Smart, Ninian Additional Author mixed material bibliography New York State University of New York Press 1986 monographic en English

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Ninian Smart believes that the modern study of religion should occur in the context of a radical reappraisal of our educational system. This is a worldview analysis of religion appropriate to today's global city. It attacks narrowness whether found in Western philosophy or Christian theology, and argues for a disestablishmentarian stance. Religion and the Western Mind presents the explosive possibilities of religions -- of world views that have the power to shape history. It offers a theory regarding the need of nations for religious justifications. It examines three fundamental backlashes: the Moral Majority, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Gush Emunim. It looks at the contrasting Indian and Sri Lankan responses to Western influence and delineates the Indian tradition in a new way. And finally it diagnoses the future, exploring the ethical inferences of the worldview and supporting a position that runs like a thread through this book. 200.70887063829 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 200.7 Sma r E09000519 Non Fiction 200.7 Sma r download_%2834%29.jpg 49910 2014-12-11 08:36:43 2024-11-07 17:22:07 machine generated