Dawn of Religious Pluralism
Subtitle: Voices From the World's Parliament of Religions, 1893
Publisher: Open Court
Published: October 27, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780812692228
Subjects: Religion: general; Spirituality; c 1800 to c 1900; Comparative Religion; Religion - World Religions; Religion; Congresses; Religion / Comparative Religion; Relations; Religions
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.