Comparative category: 2220 books
by Elijah Muhammad
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2011
This title looks at a comparative aspect of how many religions have a timetable to expected events of the future and that although they seem to be addressing different references, they have striking similar and overlapping commonality. How time is told by the different worlds, and the relevance to...
Ritual
Perspectives and Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because of the variety of activities that qualify as...
A Theory of Deference in Administrative Law
Basis, Application and Scope
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
In the modern administrative state, hundreds if not thousands of officials wield powers that can be used to the benefit or detriment of individuals and corporations. When the exercise of these powers is challenged, a great deal can be at stake. Courts are confronted with difficult questions about...
Colonial and Post-colonial Constitutionalism in the Commonwealth
Peace, Order and Good Government
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
The peace, order and good government (POGG) clause is found in the constitutions of almost all Commonwealth countries. Since its introduction, the clause has played a significant role in colonial and post-colonial constitutionalism in Commonwealth jurisdictions.
This book is the first full...
Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing
The International Problem-Solving Court Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
A wide variety of problem-solving courts have been developed in the United States over the past two decades and are now being adopted in countries around the world. These innovative courts--including drug courts, community courts, domestic violence courts, and mental health courts--do not simply adjudicate...
Speech and Society in Turbulent Times
Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
This volume explores how societies are addressing challenging questions about the relationship between expression, traditional and societal values, and the transformations introduced by new information communications technologies. It seeks to identify alternative approaches to the role of speech and...
The Geography of Religion
Faith, Place, and Space
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2008
The only book of its kind, this balanced and accessibly written text explores the geographical study of religion. Roger W. Stump presents a clear and meticulous examination of the intersection of religious belief and practice with the concepts of place and space. He begins by analyzing the factors...
by Harry Oldmeadow
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
This is the first comprehensive study of the intellectual and spiritual message of world-renowned philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), the foremost spokesman of the “Perennialist” or “Traditionalist” school of comparative religious thought. Intended primarily as an introductory guide to Schuon’s...
Interreligious Learning
Dialogue, Spirituality and the Christian Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Taking the theme of learning as central to the responsible practice of interfaith dialogue, Michael Barnes discusses a Christian spirituality which builds on virtues of hospitality and the welcoming of other traditions, whilst maintaining the importance of difference and particularity in the search...
Shared Identities
Medieval and Modern Imaginings of Judeo-Islam
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Received opinion imagines Judaism and Islam as two distinct religions interacting in the centuries following the death of Muhammad in the early seventh century. Tradition describes the relations between the two groups using such tropes as "symbiosis." In this revisionist work, Aaron W. Hughes instead...
Possession, Power and the New Age
Ambiguities of Authority in Neoliberal Societies
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
This book provides a new sociological account of contemporary religious phenomena such as channelling, holistic healing, meditation and divination, which are usually classed as part of a New Age Movement. Drawing on his extensive ethnography carried out in the UK, alongside comparative studies in...
Canada in the World
Comparative Perspectives on the Canadian Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
In this volume marking the Sesquicentennial of Confederation in Canada, leading scholars and jurists discuss the evolution of the Canadian Constitution since the British North America Act 1867; the role of the Supreme Court in interpreting the Constitution as a 'living tree' capable of application...
Law and International Religious Freedom
The Rise and Decline of the American Model
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This book analyzes the promotion and protection of freedom of religion in the international arena with a particular focus on the role and influence of the US International Religious Freedom Act, 1998. It also investigates the impact of the IRFA on the legislation and policies of third countries and...
Global Capitalism in Disarray
Inequality, Debt, and Austerity
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Global capitalism is affected by the malaises of stagnation, financial fragility, increased income inequality, growing wealth concentration at the top, and a vanishing fair social contract. This book focuses on the incidence of these phenomena in the US, UK, Greece, Spain, Chile, South Africa, Australia,...