Religion, religious fervour, and universalist education
This paper is conceived from a secular perspective, and designed to address three elements identified in the call for papers: “Pluralistic tendencies”, their counterpart of “exclusivist attitudes”, and “creating an ethos of inter-religious harmony”. I choose to tackle these aspects by (a) exploring...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
2007
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Journal of religious culture
Year: 2007 |
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Summary: | This paper is conceived from a secular perspective, and designed to address three elements identified in the call for papers: “Pluralistic tendencies”, their counterpart of “exclusivist attitudes”, and “creating an ethos of inter-religious harmony”. I choose to tackle these aspects by (a) exploring the meaning of religion, (b) addressing a specific attitude often corresponding to religion, namely religious fervour, and (c) assessing the validity and instrumentality of facilitating a universalist education as a tool to defuse “mistrust and hatred among various faith-communities”. The following paper is intended to serve only as a preliminary discussion guidance paper. |
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Item Description: | Paper delivered at the International Seminar: Towards Building a Peaceful Society: Role of Religion. The Punjabi University and the International Interfaith Centre, Oxford (U.K.), Patiala, India, 19-21 February 2007 |
ISSN: | 1434-5935 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious culture
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Persistent identifiers: | URN: urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-50246 |