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Beyond Individualism : The Challenge of Inclusive Communities / George Rupp.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion, Culture, and Public Life ; 29Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231174282
  • 9780231539869
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.54 23
LOC classification:
  • HM758 .R87 2016
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Passionate Conviction and Inclusive Community -- Part 1. Education as a Resource -- 2. The Challenges of American Provincialism -- 3 Religion and the Academy — A Lover’s Quarrell -- 4. Universities in the Search for Strategic Responses to Global Challenges -- 5. What Is the Good Life? -- 6. More Words for Students -- Part 2. Action for Inclusion -- 7. Local Conflicts as a Global Challenge -- 8. People on the Move -- 9. Enhancing Local Capacity Globally -- 10. Religious Communities as a Resource for Conflict Resolution -- 11. Religion and Ecology -- 12. Why Community? -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary: In many places around the world, relations between ethnic and religious groups that for long periods coexisted more or less amicably are now fraught with aggression and violence. This trend has profound international implications, threatening efforts to narrow the gap between rich and poor. Underscoring the need for sustained action, George Rupp urges the secular West to reckon with the continuing power of religious conviction and embrace the full extent of the world's diversity.While individualism is a powerful force in Western cultures and a cornerstone of Western foreign policy, it elicits strong resistance in traditional communities. Drawing on decades of research and experience, Rupp pushes modern individualism beyond its foundational beliefs to recognize the place of communal practice in our world. Affirming the value of communities and the productive role religion plays in many lives, he advocates new solutions to such global challenges as conflicts in the developing world, income inequality, climate change, and mass migration.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Passionate Conviction and Inclusive Community -- Part 1. Education as a Resource -- 2. The Challenges of American Provincialism -- 3 Religion and the Academy — A Lover’s Quarrell -- 4. Universities in the Search for Strategic Responses to Global Challenges -- 5. What Is the Good Life? -- 6. More Words for Students -- Part 2. Action for Inclusion -- 7. Local Conflicts as a Global Challenge -- 8. People on the Move -- 9. Enhancing Local Capacity Globally -- 10. Religious Communities as a Resource for Conflict Resolution -- 11. Religion and Ecology -- 12. Why Community? -- Conclusion -- Index

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In many places around the world, relations between ethnic and religious groups that for long periods coexisted more or less amicably are now fraught with aggression and violence. This trend has profound international implications, threatening efforts to narrow the gap between rich and poor. Underscoring the need for sustained action, George Rupp urges the secular West to reckon with the continuing power of religious conviction and embrace the full extent of the world's diversity.While individualism is a powerful force in Western cultures and a cornerstone of Western foreign policy, it elicits strong resistance in traditional communities. Drawing on decades of research and experience, Rupp pushes modern individualism beyond its foundational beliefs to recognize the place of communal practice in our world. Affirming the value of communities and the productive role religion plays in many lives, he advocates new solutions to such global challenges as conflicts in the developing world, income inequality, climate change, and mass migration.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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