This book examines the growing diversity of religions and
worldviews across South & Central Asia, and the factors
affecting prospects for 'covenantal pluralism' in these regions.
Going beyond banal appeals for mere 'tolerance', the theory of
covenantal pluralism calls for a constitutional order of religious
freedom and equal treatment combined with a culture of practical
religious literacy and everyday virtues of engagement across lines
of religious difference. According to the Pew Religious Diversity
Index, half of the world's most religiously diverse countries are
in Asia. The presence of deep religious/worldview difference is
often seen as a potential threat to socio-political cohesion or
even as a source of violent conflict. Yet in Asia (as elsewhere)
the degree of this diversity is not consistently associated with
socio-political problems. Indeed, while religious difference is
implicated in some social challenges, there are also many instances
of respectful multi-faith engagement, practical collaboration, and
peaceful debate. Volume II offers a pioneering exploration of the
prospects for this robust and non-relativistic type of pluralism in
South & Central Asia. (Volume I examined East & Southeast
Asia.) The chapters in these volumes originally appeared as
research articles in a series on covenantal pluralism published by
The Review of Faith & International Affairs.
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