Benefits from a distinctive four-part organization, with sections on major religions; religious movements and t
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
Part I Major World Religions 13
Introduction 15
1 Buddhism: Historical Setting 17
Mavis Fenn
2 Buddhism: Contemporary Expressions 30
Steven Emmanuel
3 Christianity: Historical Setting 46
Stanley M. Burgess
4 Christianity: Contemporary Expressions 61
Curtiss Paul DeYoung
5 Confucianism: Historical Setting 77
Joseph Chan
6 Confucianism: Contemporary Expressions 93
Stephen C. Angle
7 Hinduism: Historical Setting 110
O.P. Dwivedi
8 Hinduism: Contemporary Expressions 124
Amita Singh
9 Islam: Historical Setting 137
Hussam S. Timani
10 Islam: Contemporary Expressions 153
Erin E. Stiles
11 Judaism: Historical Setting 170
Moshe Hellinger
12 Judaism: Contemporary Expressions 190
Eliezer Segal
Part II Religious Movements and Themes 205
Introduction 207
13 Bahá’í Faith 210
Christopher Buck
14 The Quest for Justice in Revival, a Creole Religion in Jamaica 224
William Wedenoja
15 The Muhammadiyah: A Muslim Modernist Organization in Contemporary Indonesia 241
Florian Pohl
16 The Role of the Chief in Asante Society 256
Yaw Adu-Gyamfi
17 Tibetan Monastics and Social Justice 268
Derek F. Maher
18 Sangha and Society 280
Hiroko Kawanami
19 G’meelut Chasadim (Deeds of Kindness) 292
W.E. Nunnally
20 Hospitality 306
Ana María Pineda
21 Zakat: Faith and Giving in Muslim Contexts 319
Azim Nanji
22 Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue 330
Barbara Brown Zikmund
Part III Indigenous People 345
Introduction 347
23 Africa: Religion and Social Justice among the Diola of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau 350
Robert M. Baum
24 Australia: Religion and Social Justice in a Continent of Hunter-Gatherers 361
Robert Tonkinson
25 Central America: A God for the Poor – Folk Catholicism and Social Justice among the Yucatec Maya 373
Christine A. Kray
26 Europe: The Roma People of Romania 388
Sorin Gog and Maria Roth
27 Middle East: The Kurds – Religion and Social Justice of a Stateless Nation 402
Charles G. MacDonald
28 New Zealand: The Māori People 412
Rawinia Higgins
29 North America: Ojibwe Culture 425
Gregory O. Gagnon
30 Southern Asia: The Gonds of India – A Search for Identity and Justice 438
Sushma Yadav
Part IV Social Justice Issues 451
Introduction 453
31 Colonialism 456
Brigid M. Sackey
32 Abundant Life or Abundant Poverty? The Challenge for African Christianity 469
T. John Padwick
33 AIDS, Religion, and the Politics of Social Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa 482
Afe Adogame
34 Religion, Civil Rights, and Social Justice 496
Paul Harvey
35 Human Rights: The South African Experience 507
Glenda Wildschut
36 The “Double-Conscious” Nature of American Evangelicalism’s Struggle over Civil Rights during the Progressive Era 519
L.B. Gallien, Jr.
37 Gender and Sexuality in the Context of Religion and Social Justice 535
Mary E. Hunt
38 Beginning of Life 547
Andrew Lustig
39 Death and Dying 561
Courtney S. Campbell
40 Religion’s Influence on Social Justice Practices Relating to Those with Disabilities 575
Ruth Vassar Burgess
41 Ecology and the Environment 591
Laurel Kearns
42 Christianity and Nonviolent Resistance 607
Celia Cook-Huffman
43 Building Peace in the Pursuit of Social Justice 620
Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Index 633
