Taiwan Intertwined with the World

2021 ◽  
pp. 216-228
Author(s):  
Kirk A. Denton
Keyword(s):  
Global Perspective ◽  
World Religions ◽  
National Palace Museum ◽  
The World ◽  
Southern Branch

One of the central tropes of recent imaginings of Taiwan identity is Taiwan’s interconnectedness with the world. This assertion of Taiwan’s place in the world is critically important in a “nation” that is not recognized as such by most of the world. This chapter explores two museums—the Museum of World Religions (世界宗教博物館‎) and the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院南部院區‎)—that explicitly adopt a global perspective, expressing Taiwan’s simultaneous desire to be integrated with the world and to matter to that world, even if only on religious and cultural levels.

scholarly journals Hans Kung (trans. John Bowden): Islam: Past, Present and Future

ICR Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-550
Author(s):  
Karim Douglas Crow
Keyword(s):  
Global Perspective ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Prolific Author ◽  
Catholic Priest ◽  
Global Ethic ◽  
Hans Küng ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
The World ◽  
The 1960S

The historian-theologian Hans Kung is best known today for his passionate pursuit of inter-religious dialogue and understanding within a global perspective. Since the 1960s he was professor of Ecumenical Theology at the Eberhard-Karls-Universitat of Tubingen in Germany and Emeritus Professor there from 1996. This dissident Swiss Catholic priest is a controversial theologian and prolific author in the inter-faith industry.Since 1995, his primary occupation has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). He described what world religions share in common, not what separates them, and compiled a minimal code of moral rules everyone might possibly accept. From 2001 onwards, the exhibition “World Religions - Universal Peace - Global Ethic”, conceived by Stiftung Weltethos, has been displayed around the world.

The 1970s

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Borstelmann
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Free Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Retirement Plans ◽  
Free Agency ◽  
The World ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Oil Crisis ◽  
American Society

This book looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, this book creates a new framework for understanding the period and its legacy. It demonstrates how the 1970s increased social inclusiveness and, at the same time, encouraged commitments to the free market and wariness of government. As a result, American culture and much of the rest of the world became more—and less—equal. This book explores how the 1970s forged the contours of contemporary America. Military, political, and economic crises undercut citizens' confidence in government. Free market enthusiasm led to lower taxes, a volunteer army, individual 401(k) retirement plans, free agency in sports, deregulated airlines, and expansions in gambling and pornography. At the same time, the movement for civil rights grew, promoting changes for women, gays, immigrants, and the disabled. And developments were not limited to the United States. Many countries gave up colonial and racial hierarchies to develop a new formal commitment to human rights, while economic deregulation spread to other parts of the world, from Chile and the United Kingdom to China. Placing a tempestuous political culture within a global perspective, this book shows that the decade wrought irrevocable transformations upon American society and the broader world that continue to resonate today.

Pluralism in the World Religions

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoàng Văn Chung
Keyword(s):  
World Religions ◽  
The World

Hegel's Interpretation of the Religions of the World

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
First Century ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Philosophical Work ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Roman Religion ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
The World ◽  
Twenty First Century

In his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, Hegel treats the religions of the world under the rubric “the determinate religion.” This is a part of his corpus that has traditionally been neglected, since scholars have struggled to understand what philosophical work it is supposed to do. The present study argues that Hegel’s rich analyses of Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Egyptian and Greek polytheism, and the Roman religion are not simply irrelevant historical material, as is often thought. Instead, they play a central role in Hegel’s argument for what he regards as the truth of Christianity. Hegel believes that the different conceptions of the gods in the world religions are reflections of individual peoples at specific periods in history. These conceptions might at first glance appear random and chaotic, but there is, Hegel claims, a discernible logic in them. Simultaneously a theory of mythology, history, and philosophical anthropology, Hegel’s account of the world religions goes far beyond the field of philosophy of religion. The controversial issues surrounding his treatment of the non-European religions are still very much with us today and make his account of religion an issue of continued topicality in the academic landscape of the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals Education and Social Trust in Global Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 073112142199004
Author(s):  
Cary Wu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Risk Awareness ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The World

A large literature has suggested that education leads to higher trust. In this article, I argue that how education and trust are associated at the individual level may depend on the level of risk and uncertainty of each institutional setting. Trust involves not only individuals’ risk-taking propensity and capability but also their perception of how uncertain or risky the situation they are in. I test this micro–macro interactive approach by analyzing data from the World Values Survey, the European Social Survey, and the World Bank. Results show that the education and trust association can change from positive to negative both cross-nationally and within national contexts over time in response to the social and political stability at the macro level. In stable and low-conflict societies, the association between education and trust is highly positive. However, the association becomes negative in transitional societies where social and political risks are widespread. Supporting the risk-taking and risk awareness mechanisms underpinning the interactive process, I show that education has varying impacts on risk-taking propensity and risk awareness across different institutional contexts.

scholarly journals Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective-Introduction to a Special Collection of Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Kirsi Tirri
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Special Collection

This special issue on “Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective” contains eleven articles focused on varied current topics in teacher education all over the world [...]

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