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Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding

Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions

By: Leonard Swidler

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Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding

Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions

By: Leonard Swidler

This invaluable volume gathers together the cumulative insight of more than fifty years of Leonard Swidler's work on dialogue. The founder and president of the Dialogue Institute, Swidler offers through experience and research his theory and tools of interreligious, intercultural, and international dialogue.

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Springer

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1137470690

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The Age of Global Dialogue

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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The Age of Global Dialogue

By: Leonard J. Swidler

Thinking beyond the absolutes Christians and other religious persons increasingly find "deabsolutized" in our modern thought world, Swidler reflects on the ways we humans think about the world and its meaning now that increasingly we notice that there are other ways of understanding the world than the way we grew up in. In this new situation we need to develop a common language we can use together both to appreciate our neighbors and enrich ourselves, what the author calls Ecumenical Esperanto, because it should serve as a common language without replacing any of the living languages of our religious and ideological traditions. Of course, such thinking anew about the world and its meaning must necessarily mean thinking anew about all of our religious beliefs--but this time, in dialogue.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498208673

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Religion for Reluctant Believers

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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Religion for Reluctant Believers

By: Leonard J. Swidler

This is a volume written for persons who live in the mental world of modernity--that is, in a world that cherishes (1) freedom as the core of being human; (2) critical-thinking reason as the arbiter of what to affirm or not; (3) history, process, and dynamism at the heart of human life and society; and (4) dialogue with those who think differently yet who sense that there is somehow more to life, to reality, than meets the eye: that there is a depth or spiritual dimension not captured in our everyday experiences, which is customarily called religion. Religion for Reluctant Believers explores the meaning of life: its joys, problems, and terrors, its pluses and minuses. In short, it asks the question, do you want to buy into Religion with a capital r, into a particular religion, or into no religion at all?

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1498295177

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9781498295178

Three Jesus Certitudes

Pacifism, Feminism, and the Birth of Christianity

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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Three Jesus Certitudes

Pacifism, Feminism, and the Birth of Christianity

By: Leonard J. Swidler

The Jesus of the four Gospels--and we have no knowledge of any other--appears mainly as a healer and a teacher--that is, as a healer of the soul. Three of the historically most certain facts about him were (1) his pacifism, (2) his feminism, and (3) that his women followers were the true founders of Christianity! The proof of these astounding claims you will find in the book.

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180

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532604289

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9781532604287

A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

By: Seiichi Yagi,Leonard J. Swidler

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A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

By: Seiichi Yagi,Leonard J. Swidler

This work is in two parts. Swidler's translation from German of Yagi's short book, The Front Structure as a Bridge to Buddhist Christian Thought, and Swidler's extended introduction to both the Christian-Buddhist dialogue and to the place of Yagi's theology in it.

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170

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Paulist Press

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0809131692

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9780809131693

Yeshua

A Model for Moderns

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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Yeshua

A Model for Moderns

By: Leonard J. Swidler

The author speaks as a modern Christian theologian--not so much about Christ, but about the historical Jesus, or rather, Yeshua, that religious Jew who walked this earth almost two thousand years ago. Examines the "Jewishness" of Yeshua, looking at him through the refracting lenses of the Gospel and other helpful documents. Shows how Yeshua provides a model on how to live a full human life: taking on responsibility for the oppressed society, breaking through anti-feminine stereotypes and providing an androgynous model for all to follow.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1556121822

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Jesus was a Feminist

What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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Jesus was a Feminist

What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective

By: Leonard J. Swidler

The result of four decades of research, Jesus Was a Feminist compellingly presents the case that Jesus treated women equally with men, and he boldly broke the customs of his day to involve them in his work. Renowned scholar and leader among liberal Catholics Leonard Swidler examines all gospel texts involving women, asserts that women were involved in the writing of two of the gospels, and outlines the importance of women in Jesus' ministry and the creation and development of the early church. He shows how Jesus was a feminist and modern Christians should be too. Click here for the Detailed Table of Contents (pdf)

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1580512186

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The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue

By: Leonard J. Swidler,Paul Mojzes

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The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue

By: Leonard J. Swidler,Paul Mojzes

Religion is the most fundamental, comprehensive of all human activities. it tries to make sense out of not simply one or another aspect of human life, but of all aspects of human experience. At the core of every civilization lies its religion, which both reflects and shapes it. Thus, if we wish to understand human life in general and our specific culture and history, we need to understand religion. What is religion? Religion is an explanation of the ultimate meaning of life, and how to live accordingly; based on a notion of the Transcendent. Normally it contains the four "C's": Creed, Code, Cult, Community-structure. CREED refers To The cognitive aspect of a religion; it is everything that goes into the "explanation" of the ultimate meaning of life. CODE OF BEHAVIOR, or ethics, includes all the rules and customs of action that somehow follow from one aspect or another of the Creed. CULT means all the ritual activities that relate the follower to one aspect or another of the Transcendent, either directly or indirectly, prayer being an example of the former and certain formal behavior toward representatives of the Transcendent, such as priests, of the latter. COMMUNITY-STRUCTURE refers To The relationships among the followers; this can vary widely, from a very egalitarian relationship, As among Quakers, through a "republican" structure as Presbyterians have, To a monarchical one, As with some Hasidic Jews have with their Rebbe. THE TRANSCENDENT, As the roots of the word indicate, means "that which goes beyond" the everyday, The ordinary, The surface experience of reality. it can mean spirits, gods, a Personal God, An Impersonal God, Emptiness, etc. This volume looks at the ways we humans have developed to study religion. However, a new age in human consciousness is now dawning: The Age of Global Dialogue, a radically new consciousness which fundamentally shifts the ways we understand everything in life, including religion. This global dialogical way of understanding life does not lead to one global religion, but it does lead toward a consciously acknowledged common set of ethical principles, a Global Ethic. The book looks at these two movements—the Age of Global Dialogue and inchoative Global Ethic—in order to help readers understand what is going on around them, So they might make informed, intelligent decisions about the meaning of life and how to live it. Author note:Leonard Swidleris Professor of Religion at Temple University.Paul Mojzesis Academic Dean and Professor of Religious Studies at Rosemount College.

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Temple University Press

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1566397936

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Religion for Reluctant Believers

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1498295185

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Biblical Affirmations of Woman

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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Biblical Affirmations of Woman

By: Leonard J. Swidler

Here is a comprehensive, one-volume commentary on what the Bible really says about women. In this well-documented topical review, every positive biblical reference about women is quoted in full, set in context, and provided with a brief exposition. Over 350 specific topics are examined.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664242855

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Yeshua

A Model for Moderns

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A Model for Moderns

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The Age of Global Dialogue

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Three Jesus Certitudes

Pacifism, Feminism, and the Birth of Christianity

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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Three Jesus Certitudes

Pacifism, Feminism, and the Birth of Christianity

By: Leonard J. Swidler

The Jesus of the four Gospels—and we have no knowledge of any other—appears mainly as a healer and a teacher—that is, as a healer of the soul. Three of the historically most certain facts about him were (1) his pacifism, (2) his feminism, and (3) that his women followers were the true founders of Christianity! The proof of these astounding claims you will find in the book.

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Jesus was a Feminist

What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective

By: Leonard J. Swidler

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What the Gospels Reveal about His Revolutionary Perspective

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Book's by Leonard J. Swidler

Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding

Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding

The Age of Global Dialogue

The Age of Global Dialogue

Religion for Reluctant Believers

Religion for Reluctant Believers

Three Jesus Certitudes

Three Jesus Certitudes

A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

Yeshua

Yeshua

Jesus was a Feminist

Jesus was a Feminist

The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue

The Study of Religion in an Age of Global Dialogue

Religion for Reluctant Believers

Religion for Reluctant Believers

Biblical Affirmations of Woman

Biblical Affirmations of Woman

Yeshua

Yeshua

The Age of Global Dialogue

The Age of Global Dialogue

Biblical Affirmations of Woman

Biblical Affirmations of Woman

Three Jesus Certitudes

Three Jesus Certitudes

Jesus was a Feminist

Jesus was a Feminist

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