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Beginning with a Foreword by Dr. Howard K. Koh, former US Assistant Secretary for Health for the Department of Health and Human Services, this volume examines almost every aspect of health, reviewing past and more recent research on the relationship between religion and health outcomes.

"Demokratie ist nicht tot, sie riecht nur merkwürdig." Die Variation eines Bonmots Frank Zappas über Jazz fasst die gegenwärtige Erfahrung mit der Demokratie zusammen: Obgleich die Mehrzahl der Staaten sich formal zu einer Form von Demokratie bekennt, scheint sich eine Veränderung zum Schlechteren anzubahnen. Da Öffentliche Theologie der Demokratie nahe steht, scheint eine kritische, interdisziplinäre, ökumenische und interreligiöse Einschätzung darüber angemessen, wie Religionen demokratische Regierungsformen fördern können. Dieses Buch sucht Wege in diese Richtung zu beschreiten. Es besteht aus drei Teilen: In einem ersten suchen die Autoren Herausforderungen und Ressourcen im Verhältnis von Religion und Demokratie zu identifizieren. Ein zweiter Teil reflektiert die Grundlagen dieses Verhältnisses und in einem dritten werden stichprobenartig Aufgaben skizziert, die es zu bearbeiten gilt. Alle Texte stammen von Mitgliedern des neugegründeten Berlin Institute for Public Theology, die sich in der Notwendigkeit einer öffentlich-theologischen Anstrengung einig sind und den Diskurs über Form und Inhalt dieser Anstrengung führen.Mit Beiträgen von:Andreas Feldtkeller, Eva Harasta, Florian Höhne, Mouez Khalfaoui, Torsten Meireis, Matthias Möhring-Hesse, Marcia Pally, Rolf Schieder, Christine Schliesser, Clemens Wustmans

Con ocasión del libro de F. Savater sobre la vida eterna, el artículo plantea diversas cuestiones acerca de cómo tratar racionalmente la religión. Según Savater, el fundamento de las creencias religiosas es el deseo humano de la vida eterna. El artículo evalúa la coherencia de la argumentación y su relevancia religiosa. Se pregunta también por la verdad y por el papel que debe jugar la religión. Se analiza la ausencia en el pensamiento de Savater de distinciones relevantes entre religión y política y las dificultades que comportan estas omisiones. ; On the occasion of the publication of Fernando Savater's book on eternal life, the article sets out many issues concerning how to treat religion rationally. According to Savater, the basis for religious belief is the human wish for eternal life. The article evaluates the coherence of this argumentation and its religious relevance. It also asks about truth and the role which religion should play. An analysis is made of the absence in Savater's thought of major distinctions between religion and politics, and the difficulties to which these omissions give rise.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Contributors -- Part One: Religions -- 1. World Religions: the Boundaries of Belief and Unbelief -- NOTES -- Freedom and Authority in Particular Traditions -- 2. Freedom and Authority in Buddhism -- FREEDOM -- AUTHORITY -- The sangha's authority -- The dhamma's authority -- The Buddha's authority -- The Three Jewels: a single authority structure -- NOTES -- 3. Freedom and Authority in Christianity -- THREE TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF AUTHORITY -- Biblical authority -- Ecclesiastical authority -- Individual authority

In all Igbo society, there are no atheists. This is because religion in the indigenous Igbo culture was not an independent institution. It is an integral and inseparable part of the society. Every Igbo man has the idea of the existence of the Supreme Being and worships him with every reverence. There was peace and tranquility among the people. The people had fear and respect for sacred objects. Morality, respect for elders and the fear for the gods were highly regarded. Since the arrival of Christianity and Islam in the Igbo society, the peace and stability in the Igbo society has been threatened. Christians and Muslims have resorted to unhealthy competition for religious and political power in order to assert their rights and supremacy which has resulted to violent encounter and consequently created a pluralized religious environment in the traditional Igbo society. Yet those who converted to Islamic and Christian religions still resort to the tradition religion in the face of serious challenges. This work among other things adopts a functionalist theory to arrive at its findings. And the methodologies such as sociological, phenomenological, anthropological and historical were utilized to harmonize on the issue of Islamization and Christian inversion of the traditional Igbo society. This work recommends that a proper enculturation theology be applied as a solution on the ongoing dialogue between faith and culture. It observed that the Igbo man is highly religious and have had much religious experience before the advent of Christianity and Islam. This work therefore concludes that all the element of foreign culture should be contextualized and adapted into the Igbo tradition.