ISBN:
9780231511353
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0231511353
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0231139306
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9780231139304
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9780231139304
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xi, 114 p)
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22 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
University seminars / Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures
Serie:
Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
Paralleltitel:
Print version Globalization Challenged : Conviction, Conflict, Community
DDC:
305.8009/0511
Schlagwort(e):
Globalization Religious aspects
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Globalization Social aspects
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Social conflict
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Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (Sociology)
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Cultural pluralism
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Communities
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Globalization -- Social aspects
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Globalization -- Religious aspects
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Communities
;
Cultural pluralism
;
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (Sociology)
;
Globalization ; Religious aspects
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Globalization ; Social aspects
;
Social conflict
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
In Globalization Challenged, George Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee, outlines the steps necessary to engage the contemporary conflict between traditional religious belief and Western secularism. According to Rupp, the key objective is to build a community that is inclusive without denying the validity of particular commitments. While he acknowledges the threat of "resurgent fundamentalism," Rupp also criticizes secularists who fail to recognize or acknowledge the role of religion and its ideological equivalents in influencing public policy. All views, he asserts, are sub
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I: CONVICTION, CONFLICT, COMMUNITY; 1. CONVICTION IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION; CONVICTION IN A PLURALISTIC WORLD; THE NEED FOR COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL; PUBLIC RELIGION AND SELF-CRITICAL SECULARISM; A CRITIQUE OF CURRENT TRENDS; GLOBALIZATION AND COMMUNITY; 2. LOCAL CONFLICT, GLOBALMIGRATION; UPROOTED PEOPLE ON THE MOVE; RESETTLEMENT HERE AND ABROAD; SUDAN AS AN INSTANCE; THE EXAMPLE OF AFGHANISTAN; LESSONS LEARNED; 3. GLOBALIZATION AND THE CHALLENGE OF INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY; GLOBALIZATION AND ITS CRITICS REVISITED; THE CASE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
INDIVIDUALISM, WESTERN LIBERALISM, AND WORLD RELIGIONSCONVICTION IN THE CONTEXT OF INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY; PART II: CRITICAL RESPONSES TO GLOBALIZATION CHALLENGED; 4. ARGUING FOR PLURALISM -JAGDISH BHAGWATI; CONVICTION VERSUS RELATIVISM; THE ETHICS OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL FLOWS OF HUMANITY; 5. SECULARISM AND THE LIMITS OF COMMUNITY -JEREMY WALDRON; PRESCRIPTIVE SECULARISM AND RELIGIOUS FAITH; COMMUNITY AND INCLUSION; RELIGIOUS CONVICTION AND POLITICAL ARGUMENT; A POLITICS OF MODERATE CONVICTION; 6. RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE -WAYNE PROUDFOOT
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS AND PUBLIC DISCOURSECOSMOPOLITANISM AND THE IRC; INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY; CRITICAL STUDY OF RELIGION; PART III: GLOBALIZATION CHALLENGED- AGAIN; 7. ANOTHER LOOK AT CONFLICT COMMUNITY, AND CONVICTION; GLOBAL PROCESSES/LOCAL IMPACTS; THE CHALLENGE OF INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY; COMMITMENT IF NOT CONVICTION; INDEX
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
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