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Religious Interactions in Europe and the Mediterranean World
Coexistence and Dialogue from the 12th to the 20th Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
The religious histories of Christian and Muslim countries in Europe and Western Asia are often treated in isolation from one another. This can lead to a limited and simplistic understanding of the international and interreligious interactions currently taking place. This edited collection brings these...
The Palestinians
Myths and Martyrs
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
Johannes Gerloff, born in 1963, is a professional journalist, a studied theologian and he is German. With all that carries with it in relation to Germany’s past history with the Jewish people – culminating in the Holocaust during the NA ZI regime in WWII – it is that much more significant that...
God Needs Salvation
A New Vision of God for the Twenty First Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Many people today have deserted the old forms of religion. But does this make them any the less religious? Hugh Rock’s message is that people are inherently religious. The necessary task today is to articulate anew the reality of religion. In a wide-ranging survey, that draws together the past fifty...
by Benjamin Vande Weerdhof Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Can we live a moral life without God? Are religions a force of good in the world? Is there life after death? In Why You Won’t Go to Hell, Benjamin Andrews argues that the time of religion is passing, and that humanity must create new laws and new systems to meet the challenges of a modern world based...
Creed & Grievance
Muslim-Christian Relations & Conflict Resolution in Northern Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
In northern Nigeria, high levels of ethnic diversity have coincided with acute polarization between Muslims and Christians, increasingly fuelling violent conflict. The climate of insecurity threatens northern Nigeria's development, accentuates the inequalities between it and the rest of the country,...
Acts of Conscience
Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
In response to the massive bloodshed that defined the twentieth century, American religious radicals developed a modern form of nonviolent protest, one that combined Christian principles with new uses of mass media. Greatly influenced by the ideas of Mohandas Gandhi, these "acts of conscience"...
by Anna Su
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Religious freedom is recognized as a basic human right, guaranteed by nearly all national constitutions. Anna Su charts the rise of religious freedom as an ideal firmly enshrined in international law and shows how America’s promotion of the cause of individuals worldwide to freely practice their faith advanced its ascent as a global power.
The New Third Rome
Readings of a Russian Nationalist Myth
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Drawing on theories of political myth and concepts of nationalism, Jardar Østbø analyzes the content and ideological function of the myth of Russia as a Third Rome. Through case studies of four prominent nationalist intellectuals, Østbø shows how this messianic myth was used to reinvent Russia...
The Future of Political Theology
Religious and Theological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour these movements. Given that a medley of recent books and articles have exhaustively treated both the history...
Spiritual Bankruptcy
A Prophetic Call to Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In these times many people feel that their cherished religious values are held hostage by the forces of secularization and that, as a consequence, society is morally bankrupt. While acknowledging this problem, John Cobb overturns the prevailing expectations by drawing a distinction between secularization...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Religion, Language and Power shows that the language of ‘religion’ is far from neutral, and that the packaging and naming of what English speakers call ‘religious’ groups or identities is imbued with the play of power. Religious Studies has all too often served to amplify voices from other...
by Fariba Solati
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This book investigates why the rate of female labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa is the lowest in the world. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book explains that the primary reason for the low rate of female labor force participation is the strong institutions of patriarchy...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Issues of homosexuality are the subject of public and political controversy in many African societies today. Frequently, these controversies receive widespread attention both locally and globally, such as with the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda. In the international media, these cases tend to be...
Dare We Speak of Hope?
Searching for a Language of Life in Faith and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
The phrase "hopeful politics" has dominated our public discourse in connection with the inspiring rise of Nelson Mandela in South Africa and the remarkable election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. But what happens when that hope disappoints? Can it be salvaged? What is...