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Spiritual Summit Conference (1st : 1968 : Calcutta)
Imprint:The Hague : Junk, 1970.
Descriptionxviii, 220 p., 4 p. of photos. ; 25 cm.
Note:Papers and commentary presented at the first Spiritual Summit Conference, Calcutta, India, October 22-26, 1968.
Note:The relevance of the great religions for the modern world / Huston Smith. - The relevance of Hinduism / V. Raghavan. - Christianity in a pluralistic world / Pierre Fallon, S.J. - The four noble truths and the eightfold path / Poon Pismai Diskul. - Religion in the twentieth century with special reference to Islam / Syed Vahiduddin. - Judaism and its relevance to modern problems / Mordecai Waxman. - Confucius and the I-Ching / Wei Tat. - Monastic experience and the east-west dialogue / Thomas Merton. - The unity of religions / Chinmayananda. - Zoroastrianism: "Thus spake Zarathustra" / Dastoor N.D. Minochehr Homji. - Buddhism and the other world religions / Mahathera D. Piyananda. - Jainism: a way of thining and living / Munishri Chitrabhanu. - Sikhism and the Sikhs / Sadar Sher Singh. - The relevance of the Protestant branch of Christianity to the world today / Lowell Russell Ditzen. - Religion as a world force: a Jewish view / Ezra Spicehandler. - Buddhism in the present age / Reimon Yuki. - Difference and similarity among the religions / Lokeshwarananda. - The pertinence of Islam to the modern world / Seyyed Hossein Nasr. - The significance of religion to human issues in the light of the universal norms of mystical experience / Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. - Zoroastrianism today / Homi B. Dhalla. - Jesus as a message for our day / A.J. Shaw. - The essential brotherhood of mankind: a Hindu view / Madhav Goswami Maharej. - Religion and world problems / Harold F. Snyder. - Religion in an age of scientific achievement / Mahasthavira N. Jinaratana. - A rethinking of Christianity / Teitsutaro Ariga. - A Baha'i viewpoint / H.M. Munje. - The obligation of religion in our era / Toshio Miyake.
