Preface | p. ix |
Some Introductory Considerations | |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Definitions | p. 8 |
Academic objections to proselytizing | p. 17 |
Objectives and approach | p. 20 |
Significance of this study | p. 23 |
Foundational Issues | p. 26 |
Religious impulse to proselytize | p. 27 |
Why the growing controversy over proselytizing? | p. 34 |
Some examples of immoral proselytizing | p. 37 |
Ethical foundations | p. 43 |
Consensus and relativism | p. 46 |
Objections to Proselytizing | |
Epistemological/Ethical Objections to Proselytizing | p. 53 |
Persuasion | p. 55 |
Arrogance | p. 59 |
Truth and religious pluralism | p. 62 |
Rationality and certainty | p. 71 |
Proselytizing and the Integrity/Freedom of Individuals and Societies | p. 77 |
Problems of question-begging | p. 80 |
Physical coercion and the problem of vagueness | p. 84 |
Psychological coercion | p. 88 |
Inducements to convert | p. 91 |
Coercion and informed consent | p. 94 |
Missionary colonialism | p. 96 |
Liberal Objections to Proselytizing | p. 104 |
Intolerance | p. 105 |
Consequences of proselytizing | p. 114 |
Questionable motivations | p. 118 |
Proselytizing and universalization | p. 124 |
Proselytizing and pluralism | p. 126 |
Conclusion | p. 128 |
A Positive Approach to Proselytizing | |
A Defence of Proselytizing | p. 133 |
John Stuart Mill's argument | p. 134 |
Contemporary liberalism | p. 135 |
Etiquette vs. ethics | p. 138 |
Dignity of the proselytizer | p. 142 |
Dignity of the proselytizee | p. 146 |
Epistemologico-ethical considerations | p. 147 |
Conclusion | p. 152 |
Distinguishing Between Ethical and Unethical Proselytizing | |
Criteria to Evaluate Proselytizing: Part I | p. 157 |
Dignity criterion | p. 161 |
Care criterion | p. 165 |
Physical coercion criterion | p. 167 |
Psychological coercion criterion | p. 169 |
Social coercion criterion | p. 176 |
Inducement criterion | p. 181 |
Criteria to Evaluate Proselytizing: Part II | p. 184 |
Rationality criterion | p. 184 |
Truthfulness criterion | p. 188 |
Humility criterion | p. 196 |
Tolerance criterion | p. 198 |
Motivation criterion | p. 200 |
Identity criterion | p. 201 |
Cultural sensitivity criterion | p. 204 |
Results criterion | p. 205 |
Golden Rule | p. 208 |
Conclusion | p. 211 |
Conclusion | |
Come Concluding Considerations | p. 215 |
Religious dialogue vs. proselytizing | p. 216 |
Encouraging ethical proselytizing: Resources within proselytizing religions | p. 219 |
Social reinforcement | p. 223 |
Legal reinforcement | p. 226 |
Religious freedom | p. 230 |
Summary of 15 Criteria to Distinguish Between Ethical and Unethical Proselytizing | p. 234 |
Literature Review on the Ethics of Proselytizing and Related Fields | p. 238 |
Bibliography | p. 154 |
Author/Name Index | p. 275 |
Subject Index | p. 280 |
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