Global Civilization: A Buddhist-Islamic Dialogue

by Majid Tehranian, Daisaku Ikeda

Overview

"Global Civilization" emerged from a series of conversations between two peace advocates of Japanese and Iranian origin. It covers the encounters between Buddhist and Islamic civilizations from the 7th century to the present. For all their cultural differences, Buddhism and Islam share a surprising number of intrinsic similarities. The topics discussed include such diverse subjects as the nature of religious faith today, global ideological terrorism, religious fanatacism and universal human rights. Ikeda and Tehranian, two important representatives of their respective faiths, propose dialogue as the most effective method of conflict resolution at interpersonal, intra-national and international levels. It is a call for tolerance, for dialogue and for peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857731920
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/23/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Daisaku Ikeda is the spiritual leader of Soka Gakkai International, a world wide lay Buddhist organization. Called by Time Magazine 'the most powerful man in Japan', Ikeda has conducted over 1500 dialogues during the past 40 years with such world figures as Zhou Enlai, Henry Kissinger, Mikhail Gorbachev, Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela. He is author of over 80 books on Buddhist themes. This volume is a sequel to his dialogues with Arnold Toynbee and Johan Galtung. Majid Tehranian is Professor of International Communication at the University of Hawaii and director of the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research. He is author of numerous books on international relations, and he edits Peace and Policy.
Daisaku is an author, leading Buddhist thinker, activist, and advocate for global peace.

Table of Contents

Foreword--David Chappell
• Preface--Daisaku Ikeda
• Introduction--Majid Tehranian
• Why Dialogue?
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Buddhist-Islamic Encounters
• Spiritual and Religious Revivals
• Clash of Civilizations
• Dialogue of Civilizations
• In Search of Global Ethics
• A Century of War
• A Century of Peace?
• Choose Dialogue