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Title

The quest for meaning : developing a philosophy of pluralism / Tariq Ramadan.

Author

Ramadan, Tariq.

Publication

London : Allen Lane, 2010.

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Description

xii, 211 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• How different do our various religions, philosophies and traditions of thought make us? And can we see past what divides us to discover what we have in common?
• In The Quest for Meaning, Tariq Ramadan, philosopher and Islamic scholar, sets out on a journey to answer these questions and find the universal truths we hold in common, no matter how we arrive at them. Attempting to diffuse flash-points between societies, Ramadan attempts a bold synthesis of religion, from Christianity to Buddhism, between secularists and believers, and argues that we urgently need a new philosophy of pluralism in order to foster knowledge and mutual respect.
• Exploring themes of love, respect, tolerance and reason, alongside fundamental issues such as relationships between men and women and the use of the term c̀ivilization', Ramadan argues that there are universally shared beliefs that are arrived at in many traditions of thought. Written in a direct and meditative style, with resonance for all, this important and timely book will direct and shape debate around the important questions of our time. --Book Jacket.

Subject

• Pluralism
• Theological anthropology
• Religious pluralism
• Spiritual life
• Ethnology > Religious aspects
• Philosophie
• Pluralismus

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The quest for meaning -- Of the universal -- Faith and reason -- Tolerance and respect -- Freedom -- Fraternity and equality -- Female, male -- The ethics of independence and the independence of ethics -- Emotion and spirituality -- Education -- Tradition and modernity -- The sense of belonging -- Of civilizations -- Love, forgiveness and love.

ISBN

• 9781846141522 (pbk.)
• 1846141524 (pbk.)
• 9781846141515 (hbk.)
• 1846141516 (hbk.)

LCCN

^^2010671684

OCLC

• 499089115
• SCSB-11442984

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library