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Space, Time, Justice
From Archaic Rituals to Contemporary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This book merges philosophical, psychoanalytical and legal perspectives to explore how spaces of justice are changing and the effect this has on the development of the administration of justice. There are as central themes: the idea of transgression as the starting point of the question of justice...
by Mira Fels
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2003
Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, grade: 2+ (B), University of Hamburg (Institute for Religion. Ecumenism, and Mission Science), course: Introduction to Hinduism, 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper gives an...
Calling in Today's World
Voices from Eight Faith Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Comparative religious insights into the meaning of vocation in today's world
The concept of "vocation" or "calling" is a distinctively Christian concern, grounded in the long-held belief that we find our meaning, purpose, and fulfillment in God. But what about religions...
That All May Flourish
Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Can humans flourish without destroying the earth? In this book, experts on many of the world's major and minor religious traditions address the question of human and earth flourishing. Each chapter considers specific religious ideas and specific environmental harms. Chapters are paired and the authors...
by Archie J. Bahm
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1993
The World's Living Religions is an authoritative study of comparative religion, Oriental and Occidental, by one of the foremost scholars in the field. It differs from other similar works on the subject in that, in addition to a detailed study of the five major religions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism,...
by Kit W. Wesler
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Archaeologists have been increasingly turning their attention to the study of religion, but the field so far has lacked a cross-cultural overview. This text challenges archaeological conventions by refusing to respect the geographic and temporal boundaries with which archaeologists too often define...
Transition Economies
Transformation, Development, and Society in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
This interdisciplinary study offers a comprehensive analysis of the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Providing full historical context and drawing on a wide range of literature, this book explores the continuous economic and social transformation of the...
Harsh Justice
Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide between America and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2003
Criminal punishment in America is harsh and degrading--more so than anywhere else in the liberal west. Executions and long prison terms are commonplace in America. Countries like France and Germany, by contrast, are systematically mild. European offenders are rarely sent to prison, and when they are,...
Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence
A Comparative Theology with Judaism and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
In recent years, martyrdom and political violence have been conflated in the public imagination. Rubén Rosario Rodríguez argues that martyr narratives deserve consideration as resources for resisting political violence in contemporary theological reflection. Underlying the three Abrahamic monotheistic...
Translating Religion
What is Lost and Gained?
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Translating Religion advances thinking about translation as a critical category in religious studies, combining theoretical reflection about processes of translation in religion with focused case studies that are international, interdisciplinary, and interreligious. By operating with broad conceptions...
Exclusion from Public Space
A Comparative Constitutional Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Hardly known twenty years ago, exclusion from public space has today become a standard tool of state intervention. Every year, tens of thousands of homeless individuals, drug addicts, teenagers, protesters and others are banned from parts of public space. The rise of exclusion measures is characteristic...
Weak Constitutionalism
Democratic Legitimacy and the Question of Constituent Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
It has been frequently argued that democracy is protected and realized under constitutions that protect certain rights and establish the conditions for a functioning representative democracy. However, some democrats still find something profoundly unsettling about contemporary constitutional regimes....
by Edwin Cannan
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Though Cannan, in his early years as an economist, was a critic of classical economics and an ally of interventionists, he moved sharply to the side of classical liberalism in the early 20th century. In this book, originally published in 1929 Edwin Cannan discussed in comparative terms the general...
by Harry Oldmeadow
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2008
The unprecedented collision of religions in the contemporary world creates both dangerous antagonism and new possibilities for spiritual growth and renewal. Such possibilities can only be realized through a reaffirmation of the perennial philosophy, which celebrates religious diversity while recognizing...