Publication
Imprint: Grand Rapids, Mich. : New York : CoNexus Press-SourceBook Project ; Global Education Associates, 1995. Edition: . Responsibility: Joel Beversluis, project editor. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 2, 366 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Features: Includes indexes, resources.
Call number
PWR / Bever
ISBN
9780963789716
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Includes portraits of world religions, spiritual and evolutionary philosophies, humanism, indigenous world views, service organizations and resource media. Explore their wisdom, vision, and responses to each other and to the issues and opportunities that face the whole community of Earth. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Introduction : making the connections
PART ONE : who we are
African traditional religions
Baha'i faith
Buddhism
Christianity
Confucianism
First peoples and native traditions
Hinduism
Humanism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
Shinto
Sikhism
Spiritual, esoteric and evolutionary philosophies
Taoism
Unification Church
Wicca and nature spirituality
Zoroastrianism
PART TWO : becoming a community of religions
Joining the sacred community
Legacies of the parliaments
The 1993 parliament of the world's religions
A global ethic
Religions united?
Toward spiritual concord
Interfaith dialogue
Facing intolerance, violence, and other evils
PART THREE : beyond the borders
Religions and good governance
The United Nations at 50
Earth Day every day
Human rights and religious freedom
Hunger
Population
Values and social development
Weapons and disarmament
Culture of peace
PART FOUR : choosing our future
The next generations
Women are speaking out
Science and religion
Voices of dispossessed and indigenous peoples
What do we do now
PART FIVE : resource guides
Service organizations and resource centers
Print, audio and video resources
A global brain
Epilogue
Subject, author, title index
Index of organizations
FY2012 /
Table of Contents: Introduction : making the connections
PART ONE : who we are
African traditional religions
Baha'i faith
Buddhism
Christianity
Confucianism
First peoples and native traditions
Hinduism
Humanism
Islam
Jainism
Judaism
Shinto
Sikhism
Spiritual, esoteric and evolutionary philosophies
Taoism
Unification Church
Wicca and nature spirituality
Zoroastrianism
PART TWO : becoming a community of religions
Joining the sacred community
Legacies of the parliaments
The 1993 parliament of the world's religions
A global ethic
Religions united?
Toward spiritual concord
Interfaith dialogue
Facing intolerance, violence, and other evils
PART THREE : beyond the borders
Religions and good governance
The United Nations at 50
Earth Day every day
Human rights and religious freedom
Hunger
Population
Values and social development
Weapons and disarmament
Culture of peace
PART FOUR : choosing our future
The next generations
Women are speaking out
Science and religion
Voices of dispossessed and indigenous peoples
What do we do now
PART FIVE : resource guides
Service organizations and resource centers
Print, audio and video resources
A global brain
Epilogue
Subject, author, title index
Index of organizations
FY2012 /
Physical description
x, 366 p.; 28 cm
Description
Sourcebook of resource information about different religions, including their origins and beliefs.
Language
Original language
English
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