RT Book T1 Religion and ethics in a globalizing world: conflict, dialogue, and transformation A2 Anceschi, Luca 1976- LA English PP New York PB Palgrave Macmillan YR 2011 ED 1st ed UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/687287693 AB This book performs a study of the role of religion in a world that is simultaneously globalizing yet deeply divided. AB Around the world religion is an increasingly vital and pervasive force in both personal and public life. Though this trend has been widely noted, its long-term implications are as yet only dimly perceived. Will this be a force for healing or for violence? To express the question in its most dramatic, yet urgent form: can the world's major religious traditions respond constructively to contemporary challenges in the public sphere that are now, by definition, global? This book seeks to address this question and to contribute to a greater understanding of the role of religion in the paradoxical c NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BL65.P7 SN 9780230104624 K1 Globalization : Religious aspects K1 Religious Ethics K1 Religion And Politics K1 Globalization -- Religious aspects K1 Electronic books K1 Religion and politics K1 Religious ethics K1 Konferenzschrift : 2008 : Melbourne