Religion in Diverse Societies: Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust contributes to existing cutting-edge research on the constructive way in which religion can support the promotion of respect, dignity, and justice for all people, considered as essential features in shaping sustainable, diverse, and peaceful societies. Through a combination of theoretical perspectives and theological analysis, applied to "real-life" contexts, the diverse contributions examine the role of religion in helping to achieve this and thereby challenge the attitudes and practices that create walls of prejudice and distrust.
This timely volume provides a critical discussion of the complex role of religions in the public and political spheres in a range of global contexts and furthers the inter-religious, international, and interdisciplinary understanding of how religion can contribute to promoting and helping create inclusive and diverse societies.
1. Humanitas for the 21st Century: The Role of Religion in a Values-Led
Public Discourse on Global Challenges
2. From the Mystical Internal to the
Political External: Revisiting Dorothee Soelles Concept of Mysticism and
Resistance as a Way of Moving Beyond Dualistic Thinking
3. On Love, Hope,
Faith. Rediscovering Ancient Virtues for Todays Triple Crisis
4. Religious
Communities Working Together on Fair Trade to Counter Prejudice and Distrust
5. The Problem of Polarization in US Politics and the Theology of the Common
Good
6. Precious Blood Spirituality as Resource for Crossing Boundaries of
Prejudice and Distrust in the United States
7. Tamil Buddhist Strivings for
Freedom: Exploring the Religious Initiatives of Pandit C. Iyothee Thasar
8.
What Kind of Public Theology?: A Contextual Reimagination in Times of Coup
and Nationalism
9. Faith-Based Higher Education and Peacebuilding: A Case
from Myanmar
10. The Christian Ministry of Reconciliation and Settler
Decolonization in Aotearoa New Zealand
11. From Fear to Trust Between Islam
and the West: Positioning Faith-Based Organizations in International
Relations
12. Towards a More Inclusive Understanding of Human Rights for
Non-Muslims in a Muslim State: Sunni-Hanafi Perspective
13. Challenging the
Religious Political Discourse and Practice of Racism in Israel
Pauline Kollontai is Professor Emeritus at York St John University, UK, and a Fellow at Wesley House College, Cambridge. She is co-author of On the Significance of Religion for Human Rights (2023), and co-editor of the book series Religion Matters.
Sue Yore is a senior lecturer in religion at York St John University, UK. She is the author of The Mystic Way in Postmodernity: Transcending Theological Boundaries in the Writings of Iris Murdoch, Denise Levertov, and Annie Dillard (2009).
