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Interreligious Solidarity Practice for Life in Just Relations Today: A New Axial Age?

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Transcending Greedy Money

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It is not possible simply to take the insights of the religions and philosophies of the Axial Age and apply them as a response to the crisis of our civilization. We have seen that even religions are highly ambivalent. They can be used and perverted by political and economic powers to serve particular interests, even increasing injustice and violence. This is why we have to engage in a (self-)critique of religion before we are equipped to look at the role of religions in the implementation of the new vision and praxis of life-giving culture.

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Duchrow, U., Hinkelammert, F.J. (2012). Interreligious Solidarity Practice for Life in Just Relations Today: A New Axial Age?. In: Transcending Greedy Money. New Approaches to Religion and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137290021_14

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