Burgess, Stanley M.
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions.
- The first publication to offer a comparative study of social justice for each of the major world religions, exploring viewpoints within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism
- Offers a unique and enlightening volume for those studying religion and social justice - a crucially important subject within the history of religion, and a significant area of academic study in the field
- Brings together the beliefs of individual traditions in a comprehensive, explanatory, and informative style
- All essays are newly-commissioned and written by eminent scholars in the field
- Benefits from a distinctive four-part organization, with sections on major religions; religious movements and themes; indigenous people; and issues of social justice, from colonialism to civil rights, and AIDS through to environmental concerns
Nyckelord: Comparative religious ethics, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, ethics, General & Introductory Religion & Theology, General & Introductory Religion & Theology
- Utgivare
- Burgess, Stanley M.
- Palmer, Michael D.
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2012
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
- Sidantal
- 664 sidor
- Kategori
- Religioner
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444355376
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781405195478