This volume consists of a thematic arrangement of fourteen essays on the interconnected issues of religion, ethics, and politics. A trans- or post-disciplinary praxis-based approach is advanced and em
This collective work compares US and UK conservative thought in the areas of the meaning of rights, foreign policy mission, the role of religious activism within their respective party politics, and t
Reflections on the Religious, the Ethical, and the Political presents a thematic arrangement of fourteen essays on the interconnected issues of religion, ethics, and politics. A trans- or post-discipl
In 2009 the European Court of Human Rights ruled against display of crucifixes in Italian public school classrooms and 16 months later overruled that decision. The papers in this volume use that case
Critical Reflections on the Paranormal discusses various aspects of paranormal phenomena such as telepathy, psychokinesis, trance-mediumship, near-death experiences, and past-life memories. It reflect
Participation in religious liturgies and rituals is a pervasive and remarkably complex form of human activity. This book opens with a discussion of the nature of liturgical activity and then explores
Kierkegaardian Reflections of the Problem of Pluralism draws on Kierkegaard’s existentialist understanding of faith in order to defend religious pluralism, which says that different religions provide
This book is not intended to be a course in religious education, but rather an insightful approach to relating the gospel readings into our everyday lives. By sharing the author's experiences and how
This book is not intended to be a course in religious education, but rather an insightful approach to relating the gospel readings into our everyday lives. By sharing the author's experiences and how
The study of indigenous religions has become an important academic field, particularly since the religious practices of indigenous peoples are being transformed by forces of globalization and transcon
Foreign policy thinkers in the US must take religion seriously in their analysis of policy conflicts in the Middle East, declares American ethicist and theologian Stone, because a secular approach can
Stone argues that religion must be understood in its connections with world politics for the successful conduct of foreign policy. Without peace among religions, there can be no peace, and without und
In search of the "truth", Gibran could find no single religious tradition which completely revealed its intention. Thus he wove together insights from Eastern Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, American T
What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many studies have been written on nationalist political movements, the sense of nationality—the personal and cultural feeling of belonging to the nation—has not received proportionate attention. In this widely acclaimed work, Benedict Anderson examines the creation and global spread of the ‘imagined communities’ of nationality.Anderson explores the processes that created these communities: the territorialisation of religious faiths, the decline of antique kingship, the interaction between capitalism and print, the development of vernacular languages-of-state, and changing conceptions of time. He shows how an originary nationalism born in the Americas was modularly adopted by popular movements in Europe, by the imperialist powers, and by the anti-imperialist resistances in Asia and Africa.This revised edition includes two new chapters, one of which discusses the complex role of the colonialist stat
The late Pope John Paul II frequently invoked Dignitatis Humanae as one of the foundational documents of contemporary Church social teaching. In this timely new edited collection, Catholicism and Reli
The late Pope John Paul II frequently invoked Dignitatis Humanae as one of the foundational documents of contemporary Church social teaching. In this timely new edited collection, Catholicism and Reli
