Can religion cure “inhumane global governance?
Toward a Global Civilization? The Contribution of Religions Edited by Patricia M. Mische and Melissa Merkling Peter Lang New York As Richard Falk points out in a recent essay, religion has generally been excluded from the serious study and practice of governance over the last several hundred years, and especially in recent attempts to forge some sort of new world order. “The exclusion is definitely a consequence of the European Enlightenment and its endorsement of autonomous reason as the only reliable guide for human affairs,” he writes in an essay entitled “The Religious Foundations for Humane Governance.” The essay appears in a new book, Toward a Global Civilization? The Contribution of Religions, edited by Patricia M. Mische and Melissa Merkling. In it, Prof. Falk goes on to say that religion has much to contribute to the subject – a fact that the book itself goes far in demonstrating. A collection of some 21 essays by religious believers representing virtually every major religiou
