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This book explores the ideals of liberation theology from the perspectives of major religious traditions, including Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and the neo-Vedanta and Advaita Hindu traditions.
Hussam S. Timani is Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Co-Director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Program at Christopher Newport University, USA. Loye Sekihata Ashton is Visiting Associate Professor of Research (ethics and technology) at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan, and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Tougaloo College, USA.
1. Introduction.- 2. Confessing Tawhid and the Trinity: Toward a Christian-Muslim Liberation Theology.- 3. The Politics of Paradigms: Liberation and Difference in Islam and Christianity.- 4. Human Rights as ‘Law of Nations’ in Conversation with Contemporary Christian and Islamic Liberation Theologies.- 5. Fixing a God’s Mess: Jewish Tikkun Olam and Interreligious Action.- 6. “Work Is Worship” Swami Vivekananda’s Philosophy of Seva and its Contribution to the Gandhian Ethos.- 7. ‘Looking Upon All Beings As One’s Self’: Insights from Advaita Hinduism for Racial Justice within Christian Theology and Liberative Praxis.- 8. Envisioning a Dharmic Society: Re-telling a traditional Buddhist Tale.- 9. Decolonizing and Indigenizing Liberation Theology.- 10. Mississippi's Voices Against Extremism Project: A Case Study in Inclusive Interfaith Leadership.- 11. Afterword.