The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice (Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion) |  | Creators: Michael D. Palmer, Stanley M. Burgess
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1,107,333
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 658
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 1405195479
EAN: 9781405195478
ASIN: 1405195479
Publication Date: May 8, 2012 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
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
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