
A Museum of Faiths
Histories and Legacies of the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions
Eric J. Ziolkowski(Editor)
Scholars Press
Published on 2. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-55540-905-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book reexamines the meaning and significance of the first World's Parliament of Religions and its impact on the development of the academic study of religion. Held in Chicago in 1893, the Parliament attracted the participation of religious leaders from different faiths and a smaller number of academics who studied religion from what they called "scientific" perspectives. Following an introduction by the editor, the essays are organized into three sections. Part I reissues six papers on comparative religion from the Parliament's original proceedings. Part II contains two articles, both written within a year of the Parliament, that express an early appraisal of the significance of the Parliament for world religious history and the comparative study of religion. A third and final Part contains eight contemporary essays reassessing the Parliament itself and its impact on interfaith dialogue and comparative religion.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Atlanta
United States
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 168 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55540-905-0 (9781555409050)
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