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Philosophy Religious

Competition in Religious Life

by (author) Jay Newman

Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press, CCSR
Initial publish date
Jan 2006
Category
Religious, Comparative Religion, Philosophy
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780889206694
    Publish Date
    Jan 2006
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889209893
    Publish Date
    Dec 1989
    List Price
    $34.99

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Description

In his latest work on the social consequences of religious commitment, Jay Newman reveals in clear and concise fashion the extent to which competitiveness is an essential feature of religious life. His assessment charts various classical strategies that have been proposed for either eliminating such competitiveness or directing it into appropriate channels. After a detailed philosophical analysis of the nature and value of competition, the author examines competition between denominations and within denominations, and considers religious competition in some of its less obvious forms.

In the process of evaluating the methods for curbing religious competition advocated by such thinkers as Spinoza and Lessing, as well as by modern ecumenists, the author points the way to a general approach to religious competition that minimizes destructive religious conflicts without ignoring the positive value of religious competition.

About the author

Jay Newman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. Among his publications are Foundations of Religious Tolerance and numerous studies of the philosophical and theological writings of John Henry Newman.

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