Religious Pluralism Framing Religious Diversity in the Contemporary
This volume illustrates both theoretically and empirically the differences between religious diversity and religious pluralism. It highlights how the factual situation of cultural and religious diversity may lead to individual, social and political choice
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ligious Pluralism
Framing Religious Diversity in the Contemporary World
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Giuseppe Giordan • Enzo Pace Editors
Religious Pluralism Framing Religious Diversity in the Contemporary World
Editors Giuseppe Giordan Enzo Pace Department of FISPPA University of Padova Padova, Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-06622-6 ISBN 978-3-319-06623-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06623-3 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014943515 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Introduction: Pluralism as Legitimization of Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giuseppe Giordan Part I
Ideas and Concepts on Religious Pluralism
Re-Thinking Religious Pluralism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James A. Beckford Religious Diversity, Social Control, and Legal Pluralism: A Socio-Legal Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James T. Richardson Oligopoly Is Not Pluralism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenggang Yang Part II
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Case Studies in Religious Pluralism
Religious and Philosophical Diversity as a Challenge for
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