On World Religions: Diversity, not Dissension

Contents: Foreword/Karan Singh. Introduction/Anindita N Balslev. I: Teachings and Traditions: 1. Thoughts that Transform the Religious Mindscape: A Tribute to Swami Vivekananda/Anindita N Balslev. 2. Diversity as the Nature of Reality: A Jain-informed Approach to the Variety of Worldviews/Jeffery D Long. 3. Sikhism: Transcendental and Interfaith Message/Mohinder Singh. 4. Ramakrishna Movement’s Approach to Religious Diversity/Swami Bhajanananda. 5. Globalization, Judaism and Its Diversity/Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar. 6. Sacred Spaces: Interdependence, Not Dissension/Shernaz Cama. 7. Diversity of Religious Traditions-A Perspective from Baha’i Faith/A K Merchant. 8. Vedanta in the Nuclear Age/Karan Singh. II: Some Issues in the Context of Religious Diversity: 9. Studying and Creating Peace/Steve Killelea. 10. The Emotional Psychology of Religious Diversity/John A Teske. 11. Hybridity in Meaning-making Practices: Planetary Values for a Multiperspectival Context/Whitney A Bauman. 12. Weak Faith: How to Manage Religious Diversity without Dissent/Santiago Zabala. 13. Democracy, Pluralism and Conservative Religion/Zainal Abidin Bagir. 14. An Intellectual Catastrophe of the First Order/Mushirul Hasan. 15. Conflict and Violence in the Name of Religion/Steven I Wilkinson. 15. Interfaith Relations in the Sociocultural Context of Kerala/Annakutty V Kurian-Findeis. 16. Swami Vivekananda and Indian Secularism/Makarand Paranjape. III: Conversations with Eminent Personalities: Anindita N Balslev in conversation His Holiness Dalai Lama, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Dr Karan Singh and Reverend Mpho Tutu: The Four Clusters of Questions. About Cross Cultural Conversation. About Indian Council for Cultural Relations.