Religion category: 228605 books
The Social Significance of Religion in the Enlarged Europe
Secularization, Individualization and Pluralization
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Engaging with some of the central issues in the sociology of religion, this volume investigates the role and significance of churches and religion in contemporary Western and Eastern Europe. Based on an extensive international research project, it offers case studies of various countries (including...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
This is the first book to focus on the significance of religion during President Obama's years in the White House. Addressing issues ranging from identity politics, immigration, income inequality, Islamophobia and international affairs, Religion in the Age of Obama explores the religious and moral...
by F. B. Jevons
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
The use of any science lies in its application to practical purposes. For Christianity, the use of the science of religion consists in applying it to show that Christianity is the highest manifestation of the religious spirit. To make this use of the science of religion, we must fully and frankly...
Religion and Revolution in Mexico's North
Even Unto Death . . . Tengamos Fe
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
Religion and revolution reverberated through northern Mexico like the thunder and lightning of its wild and fierce storms. Religion and Revolution in Mexico?s North reveals the motivation behind the madness and the role religion played in the very struggle for the soul of Mexico. During the revolution,...
The Integral Philosophy of Aurobindo
Hermeneutics and the Study of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. This book is an enquiry into the integral philosophy of Aurobindo and its contemporary relevance. It offers a reading of Aurobindo’s key texts by bringing them into conversation with religious studies and the hermeneutical...
Seduction of Religion
An Illuminating and Provocative Guide to the Religions of the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
The Seduction of Religion offers an illuminating and provocative guide to the religions of the world, focusing on the irrationality of religious beliefs. The point of this book is not to preach atheism so much as it is to encourage its readers to reflect more carefully on why they believe what they...
Religion and Psychology
Mapping the Terrain
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
Religion and Psychology is a thorough and incisive survey of the current relationship between religion and psychology from the leading scholars in the field. This is an essential resource for students and researchers in the area of psychology of religion. Issues addressed are:
* The Psychology-Theology...
A View from the Back Pew
God, Religion & Our Personal Quest for Truth
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Engages with the taboo questions of Christianity as investigative reportage, exploring the "mysteries of faith". Is America becoming preoccupied with religion? In a country with a tradition of keeping matters of creed private, we are now seeing religion in the headlines almost daily, while ironically,...
by Seshagiri Dr. Rao Regulagadda
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Ambedkars philosophical ideas on Religion and Morality would pave the way for practical responses on different ideology in the Indian society. He clearly understood that how deep the religion plays a key role in Indian society. At the same time he explains how effectively religion has changed its...
Sacred Languages of the World
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
A fascinating comparative account of sacred languages and their role in and beyond religion —written for a broad, interdisciplinary audience
Sacred languages have been used for foundational texts, liturgy, and ritual for millennia, and many have remained virtually unchanged through the centuries....
Religion and European Society
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
A contemporary examination of the role of religion in the European public sphere and beyond
Although the role of religion has arguably declined in the societies of Western and Northern Europe, religious participation in other parts of the continent and among growing immigrant communities remains...
Making Religion Safe for Democracy
Transformation from Hobbes to Tocqueville
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Does the toleration of liberal democratic society mean that religious faiths are left substantively intact, so long as they respect the rights of others? Or do liberal principles presuppose a deeper transformation of religion? Does life in democratic society itself transform religion? In Making Religion...
Formatting Religion
Across Politics, Education, Media, and Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
To talk about religion is to talk about politics, identity, terrorism, migration, gender, and a host of other aspects of society. This volume examines and engages with larger debates around religion and proposes a new approach that moves beyond the usual binaries to analyse its role in our societies...
Where Has God Gone?
Religion—The Most Powerful Instrument for Growth or Destruction
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
GodGod is dead, declared Friedrich Nietzsche. Thank God! Who needs that God anyway? We now have the other gods weve created to fit our deep desires and make us feel that it is WE who are in charge, and not anyone else. We thought that these human-made gods were not only more convenient, more suitable,...