Religion and the Western Mind

Name: Religion and the Western Mind
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ISBN: 9780887063824

ISBN-10: 0887063829

ISBN-13: 9780887063824

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Authors: Ninian Smart

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Ninian Smart believes that the modern study of religion should occur in the context of a radical reappraisal of our educational system. This is a worldview analysis of religion appropriate to today's global city. It attacks narrowness whether found in Western philosophy or Christian theology, and argues for a disestablishmentarian stance.Religion and the Western Mind presents the explosive possibilities of religions -- of world views that have the power to shape history. It offers a theory regarding the need of nations for religious justifications. It examines three fundamental backlashes: the Moral Majority, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Gush Emunim. It looks at the contrasting Indian and…

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List price: $99.00
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 3/15/1987
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 142
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements



Religion and the Western Mind



Religious Studies and the Western Mind



The Political Implications of Religious Studies



The Intellectual Implications of Religious Studies



The Western World and Global Change



Christianity and Nationalism



Resurgence and Identity in Three Faiths



The Dynamics of Religious and Political Change: Illustrations from South Asia



The Future of Religions



A Global Ethic Arising from the Epistemology of Religious and Similar Value-Systems


Notes


Bibliography


Index