Author: Rodney Leon Taylor
Publisher: State University of New York Pre
Keywords: religious, studies, series, confucianism, dimensions, suny
Number of Pages: 198
Published: 1990-10-01
List price: $53.50
ISBN-10: 0791403114
ISBN-13: 9780791403112
Author: John Witte
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: religious, perspectives, global, rights, human
Number of Pages: 636
Published: 1996-02-09
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9041101764
ISBN-13: 9789041101761
The sacred texts and legal traditions of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have contributed much to the cultivation and violation of religious human rights around the world -- particularly of women, children, and dissidents. Desmond Tutu, Martin Marty, and twenty leading scholars offer an authoritative assessment of these contributions, and challenge peoples of all faiths to adopt `golden rules of religious liberty’. This volume and its companion Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives are products of an ongoing project on religion, human rights and democracy unde
Author: Frederick J. Streng
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
Keywords: life, religious, man, understanding
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1984-11
List price: $38.95
ISBN-10: 0534036996
ISBN-13: 9780534036997
This text uses two basic themes to enhance student understanding: 1) the search for an understanding of religious life as an ongoing process; and 2) the need for recognizing a variety of ultimate realities when studying religious pluralism.
Author: Michael L. Hadley
Publisher: State University Of New York Press
Keywords: studies, series, religious, suny, justice, roots, restorative, spiritual
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2001-02-28
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0791448525
ISBN-13: 9780791448526
Explores the concept of Restorative Justice in diverse spiritual traditions.
Author: Andrew Rippi
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: practices, beliefs, religious, library, muslims
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2005-06-23
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0415348889
ISBN-13: 9780415348881
This concise and authoritative guide provides a complete survey of Islamic history and thought from its formative period to the present day. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular the Qu’ran and the influence of Muhammad, and traces the ways in which these sources have interacted historically to create Muslim theology and law, as well as the alternative visions of Islam found in Shi’ism and Sufism. Combining core source materials with coverage of current scholarship and of recent events in the Islamic world, Andrew Rippin introduces this hu
Author: Andrew Rippin
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: practices, beliefs, religious, library, muslims
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2005-07-13
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 041534882X
ISBN-13: 9780415348829
This concise and authoritative guide provides a complete survey of Islamic history and thought from its formative period to the present day. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular the Qu’ran and the influence of Muhammad, and traces the ways in which these sources have interacted historically to create Muslim theology and law, as well as the alternative visions of Islam found in Shi’ism and Sufism. Combining core source materials with coverage of current scholarship and of recent events in the Islamic world, Andrew Rippin introduces this hu
Author: Andrew Rippin
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: practices, beliefs, religious, library, muslims
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2011-09-16
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 0415489393
ISBN-13: 9780415489393
Andrew Rippins Muslims is essential reading for students and scholars alike. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and for the first time features a companion website with extensive links to additional reading and resources to help deepen students understanding of the subject. Muslims offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to modern times. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular the Qur?n and the influence of Muhammad, and traces the ways in which these sources have interacted historical
