Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World
by Miroslav Volf
Publisher's Description...
More than almost anything else, globalization and the great world
religions are shaping our lives, affecting everything from the public
policies of political leaders and the economic decisions of industry
bosses and employees, to university curricula, all the way to the inner
longings of our hearts. Integral to both globalization and religions are
compelling, overlapping, and sometimes competing visions of what it
means to live well.
In this perceptive, deeply personal, and
beautifully written book, a leading theologian sheds light on how
religions and globalization have historically interacted and argues for
what their relationship ought to be. Recounting how these twinned forces
have intersected in his own life, he shows how world religions, despite
their malfunctions, remain one of our most potent sources of moral
motivation and contain within them profoundly evocative accounts of
human flourishing.
Globalization should be judged by how well it serves
us for living out our authentic humanity as envisioned within these
traditions. Through renewal and reform, religions might, in turn, shape
globalization so that can be about more than bread alone.
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