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This book explores human dignity, human rights and social justice
based on a Chinese interdisciplinary dialogue and global
perspectives. In the Chinese and other global contexts today,
social justice has been a significant topic among many disciplines
and we believe it is an appropriate topic for philosophers,
theologians, legal scholars, and social scientists to sit together,
discuss, enrich each other, and then deepen our understanding of
the topic. Many of them are concerned with the conjuncture between
social justice, human rights, and human dignity. The questions this
volume asks are: what's the place of human rights in social
justice? How is human dignity important in the discourse on human
rights? And, through these inquiries, we ask further: how is
possible to achieve humanist justice? This volume presents the
significance, challenges, and constraints of human dignity in human
rights and social justice and addresses the questions through
philosophical, theological, sociological, political, and legal
perspectives and these are placed in dialogue between the Chinese
and other global settings. We are concerned with the norms
regarding human dignity, human rights and social justice while we
take seriously into account their practice. This volume consists of
two main sections. The first section examines Chinese perspectives
on human rights and social justice, in which both from Confucianism
and Christianity are considered and the issues such as patriotism,
religious freedom, petition, social protest, the rights of
marginalized people, and sexual violence are studied. The second
section presents the perspectives of Christian public theologians
in the global contexts. They examine the influence of Christian
thought and practice in the issues of human rights and social
justice descriptively and prescriptively and address issues such as
religious laws and rights, diaconia, majoritarianism, general
equality, social-economic disparities, and climate justice from
global perspectives including in the contexts of America,
Australia, Israel and Europe. With contributions by experts from
mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the
UK, USA and Norway, the book provides valuable cross-cultural and
interdisciplinary insights and perspectives. As such it will appeal
to political and religious leaders and practitioners, particularly
those working in socially engaged religious and civil organizations
in various geopolitical contexts, including the Korean Peninsula
and Japan.
Although emerging scholarship in the social sciences suggests that
religion can be a potential catalyst of cosmopolitanism and global
citizenship, few attempts have been made to bring to the fore new
theoretical positions and empirical analyses of how cosmopolitanism
-- as a philosophical notion, a practice and identity outlook --
can also shape and inform concrete religious affiliations. Key
questions concerning the significance of cosmopolitan ideas and
practices - in relation to particular religious experiences and
discourses -- remain to be explored, both theoretically and
empirically. This book takes as its starting point the emergence of
cosmopolitanism -- as a major interdisciplinary field -- as a
springboard for generating a productive dialogue among scholars
working within a variety of intellectual disciplines and
methodological traditions. The chapter contributions offer a
serious attempt to critically engage both the limitations and
possibilities of cosmopolitanism as an analytical and critical tool
to understand a changing religious landscape in a globalizing
world, namely, the so-called 'new religious diversity', religious
conflict, and issues of migration, multiculturalism and
transnationalism vis-a-vis the public exercise of religion. The
contributors' work is situated in a range of world sites in Africa,
India, North America, Latin America, and Europe. This work will be
of great interest to students and scholars of globalization,
religion and politics, and the sociology of religion.
Although emerging scholarship in the social sciences suggests that
religion can be a potential catalyst of cosmopolitanism and global
citizenship, few attempts have been made to bring to the fore new
theoretical positions and empirical analyses of how cosmopolitanism
-- as a philosophical notion, a practice and identity outlook --
can also shape and inform concrete religious affiliations. Key
questions concerning the significance of cosmopolitan ideas and
practices - in relation to particular religious experiences and
discourses -- remain to be explored, both theoretically and
empirically. This book takes as its starting point the emergence of
cosmopolitanism -- as a major interdisciplinary field -- as a
springboard for generating a productive dialogue among scholars
working within a variety of intellectual disciplines and
methodological traditions. The chapter contributions offer a
serious attempt to critically engage both the limitations and
possibilities of cosmopolitanism as an analytical and critical tool
to understand a changing religious landscape in a globalizing
world, namely, the so-called 'new religious diversity', religious
conflict, and issues of migration, multiculturalism and
transnationalism vis-a-vis the public exercise of religion. The
contributors' work is situated in a range of world sites in Africa,
India, North America, Latin America, and Europe. This work will be
of great interest to students and scholars of globalization,
religion and politics, and the sociology of religion.
This book explores human dignity, human rights and social justice
based on a Chinese interdisciplinary dialogue and global
perspectives. In the Chinese and other global contexts today,
social justice has been a significant topic among many disciplines
and we believe it is an appropriate topic for philosophers,
theologians, legal scholars, and social scientists to sit together,
discuss, enrich each other, and then deepen our understanding of
the topic. Many of them are concerned with the conjuncture between
social justice, human rights, and human dignity. The questions this
volume asks are: what's the place of human rights in social
justice? How is human dignity important in the discourse on human
rights? And, through these inquiries, we ask further: how is
possible to achieve humanist justice? This volume presents the
significance, challenges, and constraints of human dignity in human
rights and social justice and addresses the questions through
philosophical, theological, sociological, political, and legal
perspectives and these are placed in dialogue between the Chinese
and other global settings. We are concerned with the norms
regarding human dignity, human rights and social justice while we
take seriously into account their practice. This volume consists of
two main sections. The first section examines Chinese perspectives
on human rights and social justice, in which both from Confucianism
and Christianity are considered and the issues such as patriotism,
religious freedom, petition, social protest, the rights of
marginalized people, and sexual violence are studied. The second
section presents the perspectives of Christian public theologians
in the global contexts. They examine the influence of Christian
thought and practice in the issues of human rights and social
justice descriptively and prescriptively and address issues such as
religious laws and rights, diaconia, majoritarianism, general
equality, social-economic disparities, and climate justice from
global perspectives including in the contexts of America,
Australia, Israel and Europe. With contributions by experts from
mainland China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the
UK, USA and Norway, the book provides valuable cross-cultural and
interdisciplinary insights and perspectives. As such it will appeal
to political and religious leaders and practitioners, particularly
those working in socially engaged religious and civil organizations
in various geopolitical contexts, including the Korean Peninsula
and Japan.
Now in its second edition, Christianity as a World Religion locates
Christianity within its global context. Structured by geographical
region, it covers Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the
Caribbean, North America, and Oceania. It deals with four
dimensions of Christianity in each context: Christian history,
churches and society, interreligious relations, and distinctive
worship and theology. Study questions and further reading
suggestions are provided in each chapter. Fully updated throughout,
this second edition now includes: - A new chapter covering
Christianity in Oceania - Further analysis of the early growth of
Christianity in Asia and Africa - Coverage of research trends in
migration, theologies of prosperity, and the role of local agents
in evangelization - Coverage of global interconnections and
networks, new movements, global Catholicism, Christian political
engagement and persecution of Christian communities - A thorough
revision of the conclusion, including reflection on the discipline
of world Christianity and its implications for theology - 40 images
and maps - Chapter summaries - Extra resources online including a
timeline and weblinks - New text design and layout, making the text
more student-friendly and accessible Christianity as a World
Religion is ideal for courses on World Christianity, Christianity
as a Global Religion, the History of Christianity and contemporary
Christian theology.
Now in its second edition, Christianity as a World Religion locates
Christianity within its global context. Structured by geographical
region, it covers Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the
Caribbean, North America, and Oceania. It deals with four
dimensions of Christianity in each context: Christian history,
churches and society, interreligious relations, and distinctive
worship and theology. Study questions and further reading
suggestions are provided in each chapter. Fully updated throughout,
this second edition now includes: - A new chapter covering
Christianity in Oceania - Further analysis of the early growth of
Christianity in Asia and Africa - Coverage of research trends in
migration, theologies of prosperity, and the role of local agents
in evangelization - Coverage of global interconnections and
networks, new movements, global Catholicism, Christian political
engagement and persecution of Christian communities - A thorough
revision of the conclusion, including reflection on the discipline
of world Christianity and its implications for theology - 40 images
and maps - Chapter summaries - Extra resources online including a
timeline and weblinks - New text design and layout, making the text
more student-friendly and accessible Christianity as a World
Religion is ideal for courses on World Christianity, Christianity
as a Global Religion, the History of Christianity and contemporary
Christian theology.
The understanding of identity in relation to community has been a
focus of academic studies in recent years. An exclusive
self-understanding of the identity of one's own community, coupled
with a hostile attitude toward other communities, often leads to
communal conflicts. In particular, it is important to notice the
significance of religion in the re-shaping of community identities
in this process. This volume focuses first on communal or corporate
understanding of identity. Secondly, this volume will assess the
topic of identity from the perspectives of theology and religious
studies. Thirdly, the volume will seek to address the issue of
interaction between religious communities and wider society by
looking at case studies from the Yorkshire area.
Theology in the Public Sphere discusses the nature, methodology and
issues in formulating public theology, the engagement of living
religious traditions with their public environment - the economic,
political and cultural spheres of common life.Public theology has
emerged as theologians wrestle with the problem of the
privatisation of Christian faith and seek to engage in dialogue
with those outside church circles on various issues, urging
Christians to participate in the public domain. It provides an
alternative mode of engagement to any form of monopoly in public
life by promoting critical inquiry and open debate. This landmark
volume outlines a constructive model of doing theology in the
public sphere. UIt draws on the author's extensive experience in a
number of different international contexts and shows how public
theological thinking is applied to a number of recent case studies
such as the Danish cartoon affair, the debate about Sharia Law and
the churches involvement in reconciliation. Professor Sebastian Kim
holds the Chair in Theology and Public Life in the Faculty of
Education & Theology at York St John University.
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