Traditions of Compassion From Religious Duty to Social Activism
Throughout history, compassion has stood at the base of the radical cry to change the world order and remedy injustices. It has also been a political tool for society's power-wielders, who have exploited the sense of calling compassion arouses to hide the
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Khen Lampert
Library of Philosophy and Religion General Editor: John Hick, Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences, University of Birmingham This series of books explores contemporary religious understandings of humanity and the universe. The books contribute to various aspects of the continuing dialogues between religion and philosophy, between scepticism and faith, and between the different religions and ideologies. The authors represent a correspondingly wide range of viewpoints. Some of the books in the series are written for the general educated public and others for a more specialised philosophical or theological readership. Selected titles: Masao Abe BUDDHISM AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE ZEN AND WESTERN THOUGHT Dan Cohn-Sherbok ISLAM IN A WORLD OF DIVERSE FAITHS (editor) ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM Stephen T. Davis LOGIC AND THE NATURE OF GOD
Padmasiri de Silva AN INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY
Clement Dore MORAL SCEPTICISM GOD, SUFFERING AND SOLIPSISM
J. Kellenberger INTER-RELIGIOUS MODELS AND CRITERIA
Khen Lampert TRADITIONS OF COMPASSION From Religious Duty to Social Activism
Adil Özdemir and Kenneth Frank VISIBLE ISLAM IN MODERN TURKEY
Chakravathi Ram-Prasad KNOWLEDGE AND LIBERATION IN CLASSICAL INDIAN THOUGHT
Joseph Runzo IS GOD REAL?
Ninian Smart BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY
Michael Stoeber RECLAIMING THEODICY Reflections on Suffering, Compassion and Spiritual Transformation
Roger Teichmann ABSTRACT ENTITIES
Donald Wiebe BEYOND LEGITIMATION
Richard Worsley HUMAN FREEDOM AND THE LOGIC OF EVIL
Library of Philosophy and Religion Series Standing Order ISBN 978-0-333-69996-6 (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England
Traditions of Compassion From Religious Duty to Social Activism Khen Lampert
© Khen Lampert 2005
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