Part of the problem, part of the solution : religion today and tomorrow / edited by Arvind Sharma.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Arvind Sharma -- There is no "clash of civilizations" / Shirin Ebadi -- To secularize religion and spiritualize politics / Sri Sri Ravi Shankar -- Religion is central to human affairs / Didiji -- Religion is about how you behave : the essential virtue is compassion / Karen Armstrong -- Religion and human rights / Shirin Ebadi -- Women in world religions : discrimination, liberation, and backlash / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Fundamentalism and interfaith dialogue / Harvey Cox -- What on earth is evangelism? / Rev. Donald Posterski -- Religion in an age of anxiety / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Proselytization and religious freedom / Dayananda Saraswati -- Religion, identity, and violence / Rabbi David Rosen -- Religion and science / Huston Smith -- Panel discussion : world's religions, human rights, and same-sex marriage / Margaret Somerville, Janet Buckingham, Brendt Hawkes, Douglas Elliott -- A Jaina perspective on non-violence and warfare / Padmanabh S. Jaini -- Panel discussion : perspectives on the conflict in the Middle East / Rabbi Dow Marmur, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Gregory Baum, Karen Armstrong -- Religion and media / Seyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi -- Religion and media / Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami -- The Dawson College incident / Professor Shanta Srivastava -- Pieces of the jigsaw puzzle / Arvind Sharma -- Afterword / Jean Duhaime.