The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism and Global Engagement (Routledge International Handbooks) – Hardcover by Chris Seiple

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Author: Seiple Chris

Edition: 1

Package Dimensions: 0x0x454

Number Of Pages: 450

Release Date: 28-12-2021

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This pioneering handbook proposes an approach to pluralism that is relational, principled, and non-relativistic, going beyond banal calls for mere “tolerance”.
The growing religious diversity within societies around the world presents both challenges and opportunities. A degree of competition between deeply held religious/worldview perspectives is natural and inevitable, yet at the same time the world urgently needs engagement and partnership across lines of difference. None of the world’s most pressing problems can be solved by any single actor, and as such it is not a question of if but when you partner with an individual or institution that does not think, act, or believe as you do. The authors argue that religious literacy ― defined as a dynamic combination of competencies and skills, continuously refined through real-world cross-cultural engagement ― is vital to building societies and states of neighborly solidarity and civic fairness.
Through examination, reflection, and case studies across multiple faith traditions and professional fields, this handbook equips scholars and students, as well as policymakers and practitioners, to assess, analyze, and act collaboratively in a world of deep diversity.

About the Author

Chris Seiple is Senior Fellow for Comparative Religion at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies, USA; Principal Advisor to the Templeton Religion Trust’s Covenantal Pluralism Initiative; and President Emeritus of the Institute for Global Engagement, USA. A former U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer, he has previously served as Co-Chair of the U.S. Secretary of State’s “Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group” (2011-2013), and as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Evidence-Based Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement (2020).
Dennis R. Hoover is Editor of The Review of Faith & International Affairs; Research Advisor to the Templeton Religion Trust’s Covenantal Pluralism Initiative; and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, USA. He is co-editor with Mariano Barbato and Robert Joustra of Modern Papal Diplomacy and Social Teaching in World Affairs (2019), editor of Religion and American Exceptionalism (2014), and co-editor with Chris Seiple and Pauletta Otis of The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security (2013).