Religion and Culture in Dialogue: East and West Perspectives

1. Introduction - Janis T. Ozoli s (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 2. Proglomena: Globalisation, Culture and Diversity - Janis T. Ozoli s (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- Part I - The Nature of Belief.- 3. I hope I believe in God - Bernadette Tobin (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 4. Ethical Beliefs - Peter Drum (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 5. Faith, Philosophy and the Elemental: Beyond Polarisation and Synthesis - Richard Colledge (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- Part 2 - Dialogues between Culture and Tradition.- 6. Reason, Interpreting across Boundaries and the Nature of Dialogue - John Quilter (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 7. Aquinas' Natural Law Versus Ethical and Cultural Pluralism - John Knasas (University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, United States).- Part 3 - Eastern Perspectives on God and Ethics.- 8. God and Conceptions of Immanence and Transcendence in Aquinas and Mèngz - Janis T. Ozoli s (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 9. The Confucian Filial Duty To Care (Xiao ) For Elderly Parents - Brian Mooney and John N. Williams (Singapore Management University, Singapore).- 10. A Daughter's Filiality, A Courtesan's Moral Propriety and a Wife's Conjugal Love: Rethinking Confucian Ethics for Women in the Tale of Ki u (Truy n Ki u) - Jonathan Y. Tan (Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, United States).- Part 4 - Human Dignity and Rights.- 11. The Patristic Notion of Person and its Importance for Modern Culture - Dan Chi oiu (Alexander Cusa University, Iasi, Romania).- 12.Questioning Human Dignity: The Dimensions of Dignity Model as a Bridge between Cosmopolitanism and the Particular - David G. Kirchhoffer (Australian Catholic University, Australia).- 13.Values, Culture and Models of Human Rights - William Sweet (St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada).- 14. Life Experience, Values and Education - Maija Kule (University of Latvia, Latvia).