Religious Imaginations
How Narratives of Faith Are Shaping Today's World
Will be published approx. on 7. December 2018
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-909942-20-2 (ISBN)
Description
The causes of global transitions are numerous and complex. Market globalization, technology, climate change and post-colonial political forces are all forging a new world. But caught up in the mix are some powerful religious narratives that are galvanizing peoples and reimagining political and social order. Some are repressive, fundamentalist imaginations such as the so-called Islamic Caliphate. Others could be described as post-religious such as the evolution of universal human rights out of
the European Christian tradition. But the question of the compatibility of these religious world views, particularly those that have emerged out of the Abrahamic faith traditions, is perhaps the most pressing issue in global stability today. What scope for dialogue is there between the Jewish, Muslim and Christians ways of imagining the future? How can we engage with these multiple imaginations to create a shared peaceful future? This is an interdisciplinary volume of both new and well-known
scholars exploring how religious narratives interact with the contemporary geopolitical climate.
the European Christian tradition. But the question of the compatibility of these religious world views, particularly those that have emerged out of the Abrahamic faith traditions, is perhaps the most pressing issue in global stability today. What scope for dialogue is there between the Jewish, Muslim and Christians ways of imagining the future? How can we engage with these multiple imaginations to create a shared peaceful future? This is an interdisciplinary volume of both new and well-known
scholars exploring how religious narratives interact with the contemporary geopolitical climate.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 black and white illustration
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909942-20-2 (9781909942202)
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James Walters is Director of the London School of Economics Faith Centre, which works to promote global interfaith leadership. He is a senior lecturer in practice at the LSE and a priest in the Church of England.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction
James Walters 1
Engaging the Religious Imagination
1 Religious Imaginations in a Changing World
Craig Calhoun 15
2 Imagination and the Ethics of Religious Narratives
Mona Siddiqui 36
3 Christian Imagination in an Age of Terror
Anba Angaelos 49
4 The Balfour Declaration: From Imagining a State to Re-imagining Majority-Minority Relations in Jewish Thought and the Jewish State
Ophir Yarden 57
5 Diplomacy and the Religious Imagination
John Casson 82
6 The Musical Imagination in Religious Worship
Mena Mark Hanna 90
Crossing Religious Imaginations
7 Muhammad abu Zahra's Muslim Theology of Religions
Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour 101
8 The Field of Interfaith in the Middle East
John Fahy 115
Re-imagining Belief
9 Reimagining the Formative Moments of Islam: The Case of Pakistani Scholar, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, and his New Narrative of Early Islam
Kamran Bashir 129
10 Lived Belief in Cross-Cultural Comparison
Abby Day 143
11 New Religious Movements as Resources in a Changing World
Eileen Barker 159
12 Human Rights as a Narrative of Faith
Jenna Reinbold 177
13 Interpretation of Islamic Principles: Muslim Movements and Ethical Social Imaginary in South India
Thahir Jamal 188
Religion and Sustainability
14 The Relationship of Ecological Science to the Christian Narrative
Caleb Gordon 207
15 Gurmat - The Art of Spiritual Wisdom: How Peace from Mind through Knowledge of the Soul can Help Overcoming the Challenges of Humankind
Khushwant Singh 218
16 Understanding the Islamic Perspective on Environment: Doctrine and Ethics
Emmanuel Karagiannis 234
From Imagination to Religious Practice
17 Religious Leadership in Conflict Transformation: The Case of Christian Leadership in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Megan Shore 247
18 Who Do You Trust? Enabling Cross-Religious Involvement in Public Life for a Peaceful and Equitable Future
Catriona Robertson 260
Contributors 271
Introduction
James Walters 1
Engaging the Religious Imagination
1 Religious Imaginations in a Changing World
Craig Calhoun 15
2 Imagination and the Ethics of Religious Narratives
Mona Siddiqui 36
3 Christian Imagination in an Age of Terror
Anba Angaelos 49
4 The Balfour Declaration: From Imagining a State to Re-imagining Majority-Minority Relations in Jewish Thought and the Jewish State
Ophir Yarden 57
5 Diplomacy and the Religious Imagination
John Casson 82
6 The Musical Imagination in Religious Worship
Mena Mark Hanna 90
Crossing Religious Imaginations
7 Muhammad abu Zahra's Muslim Theology of Religions
Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour 101
8 The Field of Interfaith in the Middle East
John Fahy 115
Re-imagining Belief
9 Reimagining the Formative Moments of Islam: The Case of Pakistani Scholar, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, and his New Narrative of Early Islam
Kamran Bashir 129
10 Lived Belief in Cross-Cultural Comparison
Abby Day 143
11 New Religious Movements as Resources in a Changing World
Eileen Barker 159
12 Human Rights as a Narrative of Faith
Jenna Reinbold 177
13 Interpretation of Islamic Principles: Muslim Movements and Ethical Social Imaginary in South India
Thahir Jamal 188
Religion and Sustainability
14 The Relationship of Ecological Science to the Christian Narrative
Caleb Gordon 207
15 Gurmat - The Art of Spiritual Wisdom: How Peace from Mind through Knowledge of the Soul can Help Overcoming the Challenges of Humankind
Khushwant Singh 218
16 Understanding the Islamic Perspective on Environment: Doctrine and Ethics
Emmanuel Karagiannis 234
From Imagination to Religious Practice
17 Religious Leadership in Conflict Transformation: The Case of Christian Leadership in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Megan Shore 247
18 Who Do You Trust? Enabling Cross-Religious Involvement in Public Life for a Peaceful and Equitable Future
Catriona Robertson 260
Contributors 271