Book Summary
Anthology on how world religions understand politics. Designed for students and lay persons, each chapter includes highly accessible discussions of the following points: 1. what the tradition's classical and scriptural sources say about politics; 2. the tradition's theory of politics; 3. the medium the tradition uses to express politics; 4. the tradition's message of politics; 5. and how the tradition views nonbelievers. Contributors include Jacob Neusner on Judaism; Bruce Chilton on primitive and early Christianity; Charles Curran on Catholic Christianity; Petros Vassiliades on Orthodox Christianity; Martin Marty on Reformation Christianity; John Esposito on Islam; Brian Smith on Hinduism; Mark Csikszentmihalyi on Confucianism; and Todd Lewis on Buddhism. William Scott Green provides a lucid introduction, and each chapter includes suggestions for further reading. The book also includes a glossary.
Book Details
| Book Name | God's Rule: The Politics Of World Religions |
| Author | Jacob Neusner, William Scott Green |
| Publisher | Georgetown University Press (May 2003) |
| ISBN | 9780878409105 |
| Pages | 272 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1634 |
