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- ISBN 9781433180118
- Weight: 493g
- Dimensions: 150 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 17 Feb 2022
- Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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A world religions textbook spotlighting global missionary activity
This comparative introduction explores the mission obligation as it is expressed across seven traditions: the Bahá’í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Mormonism, and nonreligion.
In a structure that facilitates side-by-side comparison and contrast, the book examines the philosophies, practices, and texts that inspire the worldwide propagation of a plurality of religious and nonreligious teachings.
Topics explored include proselytization, conversion, translation, religious education, colonialism, cultural adaptation, humanitarianism, interfaith encounter, secularism, and transnational growth.
The first edition of World Religions and their Missions was fundamental in establishing comparative mission studies. This revised second edition features expanded chapters, updated data, and entirely new chapters.
Aaron J. Ghiloni is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Religious Studies at the University of Queensland.
