Understanding And Collaboration Between Religions
Understanding And Collaboration Between Religions

Author: Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi

Publisher: M A Center

Published: 2014-11-09

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1680370766

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An Address Delivered Upon Amma's Acceptance Of The Fourth Annual James Parks Morton Interfaith Award, New York, May 2, 2006. The Interfaith Center Of New York Praised Amma For Her Outstanding Work In Fostering Inter-Religious Understanding And Respect. By Reaching Out And Accepting All Human Beings Through The Physical Act Of Hugging, She Transcends All Religions And Political Divisions. Amma Said, A One-Word Solution For Almost All The Problems The World Is Facing Today Is Compassion. The Essence Of All Religions Is In Being Compassionate To Others. Helping The Poor And Needy Is True Prayer. Without Compassion, All Our Efforts Will Be In Vain. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

Understanding the Relationship Between Religion and Entrepreneurship
Understanding the Relationship Between Religion and Entrepreneurship

Author: Tamzini, Khaled

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-11-22

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1799818047

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In recent years, a number of scholars trained in the area of economics have begun to pay attention to a fascinating and increasingly important question: Does the interrelationship between religion and enterprise shape entrepreneurial decision making? Though religious groups can provide additional means for the generation of social capital, especially where ethnicity is strongly associated with specific religious adherence, it has been largely absent in economic discussions. Understanding the Relationship Between Religion and Entrepreneurship is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of religious theology on entrepreneurial decision making. While highlighting topics including women in business, religious marketing, and consumer behavior, this book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, theologists, business managers, policymakers, researchers, industry professionals, academician, and students seeking current research on the economic impacts of religious beliefs and practices.

Evolution, Chance, and God
Evolution, Chance, and God

Author: Brendan Sweetman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1628929863

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Evolution, Chance, and God looks at the relationship between religion and evolution from a philosophical perspective. This relationship is fascinating, complex and often very controversial, involving myriad issues that are difficult to keep separate from each other. Evolution, Chance, and God introduces the reader to the main themes of this debate and to the theory of evolution, while arguing for a particular viewpoint, namely that evolution and religion are compatible, and that, contrary to the views of some influential thinkers, there is no chance operating in the theory of evolution, a conclusion that has great significance for teleology. One of the main aims of this book is not simply to critique one influential contemporary view that evolution and religion are incompatible, but to explore specific ways of how we might understand their compatibility, as well as the implications of evolution for religious belief. This involves an exploration of how and why God might have created by means of evolution, and what the consequences in particular are for the status of human beings in creation, and for issues such as free will, the objectivity of morality, and the problem of evil. By probing how the theory of evolution and religion could be reconciled, Sweetman says that we can address more deeply key foundational questions concerning chance, design, suffering and morality, and God's way of acting in and through creation.

Understanding World Religions
Understanding World Religions

Author: Irving Hexham

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2011-03-22

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 0310314488

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Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead to the same God or the same moral life fails to account for the distinctive origins and radically different teachings found across the world’s many religions. Understanding World Religions presents religion as a complex and intriguing matrix of history, philosophy, culture, beliefs, and practices. Hexham believes that a certain degree of objectivity and critique is inherent in the study of religion, and he guides readers in responsible ways of carrying this out. Of particular importance is Hexham’s decision to explore African religions, which have frequently been absent from major religion texts. He surveys these in addition to varieties of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Understanding Religion Through Artificial Intelligence
Understanding Religion Through Artificial Intelligence

Author: Justin E. Lane

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-06-03

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1350103551

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1. Introduction -- 2. Religions old and new -- 3. Bonding and belief -- 4. Identity and extremism -- 5. Artificial intelligence and religions in Silico -- 6. From AI in Silico, to AI in Situ: creating AI gurus, birds eye views of Christianity, and using MAAI to study social stability -- 7. Schisms and sacred values -- 8. The future of religion.

International Handbook of Inter-religious Education
International Handbook of Inter-religious Education

Author: Kath Engebretson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-08-17

Total Pages: 1173

ISBN-13: 1402092601

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This Handbook is based on the conviction of its editors and contributing authors that understanding and acceptance of, as well as collaboration between religions has essential educational value. The development of this Handbook rests on the f- ther assumption that interreligious education has an important role in elucidating the global demand for human rights, justice, and peace. Interreligious education reveals that the creeds and holy books of the world’s religions teach about sp- itual systems that reject violence and the individualistic pursuit of economic and political gain, and call their followers to compassion for every human being. It also seeks to lead students to an awareness that the followers of religions across the world need to be, and to grow in, dialogical relationships of respect and understa- ing. An essential aim of interreligious education is the promotion of understanding and engagement between people of different religions and, therefore, it has great potential to contribute to the common good of the global community. Interreligious education has grown from the interfaith movement, whose beg- ning is usually identi?ed with the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893. This was the ?rst time in history that leaders of the eastern and we- ern religions had come together for dialogue, and to consider working together for global unity.

New Media and Communication Across Religions and Cultures
New Media and Communication Across Religions and Cultures

Author: Nahon-Serfaty, Isaac

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1466650362

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"This book offers a unique opportunity in both the social sciences, humanities, and communication fields to provide concrete concepts and notions in the areas of inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue"--

Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 10 (2019)
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 10 (2019)

Author: Giuseppe Giordan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-07-15

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9004401261

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Interreligious Dialogue: From Religion to Geopolitics discusses how interreligious dialogue takes place within, and is influenced by, important sociological categories and theories, such as modernity, secularization, deprivatization, social movements, and pluralism. Starting from the study of interreligious coexistence, sacred spaces, and multi-religious rituals, the book explores the patterns of interreligious governance and politics and forms of interreligious social action in European, North American, and West and South Asian contexts. The contributors to this volume apply broader theories of organizational change and planning, communication, urban neighborhood and community studies, functionalist perspectives, and symbolic interactionism, thus presenting a wide range of possibilities for sociological engagement with studies on interreligious dialogue.

Understanding Religion and Popular Culture
Understanding Religion and Popular Culture

Author: Dan W. Clanton Jr.

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1136316043

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This introductory text provides students with a 'toolbox' of approaches for analyzing religion and popular culture. It encourages readers to think critically about the ways in which popular cultural practices and products, especially those considered as forms of entertainment, are laden with religious ideas, themes, and values. The chapters feature lively and contemporary case study material and outline relevant theory and methods for analysis. Among the areas covered are religion and food, violence, music, television and videogames. Each entry is followed by a helpful summary, glossary, bibliography, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading/viewing. Understanding Religion and Popular Culture offers a valuable entry point into an exciting and rapidly evolving field of study.