No Other Name?
Author | : Paul F. Knitter |
Publisher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1985-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1608332020 |
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Author | : Paul F. Knitter |
Publisher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1985-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1608332020 |
Author | : Oliver J. McTernan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
A timely exploration of the links between religious faith and global violence--and how to break them.
Author | : Jonathan Sacks |
Publisher | : Schocken |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2015-10-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0805243356 |
***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner*** In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution. When religion becomes a zero-sum conceit—that is, my religion is the only right path to God, therefore your religion is by definition wrong—and individuals are motivated by what Rabbi Sacks calls “altruistic evil,” violence between peoples of different beliefs appears to be the only natural outcome. But through an exploration of the roots of violence and its relationship to religion, and employing groundbreaking biblical analysis and interpretation, Rabbi Sacks shows that religiously inspired violence has as its source misreadings of biblical texts at the heart of all three Abrahamic faiths. By looking anew at the book of Genesis, with its foundational stories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Rabbi Sacks offers a radical rereading of many of the Bible’s seminal stories of sibling rivalry: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Rachel and Leah. “Abraham himself,” writes Rabbi Sacks, “sought to be a blessing to others regardless of their faith. That idea, ignored for many of the intervening centuries, remains the simplest definition of Abrahamic faith. It is not our task to conquer or convert the world or enforce uniformity of belief. It is our task to be a blessing to the world. The use of religion for political ends is not righteousness but idolatry . . . To invoke God to justify violence against the innocent is not an act of sanctity but of sacrilege.” Here is an eloquent call for people of goodwill from all faiths and none to stand together, confront the religious extremism that threatens to destroy us, and declare: Not in God’s Name.
Author | : Hunter Hazelton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-05-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781948800938 |
Author | : John Teehan |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2010-04-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781405183826 |
Religion is one of the most powerful forces running through human history, and although often presented as a force for good, its impact is frequently violent and divisive. This provocative work brings together cutting-edge research from both evolutionary and cognitive psychology to help readers understand the psychological structure of religious morality and the origins of religious violence. Introduces a fundamentally new approach to the analysis of religion in a style accessible to the general reader Applies insights from evolutionary and cognitive psychology to both Judaism and Christianity, and their texts, to help understand the origins of religious violence Argues that religious violence is grounded in the moral psychology of religion Illustrates its controversial argument with reference to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the response to the attacks from both the terrorists and the President. Suggests strategies for beginning to counter the divisive aspects of religion Discusses the role of religion and religious criticism in the contemporary world. Argues for a position sceptical of the moral authority of religion, while also critiquing the excesses of the “new atheists” for failing to appreciate the moral contributions of religion Awarded Honourable Mention, 2010 Prose Awards
Author | : John Hick |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664244194 |
Analyzes the attitudes of Christians toward other religions and examines how the major religions of the world establish a relationship with God
Author | : Michael L. Gowens |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2016-11-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1929635265 |
What is your name? It is the first question one person asks another upon first meeting. Once names are revealed, the two parties are well on the way to the formation of some form of social relationship. Unlike our modern world, a name in Bible times was not a mere label, but a profile of character. This is especially the case in terms of God's self-disclosure in the unfolding pages of the Old Testament. The progressive revelation of God's name to the Hebrew people is a veritable theology, or study of the attributes of God. In this book, Michael Gowens examines the meaning and significance of the primary names of God - Elohim, Jehovah, & Adonai - together with several of the more salient compound names of each: El-Shaddai, El-Roi, El-Elyon, Jehovah-Jireh, Jehovah-Rophe, and more. Study along with him and experience how the revelation of God's name in the Bible is a firm foundation on which to cultivate a closer fellowship with him.
Author | : Omer Bartov |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781571812148 |
Despite the widespread trends of secularization in the 20th century, religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. And yet, not many scholars have looked either at the religious aspects of modern genocide, or at the manner in which religion has taken a position on mass killing. This collection of essays addresses this hiatus by examining the intersection between religion and state-organized murder in the cases of the Armenian, Jewish, Rwandan, and Bosnian genocides. Rather than a comprehensive overview, it offers a series of descrete, yet closely related case studies, that shed light on three fundamental aspects of this issue: the use of religion to legitimize and motivate genocide; the potential of religious faith to encourage physical and spiritual resistance to mass murder; and finally, the role of religion in coming to terms with the legacy of atrocity.
Author | : Oliver J. McTernan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Terrorism |
ISBN | : 9780232524949 |
This book provides insight into the growing phenomenon of religious inspired violence, and an analysis of the political world’s failure to understand the problem. Oliver McTernan traces the historical ambivalence of the world’s major religious traditions towards violence, arguing that today’s religious activists select the past misuse of foundational texts and exemplars to justify their own resort to violence. He challenges both religious and political leaders to rethink their response to the current crisis. A call for tolerance, he argues, is insufficient. Religious leaders need to re examine their attitudes towards pluralism.
Author | : Paul F. Knitter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
The college text examines the problem of integrating other world religions with the uniqueness and finality of Christ. Secular approaches of Troeltsch, Toynbee & Jung, as well as Christian evangelical mainline Protestant & Catholic models are reviewed. An evolving theocentric model which questions the universality & uniqueness of Christianity is the revisionist position propounded by the author, John Hiek, Raimundo Panikkar, Stanley Samartha & others.