Description
Religions are meant to play a creative role in promoting and safeguarding patriotism and fellowship among all citizens. But, in actual practice, they are dividing communities and causing communal con- flicts; and vested interests are exploiting this situation for their own advantage. Thus religions themselves have become instruments of division, destruction and alienation.
In Religion and National Integration, the different contributors bring out the true spirit of any religion- be it Hinduism, Christianity, Islam or any other-namely, the promotion of human freedom, fellowship and brotherhood. They also highlight the value of religious harmony and national integration and make some valu- able suggestions to realize these in day-to-day life. Moreover, the authors invite the readers to rediscover the authentic and original spirit of religion which promotes the liberation of humanity from all types of exploitation.
Such a book is timely and very relevant to the people of our country when we are threatened with the dark forces of fundamentalism and communalism. The reflections in these articles are bound to create ripples of deeper thinking and inspire all people of good will to join hands to march towards a new India where there will be peace, harmony and brotherhood.
