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When Pakistan was carved out of India in 1947 as a homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent, it was envisioned as a secular state where non-Muslims would be granted freedom of religion and equal citizenship. However, the subsequent historical events led to a fast Islamization of nearly every part of public life and discrimination against the country's religious minorities, who today make up less than 4 per cent of the overall population. Based on extensive field work involving more than 100 non-structured qualitative interviews, this study explores the situation of the religious minorities and the dynamics of interfaith peacebuilding in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Primary focus was laid on the practice of interfaith dialogue, which - given the draconic blasphemy laws - differs from interfaith dialogue as conceived of in the West. Additionally, other peacebuilding measures, as offered by various non-governmental organizations, were taken into account, be they advocacy, promotion of human rights and unbiased education, or policy negotiation with the government.

India --- Lahore --- Punjab --- Christians --- Parsis --- Ahmadis --- Pakistan --- interreligious dialogue --- interfaith dialogue --- discrimination --- persecution of Christians --- blasphemy law --- commitment in civil society --- peacebuilding --- religious minorities --- interfaith harmony --- Religionswissenschaft

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This publication assumes that the modern context of plurality requires universities and higher education to support studying plural religious traditions in depth, giving due consideration to plural religious and secular perspectives, and providing opportunities for interaction between them. There are various ways to realise these aims. Success may be supported (or hindered) by various structures and concepts prevalent in universities or by different schools of thought on the nature of religions, on their relation to each other, and on their place in society. Religions and theologies can be studied in parallel, in cooperation, in dialogue, or through integrative approaches. The differing theoretical positions and contextual conditions (institutional, social, political) within which (inter)religious learning takes place are an important focus of this publication, both for the possibilities they open up and the limitations they pose. This publication builds on the presentations and discussions of scholars participating at a conference at the University of Hamburg in December 2018, with some additional contributions from others in the field who were unable to attend in person.

diversity --- religion --- interreligious --- plurality --- Interreligious Dialogue --- Islam --- higher education --- interfaith --- Diversität --- Religion --- Pluralisierung --- Interreligiösität --- dialogischer Religionsunterricht --- Hochschule --- Universität --- Theologie --- Religionspädagogik --- Bildungsmanagement

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Published in 1642, Wang Daiyu's Real Commentary on the True Teaching was the first significant presentation of Islam in the Chinese language by a Muslim scholar. It set the standard for the expression of Islamic theology, Sufism, and ethics in Chinese, and became the literary foundation of a school of thought that has been called "Muslim Confucianism." In contrast to Muslim scholars writing in every other language, Wang avoided Arabic words, opting instead to reconfigure the religion in terms of Chinese concepts and categories. Employing the terminology of Neo-Confucian philosophy, his overview of Islam is thus both congenial to the mainstream Islamic tradition and reaffirms Confucian teachings about the human duty to establish harmony between heaven and earth. This book will appeal to those curious about the manner in which Islam has flourished in China over the past thousand years, as well as those interested in dialogue among religions and the significance of religious diversity.

Islam --- S13A/0500 --- S13A/0905 --- Dogma, Islamic --- Islamic theology --- Kalam --- Muslim theology --- Theology, Islamic --- Theology, Muslim --- Essence, genius, nature. --- Doctrines. --- China: Religion--Islam (religious aspects only) --- China: Religion--Interreligious dialogue:general --- Essence, genius, nature --- Doctrines

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'Another Modernity' is a rich study of the life and thought of Elia Benamozegh, a nineteenth-century rabbi and philosopher whose work profoundly influenced Christian-Jewish dialogue in twentieth-century Europe. Benamozegh, a Livornese rabbi of Moroccan descent, was a prolific writer and transnational thinker who corresponded widely with religious and intellectual figures in France, the Maghreb, and the Middle East. This idiosyncratic figure, who argued for the universalism of Judaism and for interreligious engagement, came to influence a spectrum of religious thinkers so varied that it includes proponents of the ecumenical Second Vatican Council, American evangelists, and right-wing Zionists in Israel.

Judaism. --- Judaism --- Christianity and other religions --- Universalism. --- Salus extra ecclesiam --- Universal salvation --- Salvation --- Salvation after death --- Brotherhood Week --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Relations --- Christianity. --- Christianity --- Religion --- Benamozegh, Elia, --- Benamozegh, Elijah, --- Ben Amozeg, Eliyahu, --- Amozeg, Eliyahu ben, --- בן אמוזג, אליהו --- בן אמוזג, אליהו, --- בן אמוזג, 1822־1900 --- בנאנוזג, אליהו, --- Italian Judaism. --- Kabbalah. --- Moroccan Judaism. --- Noahide Laws. --- Orientalism. --- ethnocentrism. --- interreligious dialogue. --- modernity. --- religious Zionism. --- universalism.

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One cannot think of Judaism without taking some stance relating to Israel’s special status, its election. The present collection highlights the challenges that Judaism faces, as it continues to uphold a sense of chosenness and as it seeks to engage the world beyond it—nations, as well as religions. The challenge is captured by the dual implication of election: divine love on the one hand and enmity with others on the other. Israel’s election, mission and vocation are played out within this tension of love, grounded in God and extending to humanity, and the opposite of love, as this finds expression in Israel’s relations with others. Israel must work out the purpose of its election and its realization in history in the tension between these two extremes. This challenge takes on great urgency in the context of advances in interfaith relations. These lead us to reflect on the meaning of Israel’s election as part of developing a contemporary Jewish theology of world religions.

Jews --- Chosen people (Jews) --- Election of Israel --- Israel, Election of --- Election (Theology) --- Judaism --- People of God --- Election, Doctrine of. --- Chosen people --- Doctrine of election --- Mission --- Relations --- Biblical interpretation. --- Election. --- Gentiles. --- Israel foreign relations. --- Israel. --- Jewish identity. --- Jewish state. --- Jewish theology of religions. --- Judaism. --- Middle East. --- Zionism. --- agnosticism. --- antisemitism. --- blessing. --- chosenness. --- contemporary Judaism. --- genocide. --- interfaith relations. --- interfaith theory. --- interreligious dialogue. --- love. --- non-Jews. --- prayer. --- suffering. --- theology. --- world religious leadership.