Underlying the question of the relationship between and human development is the assumption that human beings are constantly engaged in querying about how to build inner and outer peace with the aim to build a healthy social environment. We do this to discover ways to order our lives as we encounter other human beings who possess and practice different religions and their cultures.

This book is a collection of articles by eminent scholars of religion and philosophy from Asia. They are experts of Shinto, Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam who have thought about the topic from within their traditions both from religious and philosophical perspectives.