Dawn of Religious Pluralism
Subtitle: Voices From the World's Parliament of Religions, 1893
Contributors: Diana Eck (Foreword)
Publisher: Open Court
Published: January 8, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780812692235
Subjects: Religion: general; Spirituality; c 1800 to c 1900; Religions; Philosophy; Religion; Comparative Religion; General; Religion / General; Congresses; Relations
First sentence: On the morning of 11 September 1893 the Columbian Liberty Bell in the Court of Honor of the World's Columbian Exposition tolled ten times to honor what were a century ago considered the worlds ten great religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.