RELIGION THAT LEADS TO WAR RELIGION THAT LEADS TO PEACE

The Need to Adopt a Better Method of Teaching Religion if Peace is to Replace War

Authors

  • Antony Fernando Inter-cultural Research Centre in Katawata

Keywords:

Religion, War, Peace

Abstract

As a general rule, all human beings by the very fact of their birth inherit a language they call their mother tongue and a religion they treat as their mother-religion. Language and religion are two distinct realities, but they have many aspects in common. An individual's first language and first religion are always those of the parents. They are learnt from early childhood almost from the time of breast-feeding. Parents are the first teachers of both

Author Biography

Antony Fernando, Inter-cultural Research Centre in Katawata

 Prof. Dr. Antony Fernando is the Director of Inter-cultural Research Centre in Katawata, Sri Lanka. A scholar in Buddhism and Christian theology, he has servedas professor of these religioous traditions in several institutes and has published books on them

References

J. David Barett B. World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Study of Churches and Religions in the Modern World AD 1900-2000 (Oxford University Press 1982) p.3

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Two Kinds of Language (printed by Siva Phorn Limited Partnership, Bangkok, Thailand, B.E. 2512) pp. 2,4, J 1-12, 2 J

Antony Fernando, Christian Path to Mental Maturity, (Inter-cultural Book Promoters, Eldeniya, Kadawata, Sri Lanka, J 998

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Published

2002-09-30

How to Cite

Fernando, A. . (2002). RELIGION THAT LEADS TO WAR RELIGION THAT LEADS TO PEACE: The Need to Adopt a Better Method of Teaching Religion if Peace is to Replace War. Journal of Dharma, 27(3), 279–290. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/742

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2002): Journal of Dharma

Section

Articles