This provocative collection of essays written for the first New York University Annual Conference in Comparative Religion focuses on the role of secrecy in the history of religions. Each essay presents an aspect of secrecy from a cultural context. Emerging from this collection are some of the common features of esotericism as a cross-cultural phenomenon.
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"...worth reading for its concise review of the basic arguments pertaining to pluralism and for Markham's clear, well-reasoned presentation of his own position." Pro Ecclesia
"...a remarkable new book....I am pleased to recommend it as one of the most intelligently provocative essays on religion and public life to have appeared in a long time." Richard John Neuhaus, First Things
"...Plurality of Christian Ethics is a worthwhile text. It is well-written and documented....an important contribution to Anglican theological studies. Additionally, it provides a useful alternative to both the modern secular approach to plurality and the Christian exclusivism..." Wendy Dackson, Journal of Church and State --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
"...a remarkable new book....I am pleased to recommend it as one of the most intelligently provocative essays on religion and public life to have appeared in a long time." Richard John Neuhaus, First Things
"...Plurality of Christian Ethics is a worthwhile text. It is well-written and documented....an important contribution to Anglican theological studies. Additionally, it provides a useful alternative to both the modern secular approach to plurality and the Christian exclusivism..." Wendy Dackson, Journal of Church and State --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The first substantial study in Christian Ethics to explore the problem of religion, plurality and ethics. Ian Markham argues that plurality is better safeguarded by a theistic, rather than a secularist, foundation, and shows that the religious affirmation of diversity offers genuine political possibilities in our post-modern world.
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