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Religion and Humane Global Governance

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  • © 2001

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  1. Richard Falk
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Religious Foundations of Humane Global Governance

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 13-33

  4. Secularism in an Era of Globalization

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 35-59

  5. The Monotheistic Religions and Globalization

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 61-75

  6. Religion and Politics: Verging on the Postmodern

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 77-100

  7. Politically Engaged Spirituality in an Emerging Global Civil Society

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 101-122

  8. Hans Küng’s Crusade: Framing a Global Ethic

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 123-142

  9. Gandhi’s Legacy for World Order

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 143-156

  10. Our Millennial Challenge

    • Richard Falk
    Pages 157-165

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 167-191
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About this book

Falk argues that the failure to achieve what he terms "humane global governance" is partially due to the exclusion of religious and spiritual dimensions of human experience from the study and practice of government. The book begins with a section on dominant world order trends and tendencies with respect to global governance. This is followed by consideration of the extent to which these recent world order trends that are shaping the historical situation at the end of the second millennium are also creating a new, unexpected opening for religious and spiritual energies, a development that has problematic as well as encouraging aspects. This religious resurgence is also discussed as part of the double-edged relevance of religion to global governance. The final section argues in support of the inclusion of emancipatory religious and spiritual perspectives in world order thinking and practice, along with an enumeration of potential contributions.

About the author

Richard Falk is Albert Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice at Princeton University and is the author of over 15 books.

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