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A collection of texts and essays focused on how the work of
Christianity is affected by other religious traditions.
How can Christians relate to people of other religious
traditions, or even non-believers whose lives truly embody the
unconditional divine love given to all at creation? This question
is urgent in the world of the twenty-first century, a world beset
with many serious problems and marked by a wide variety of
religious traditions that present differing claims.
This book explores how we as Christians relate to and engage
religious "Others" in constructive ways as we carry out our tasks
of mission and ministry to the world. The first part of this book
includes texts, beginning with the New Testament and working
through the early church Fathers to theologians of today, that
indicate ways forward. The essays in the second part of The Gospel
among the Nations explore ways of living together in ministry that
broaden and deepen our understanding of other traditions and help
us to become more firmly rooted in our own lives as Christians
living in a world of many traditions.
The study of altruism and altruistic behavior has caught the
attention of social scientists especially in recent years. What
motivates individuals to cultivate attitudes and actions that
promote the wellbeing of others at the expense of, or at the risk
of negative consequences for their own? In our contemporary global
society marked by conflict and violence among different sectors of
the population in various regions of the world, and wherein
religion can be a factor that exacerbates such conflict and
violence, harnessing the power of religion towards directions of
reconciliation, creativity, and altruistic action, remains a
crucial task for humankind. This volume addresses a question
especially relevant in our day: do people who profess religious
commitment or affiliation in a particular religious community tend
to nurture altruistic kinds of attitude and action more than
others? Social scientists present results of their empirical
studies on Japanese society, as well as on North American,
European, Indian, and Thai societies, to focus on this issue and
offer insightful reflections on the relationship between religion
and society.
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