Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Chapter I. Religious Diversity and World Community 1
5. Chapter II. The “Science” of Religions 24
6. Chapter III. The Challenge of Hindu Relativism 47
7. Chapter IV. Buddhism: Concessional Relativism 87
8. Chapter V. Islam: Concessional Practice 121
9. Chapter VI. Jewish and Christian Confessions 151
10. Chapter VII. “Depth Religion” and Western Dogmatism 177
11. Chapter VIII. Religion and World Community 201
12. Notes 229
13. Selected Bibliography 283
14. Index 293