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The World Religions Speak on ”The Relevance of Religion in the Modern World”

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  1. Finley P. Dunne
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Part of the book series: World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Relevance of Religion in the Modern World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: The Relevance of the Great Religions for the Modern World

      • Huston Smith
      Pages 3-11

    3. The Relevance of Hinduism

      • V. Raghavan
      Pages 12-23

    4. Christianity in a Pluralistic World

      • S. J. Fallon Pierre
      Pages 24-32

    5. The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path

      • Poon Pismai Diskul
      Pages 33-38

    6. Religion in the Twentieth Century with Special Reference to Islam

      • Syed Vahiduddin
      Pages 39-45

    7. Judaism and its Relevance to Modern Problems

      • Rabbi Mordecai Waxman
      Pages 46-63

    8. Confucius and the I-ching

      • Wei Tat
      Pages 64-71

    9. Monastic Experience and the East-West Dialogue

      • Thomas Merton
      Pages 72-78

    10. Extemporaneous Remarks by Thomas Merton

      • Finley P. Dunne Jr.
      Pages 79-81

    11. The Unity of Religions

      • Swami Chinmayananda
      Pages 82-85

    12. Zoroastrianism — “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”

      • N. D. Minochehr Homji
      Pages 86-91

    13. Buddhism and the Other World Religions

      • Mahathera D. Piyananda
      Pages 92-96

    14. Jainism- A Way of Thinking and Living

      • Munishri Chitrabhanu
      Pages 97-106

    15. Sikhism and the Sikhs

      • Sardar Sher Singh
      Pages 107-113

    16. The Relevance of the Protestant Branch of Christianity to the World Today

      • Lowell Russell Ditzen
      Pages 114-118

    17. Religion as a World Force: A Jewish View

      • Ezra Spicehandler
      Pages 119-123

    18. Buddhism in the Present Age

      • Reimon Yuki
      Pages 124-127

    19. Difference and Similarity Among Religions

      • Swami Lokeshwarananda
      Pages 128-129
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  • Book Title: The World Religions Speak on ”The Relevance of Religion in the Modern World”

  • Editors: Finley P. Dunne

  • Series Title: World Academy of Art and Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-5892-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-5637-2Published: 01 January 1970

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-5892-5Published: 14 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Religious Studies, general

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