Justice and Equality

Key Issues

Titles

Chapters

• Ahimsa
• An outline of the need for world development in response to the causes, extent and effects of poverty in the world
• Attitudes to all religions being paths to truth
• Attitudes to capital punishment
• Attitudes to interfaith dialogue
• Belief in ahimsa and an attitude of respect for all living creatures: the influence of the Jains
• Belief in ahimsa and an attitude of respect for all living creatures: the teaching and practice of non-violence in the life of M K Gandhi
• changing roles of and attitudes to women today
• dana, charity
• Differences among Hindus in their attitudes to other religions and the reasons for them
• Differences among Hindus in their attitudes to the roles and status of men and women, and the reasons for them (equality and sexism)
• Gandhi and his example of ahimsa
• Gandhi: practice and sayings on ahimsa
• Gandhi's teachings on ahimsa, and his protest against British rule
• Giving to charity in Hinduism
• Hindu attitudes to family life: the roles, rights and duties of women
• Hindu attitudes towards other religions: Hindu beliefs about the status of non-Hindu religions
• Hindu attitudes towards other religions: the work of the Ramakrishna Mission
• Hindu attitudes towards other religions: tolerance
• Hindu attitudes towards racism
• Hindu attitudes towards the use of violence and towards pacifism
• Hindu attitudes towards war: the concept of ahimsa
• Hindu beliefs about forgiveness and reconciliation
• Hindu beliefs about the treatment of criminals
• Hindu responses to social injustice
• Hindu teaching about concern for the poor
• Hindu teaching about moral and immoral occupations
• Hindu teaching about the right uses of money
• Hindu teaching about war
• Hindu teachings on almsgiving and charity
• Hindu teachings on compassion and justice
• Hindu teachings on possession
• Hindu teachings on stewardship
• Hindu teachings on the relationship between rich and poor
• Hindu teachings on uses and dangers of wealth
• Hindu teachings which help to promote racial harmony
• How either TV soap operas or the national daily press deal with religious and moral issues of importance to Hindus, including an in-depth study of ONE religious or moral issue that has been dealt with
• Laws of Manu on place of women
• Moral behaviour in the context of conflict and its resolution: doctrine of non-violence
• Moral behaviour in the context of conflict and its resolution: Gandhi's use of the concept of ahimsa in practice
• Moral behaviour in the context of minority rights: work of the Dalit Liberation Education Trust
• prasad
• Prejudice and discrimination - with reference to race and religion
• Principle of ahimsa
• Respect and concern for the created world
• The causes of hunger, poverty and disease
• The contribution of ONE modern Hindu person or organisation to racial harmony, and the Hindu basis for this work
• The growth of equal rights for women in the United Kingdom
• The importance and application of the values of ahimsa
• The importance and application of the values of non-attachment
• The importance and application of the values of truthfulness
• the influence of social structures on moral behaviour - individual and corporate
• The influence of the principle of ahimsa on non-Hindu individuals and groups
• The nature of the United Kingdom as a multi-ethnic society, including prejudice, racism and discrimination
• The quality, variety and richness of life in the United Kingdom as a multi-faith society, including considerations of religious freedom and religious pluralism
• The role and status of women
• The role of women in Hindu society
• The roles of women within a Hindu family
• The work of a Hindu individual or organisation to help the needy
• The work of Hindu agencies in world development and the relief of poverty
• Wealth and poverty