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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice
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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

by Michael D. Palmer (Editor); Stanley M. Burgess (Editor)


From the publisher

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions.

  • The first publication to offer a comparative study of social justice for each of the major world religions, exploring viewpoints within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism
  • Offers a unique and enlightening volume for those studying religion and social justice - a crucially important subject within the history of religion, and a significant area of academic study in the field
  • Brings together the beliefs of individual traditions in a comprehensive, explanatory, and informative style
  • All essays are newly-commissioned and written by eminent scholars in the field
  • Benefits from a distinctive four-part organization, with sections on major religions; religious movements and themes; indigenous people; and issues of social justice, from colonialism to civil rights, and AIDS through to environmental concerns

From the rear cover

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice offers a wide-ranging account and exploration of the crucial topics at the intersection of religion and social justice. Virtually all major religions, faith traditions, and sacred belief systems have found ways to express 'social justice'. This is the first time a comparative study has brought together all of these elements across all the major world religions.

Newly-commissioned essays by distinguished authors explain exactly what individual traditions believe in relation to social justice; what the main issues are and how the major faiths differ in their approaches; which social justice movements exist and what they do; the key thinkers and activists in each religion; and an account of the key texts within religions. The result is a unique and richly informative volume, both in shedding new light on individual religions, and in providing a comparative history and survey of world religions.

Details

  • Title The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice
  • Author Michael D. Palmer (Editor); Stanley M. Burgess (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 664
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
  • Date 2012-04
  • ISBN 9781405195478 / 1405195479
  • Weight 2.55 lbs (1.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.8 x 6.9 x 1.5 in (24.89 x 17.53 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Social justice - Religious aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011046000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 201.7

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Citations

  • Choice, 12/01/2012, Page 0

About the author

Michael D. Palmer is the Dean of the School of Divinity at Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, he has published two books: Elements of a Christian Worldview (1998) and Names, Reference, and Correctness in Plato's Cratylus (1989). Palmer has extensive experience at teaching university-level courses in moral theory, social ethics, applied ethics, and philosophy of religion. He also has considerable experience conducting professional workshops and seminars for educators in subjects relating to religion and ethics.

Stanley M. Burgess is Distinguished Professor of Christian History, Regent University, Virginia Beach, and Professor Emeritus, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. In addition to over 150 scholarly articles, he has published numerous books, including the International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements (2002), the Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity (2004) and Christian Peoples of the Spirit: a Documentary Collection (2011). In addition, he is co-editor and contributor to Testamoni della fede nelle chiese della riforma (2010), a Roman Catholic Who's Who of Protestant Heroes.