The World Religions Speak on ”The Relevance of Religion in the Modern World”

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: The Relevance of the Great Religions for the Modern World....Pages 3-11
The Relevance of Hinduism....Pages 12-23
Christianity in a Pluralistic World....Pages 24-32
The Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path....Pages 33-38
Religion in the Twentieth Century with Special Reference to Islam....Pages 39-45
Judaism and its Relevance to Modern Problems....Pages 46-63
Confucius and the I-ching....Pages 64-71
Monastic Experience and the East-West Dialogue....Pages 72-78
Extemporaneous Remarks by Thomas Merton....Pages 79-81
The Unity of Religions....Pages 82-85
Zoroastrianism — “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”....Pages 86-91
Buddhism and the Other World Religions....Pages 92-96
Jainism- A Way of Thinking and Living....Pages 97-106
Sikhism and the Sikhs....Pages 107-113
The Relevance of the Protestant Branch of Christianity to the World Today....Pages 114-118
Religion as a World Force: A Jewish View....Pages 119-123
Buddhism in the Present Age....Pages 124-127
Difference and Similarity Among Religions....Pages 128-129
The Pertinence of Islam to the Modern World....Pages 130-135
The Significance of Religion to Human Issues in the Light of the Universal Norms of Mystical Experience....Pages 136-146
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Zoroastrianism Today....Pages 147-155
Jesus as a Message for our Day....Pages 156-158
The Essential Brotherhood of Mankind: A Hindu View....Pages 159-163
Religion and World Problems....Pages 164-165
Religion in an Age of Scientific Achievement....Pages 166-170
A Rethinking of Christianity....Pages 171-176
A Baha’i Viewpoint....Pages 177-181
The Obligation of Religion in our Era....Pages 182-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
The Founding of the Congress of Religions, Ceylon....Pages 189-191
The Congress of Religions- Ceylon; A Report....Pages 192-196
Introduction to the Manner of Communications Between the World’s Religions....Pages 197-203
Back Matter....Pages 203-220