
Global Civilization
A Buddhist-Islamic Dialogue
British Academic Press
Published on 18. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-86064-810-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Global Civilization" emerged from a series of conversations between two peace advocates of Japanese and Iranian origin. It covers the encounters between Buddhist and Islamic civilizations from the 7th century to the present. For all their cultural differences, Buddhism and Islam share a surprising number of intrinsic similarities. The topics discussed include such diverse subjects as the nature of religious faith today, global ideological terrorism, religious fanatacism and universal human rights. Ikeda and Tehranian, two important representatives of their respective faiths, propose dialogue as the most effective method of conflict resolution at interpersonal, intra-national and international levels. It is a call for tolerance, for dialogue and for peace.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86064-810-6 (9781860648106)
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Persons
Daisaku Ikeda is the spiritual leader of Soka Gakkai International, a world wide lay Buddhist organization. Called by Time Magazine 'the most powerful man in Japan', Ikeda has conducted over 1500 dialogues during the past 40 years with such world figures as Zhou Enlai, Henry Kissinger, Mikhail Gorbachev, Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela. He is author of over 80 books on Buddhist themes. This volume is a sequel to his dialogues with Arnold Toynbee and Johan Galtung. Majid Tehranian is Professor of International Communication at the University of Hawaii and director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research. He is author of numerous books on international relations, and he edits Peace and Policy.