Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement

Name: Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement
Brand: Taylor & Francis > Fetzer Institute

Taylor & Francis > Fetzer Institute

The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global EngagementAuthor(s): Chris Seiple, Dennis R. Hoover\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367478025, 978-0367478025\nSynopsis\nThis pioneering handbook proposes an approach to pluralism that is relational, principled, and non-relativistic, going beyond banal calls for mere \""tolerance.\""\n\nThe growing religious diversity within societies around the world presents both challenges and opportunities. A degree of competition between deeply held religious/worldview perspectives is natural and inevitable, yet at the same time the world urgently needs engagement and partnership across lines of difference. None of the worlds most pressing problems can be solved by any single actor, and as such it is not a question of if but when you partner with an individual or institution that does not think, act, or believe as you do. The authors argue that religious lite.