimow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeace Education: Building on Zarathushtrian Principles by Farishta Murzban Dinshaw\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProtestantism and Candombl in Bahia: From Intolerance to Dialogue (and Beyond) by Raimundo C. Barreto Jr. and Devaka Premawardhana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Analytical Inquiry into Islamic and Western Meth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserve us, and a thorough exploration of what steps might be necessary for all religions to join together as a force for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConvening on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the global congress \u003ci\u003eThe World's Religions after September 11\u003c\/i\u003e explored the negative and positive possibilities of the religious dimensions of life. The presentations from the congress have been pulled together in this set, which addresses religion's intersection with human rights, spirituality, science, healing, the media, international diplomacy, globalization, war and peace, and more. This comprehensive set includes contributions from such well-known scholars of religion as Arvind Sharma and a host of others from all the world's religious traditions. This set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserve us, and a thorough exploration of what steps might be necessary for all religions to join together as a force for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the very concept of religion underwent a paradigm shift. Instead of standing for virtue and piety, peace and harmony, the word religion also came to be inextricably associated with evil, aggression, and terror. People around the world began to question whether the religious and secular dimensions of modern life can be reconciled, whether the different religions of the world can ever coexist in harmony. Indeed, the very future of religion itself has sometimes seemed to be uncertain, or at least suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A requirement for all libraries and for anyone interested in and examining the multiple relationships between religions and the political.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserve us, and a thorough exploration of what steps might be necessary for all religions to join together as a force for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConvening on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the global congress \u003ci\u003eThe World's Religions after September 11\u003c\/i\u003e explored the negative and positive possibilities of the religious dimensions of life. The presentations from the congress have been pulled together in this set, which addresses religion's intersection with human rights, spirituality, science, healing, the media, international diplomacy, globalization, war and peace, and more. This comprehensive set includes contributions from such well-known scholars of religion as Arvind Sharma and a host of others from all the world's religious traditions. This set is an unprecedented examination of religion's influence on modern life, an honest assessment of how religion can either destroy us or preserve us, and a thorough exploration of what steps might be necessary for all religions to join together as a force for good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the very concept of religion underwent a paradigm shift. Instead of standing for virtue and piety, peace and harmony, the word religion also came to be inextricably associated with evil, aggression, and terror. People around the world began to question whether the religious and secular dimensions of modern life can be reconciled, whether the different religions of the world can ever coexist in harmony. Indeed, the very future of religion itself has sometimes seemed to be uncertain, or at least suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 17 (EAN 9780275996215, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eSharma, Arvind\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArvind Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e 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. His publications include \u003ci\u003eHinduism and Human Rights \u003c\/i\u003e(2004) and \u003ci\u003eHinduism On Its Own Terms \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). He is also the general editor of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Indian Religions \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArvind Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e has been a member of the faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University since 1987. 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. 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