World Religions and their Missions: Second Edition

World Religions and their Missions: Second Edition

by Aaron J. Ghiloni (Editor)
World Religions and their Missions: Second Edition

World Religions and their Missions: Second Edition

by Aaron J. Ghiloni (Editor)

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Overview

There are a variety of religious missions. Christianity is neither the only nor the first religion to express a missionary impulse.This comparative introduction explores the mission obligation as it is expressed across seven religious and nonreligious traditions: the Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Mormonism, and Nonreligion.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781433180118
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date: 02/17/2022
Edition description: 2nd Revised ed.
Pages: 334
Product dimensions: 5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Aaron J. Ghiloni is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Religious Studies at the University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations – Acknowledgements – Contributors – Aaron J. Ghiloni: A Plurality of Missions – Traditions – Robin Mihrshahi: The Global Mission of the Bahá’í Faith: Individual and Collective Transformation Through Spiritual Education – Glenys Eddy: Trends in Buddhist Mission from the Time of Shakyamuni Buddha to the Era of Globalization – Atola Longkumer: Christian Mission: Between the Great Commission and the Great Commandment – Ferdinando Sardella: The History of Mission in Hinduism: The Spread of Bhakti from India to the West – Mehmet Ozalp: Da’wah and Conversion in Islamic Theology and Practice – Zahra N. Jamal: Justice as Mission: An Islamic View of Individual, Social, and Institutional Duties – David Golding: Mormon Mission in Concept and Practice: From Apocalyptic Gathering to Teaching Salvation – Jesse M. Smith: Nonreligion and Its Mission Impulse: From Support and Inclusion to Advocacy and Institutional Growth – Comparisons – Aaron J. Ghiloni: Studying Mission Comparatively: From Max Müller to Max Universalism – Brian J. Adams: Mission and Interreligious Dialogue: A Deliberative Democratic Framework – Index.

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