Religion and culture in dialogue : East and West perspectives /: East and West perspectives. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jānis Tālivaldis Ozoliņš.
• Editors: Ozolins, Janis T
• Contents: ​1. Introduction – Jānis T. Ozoliņš (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 2. Proglomena: Globalisation, Culture and Diversity – Jānis T. Ozoliņš (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- Part I – The Nature of Belief.- 3. I hope I believe in God – Bernadette Tobin (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 4. Ethical Beliefs – Peter Drum (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 5. Faith, Philosophy and the Elemental: Beyond Polarisation and Synthesis – Richard Colledge (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- Part 2 – Dialogues between Culture and Tradition.- 6. Reason, Interpreting across Boundaries and the Nature of Dialogue – John Quilter (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 7. Aquinas' Natural Law Versus Ethical and Cultural Pluralism – John Knasas (University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, United States).- Part 3 - Eastern Perspectives on God and Ethics.- 8. God and Conceptions of Immanence and Transcendence in Aquinas and Mèngzǐ - Jānis T. Ozoliņš (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 9. The Confucian Filial Duty To Care (Xiao 孝) For Elderly Parents – Brian Mooney and John N. Williams (Singapore Management University, Singapore).- 10. A Daughter's Filiality, A Courtesan's Moral Propriety and a Wife's Conjugal Love: Rethinking Confucian Ethics for Women in the Tale of Kiều (Truyện Kiều) – Jonathan Y. Tan (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, United States).- Part 4 – Human Dignity and Rights.- 11. The Patristic Notion of Person and its Importance for Modern Culture – Dan Chițoiu (Alexander Cusa University, Iasi, Romania).- 12.Questioning Human Dignity: The Dimensions of Dignity Model as a Bridge between Cosmopolitanism and the Particular – David G. Kirchhoffer (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 13.Values, Culture and Models of Human Rights – William Sweet (St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada).- 14. Life Experience, Values and Education – Maija Kūle (University of Latvia, Latvia).
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 225 pages)
• Subjects: 201.7; Religion and culture; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies; RELIGION / Christianity / General; Religion and culture; Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion; Non-Western Philosophy; Ethics; Classical Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319257242; 3319257242
• Related ISBNs: 9783319257228
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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