Movements and Issues in World Religions: A Sourcebook and Analysis of Developments Since 1945: Religion, Ideology, and Politics

by Gerhard E. Spiegler

Overview

The religious world of the past forty years has been characterized by profound changes. Western and Eastern religions, both traditional and new, have rapidly developed into interactive, socio-political forces that cannot be ignored if we are to understand contemporary social forces. Until now, there has been no single scholarly work that deals with virtually all of the important postwar religious movements and issues in world religions. This unprecedented collection offers critical insights into diverse political, religious, and ideological traditions and their interaction in different regions of the world today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313232381
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/14/1987
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

CHARLES WEI-HSUN FU is Professor of Buddhism and Far Eastern Thought at Temple University.

GERHARD E. SPIEGLER is Professor of Religion at Temple University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
I. Interreligious Conflicts
The Arab-Israeli Conflict by Tamara Sonn
The Catholic-Protestant Conflict in Northern Ireland by Gerard S. Sloyan
The Indo-Pakistani Conflict by Arvind Sharma
II. Religion and Politics in Developing Nations
Tradition versus Modernization: Methodological Issues Exemplified from African Religions by Leonard Barrett
Tradition and Modernization in Islam by John L. Esposito
Catholicism and Politics in Latin America by Gustavo Benavides
Hinduism and Politics in India by Arvind Sharma
Buddhism and Politics in Sri Lanka and Other Theravada Nations Since 1945 by Nathan Katz
Postwar Confucianism and Western Democracy: An Ideological Struggle by Charles Wei-hsun Fu
III. Religion and Politics in Developed Nations
Religious Liberty: The Present Challenge by Franklin H. Littell
New and Transplanted Religions by Jane Hurst and Joseph Murphy
Religion and Politics in the United States by Patrick Burke
Religion and Politics in Japan by Carl Becker
Religion and Politics: Cultural Background of Soka Gakkai by T.P. Kasulis
IV. Marxism, Religion, and Politics
Marxism and Religion in the West by Paul Mojzes
Religion and Politics in the USSR and Eastern Europe by Howard L. Parsons
Religion and Politics in the Asian Communist Nations by David Yu
Marxism and Religion: The Case of Islam by William R. Darrow
Theravada Buddhism and Marxism in the Postwar Era by Nation Katz and Stephen D. Sowle
V. The Holocaust: Christian/Jewish Reflections
Postwar Reflections on the Holocaust from a Jewish Point of View by Nora Levin
Postwar Reflections on the Holocaust from a Christian Point of View by Clark Williamson
About the Contributors
Index