Exploring Religious Diversity And Covenantal Pluralism In Asia

<P>This book examines the growing diversity of religions and worldviews across South & Central Asia, and the factors affecting prospects for ''covenantal pluralism'' in these regions. Going beyond banal appeals for mere ''tolerance'', the theory of covenantal pluralism calls for a constitutional order of religious freedom and equal treatment combined with a culture of practical religious literacy and everyday virtues of engagement across lines of religious difference.</P><P>According to the Pew Religious Diversity Index, half of the world¿s most religiously diverse countries are in Asia. The presence of deep religious/worldview difference is often seen as a potential threat to socio-political cohesion or even as a source of violent conflict. Yet in Asia (as elsewhere) the degree of this diversity is not consistently associated with socio-political problems. Indeed, while religious difference is implicated in some social challenges, there are also many instances of respectful multi-

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