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Freedom and Authority in Religions and Religious Education.
"This text comprises a collection of essays examining religious experience and tradition. The first part of the work focuses on the nature and sources of authority in each of six major religions and considers how freedom is perceived and achieved by them. It goes on to examine the religious con...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2016.
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| Colección: | Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The Contributors; Part One: Religions; 1. World Religions: the Boundaries of Belief and Unbelief; NOTES; Freedom and Authority in Particular Traditions; 2. Freedom and Authority in Buddhism; FREEDOM; AUTHORITY; The sangha's authority; The dhamma's authority; The Buddha's authority; The Three Jewels: a single authority structure; NOTES; 3. Freedom and Authority in Christianity; THREE TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF AUTHORITY; Biblical authority; Ecclesiastical authority; Individual authority; THE SCOPE FOR FREEDOM; NOTES.
- 4. Authority and Freedom in HinduismAN INTRODUCTORY CAVEAT: THE COMPLEXITY OF THE HINDU TRADITION; THREE PERSPECTIVES ON AUTHORITY AND FREEDOM IN THE HINDU TRADITION; Political history; Social, cultural and ritual background; The religious and spiritual dimension; NOTES; 5. Authority and Freedom in Islam; SOURCES OF ISLAMIC SHARIA; Primary sources; Secondary sources: procedural methods of reaching judgements; NOTES; FURTHER READING; 6. Freedom and Authority in Judaism; NOTES; FURTHER READING; 7. Freedom and Authority in Sikhism; THE FUTURE; FREEDOM; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- Freedom and Authority in the Life of a Nation8. Freedom and Authority in Northern Ireland; THE PERIOD OF PATRICK; THE REFORMATION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND 1968-88; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; 9. Freedom and Authority in Israel; THE ISRAEL SCENE: A BACKGROUND NOTE; The Millet system of authority structures; The exercise of freedom; PROBLEMS; Authoritarianism: the Jewish communal position; Strident triumphalism; Muslim fanaticism; Christian extremism; WHAT THEN OF FREEDOM AND AUTHORITY?; FURTHER READING; Part Two: Religious Education.
- 10. Freedom and Authority in Religious EducationALIENATED AUTHORITY; DIALECTICAL THINKING; NON-DIALECTICITY; REIFICATION AS A PROCESS OF NON-DIALECTICAL THINKING; THE PART-WOMAN AND THE PART-GOD: AN EXAMPLE OF NON-DIALECTICAL IMAGERY; AUTHORITY IN DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE; AUTHORITY AS A COMPOSITION; RELIGIOUS APPLICATIONS OF AUTHORITY-REASONING; AUTHORITY AND MODERNITY: THE CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION PROBLEM; THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; NOTES; Orthodoxy and Openness: the Experience of Children; 11. Orthodoxy and Openness: the Experience of Buddhist Children; INTRODUCTION; HELP IN NURTURE.
- MUST I BE LIKE THE BUDDHA?NOT BECAUSE THE BHIKKHU SAYS SO; TO DO IS TO UNDERSTAND; I'M A VEGETARIAN SOME OF THE TIME; HOW TO BE HAPPY; THE DHAMMA (DHARMA) SCHOOL PROJECT; REFERENCES; 12. Orthodoxy and Openness: the Experience of Christian Children; AGENCIES OF FAITH TRANSMISSION; CHILDREN RESPONDING AS CHRISTIANS; NOTES; 13. Orthodoxy and Openness: the Experience of Hindu Children; INTRODUCTION; LANGUAGE AND SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLS; VALUES UNDERPINNING RELATIONSHIPS; Family role and values; Reputation; VEGETARIANISM; THE IMPACT OF SOCIETY; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES.