Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...
  • Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque

    A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace

    Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
    Is religion best seen as only a cause of war, or is it a source of comfort for those caught up in conflict? In Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque six senior figures in Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Development Studies set out to answer this question.Based on fieldwork conducted in Sri Lanka's most religiously diverse and politically troubled region during the country's civil war (1983 ... Read more

    $33.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Contested States in War and Law

    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The precarious status of contested states both reflects and begets conflict. From Taiwan to Western Sahara and from Nagorno-Karabakh to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, contested states call into question the standard categories of international law that divide inside and outside, state and non-state, war and rebellion. They inevitably ... Read more

    Free

People who read these also enjoyed

  • IMPLOSION: Can America Recover from Its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time?

    Can America Recover from Its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time?

    Bestselling author and international political expert Joel C. Rosenberg tackles the question: Is America an empire in decline or a nation poised for a historic Renaissance?America teeters on a precipice. In the midst of financial turmoil, political uncertainty, declining morality, the constant threat of natural disasters, and myriad other daunting challenges, many wonder what the future holds for ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • God & Government

    An Insider's View on the Boundaries Between Faith & Politics

    How should Christians live their faith in the public arena?Twenty years ago, the first edition of Chuck Colson's Kingdoms in Conflict became a bestseller, a must-read for people interested in politics and the relationship between church and state. Now, with a passion for truth and moved by the urgency of the times we live in, Colson has written God and Government, re-voicing his powerful and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sacred and Secular

    Religion and Politics Worldwide

    Series series Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
    This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • What Bothers Me Most about Christianity

    Honest Reflections from an Open-Minded Christ Follower

    by Ed Gungor ...
    New York Times bestselling author ed Gungor offers a provocative look at the questions that bother not only opponents of Christianity but dedicated believers as well. with candor and good will, Gungor joins the discussion generated by the multitude of atheistic books currently in the market and offers a thoughtful, reasonable response.In What Bothers M... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Getting Religion

    Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Ascent of Trump

    "In this thoughtful book, Ken Woodward offers us a memorable portrait of the past seven decades of American life and culture. From Reinhold Niebuhr to Billy Graham, from Abraham Heschel to the Dali Lama, from George W. Bush to Hillary Clinton, Woodward captures the personalities and charts the philosophical trends that have shaped the way we live now." –Jon Meacham, author of Destiny and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks

    Updated Edition

    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Turkey has leapt to international prominence as an economic and political powerhouse under its elected Muslim government, and is looked on by many as a model for other Muslim countries in the wake of the Arab Spring. In this book, Jenny White reveals how Turkish national identity and the meanings of Islam and secularism have undergone radical changes in today's Turkey, and asks whether the Turkish ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Miracle of Israel

    The Shocking, Untold Story of God's Love For His People

    Everyone is looking for a miracle. Families devastated by a faltering economy. A college student facing the horrific diagnosis of cancer. Corporately, whole nations are teetering on the brink of despair and chaos. The Miracle of Israel is a stunning examination of the millennia-old love that God has for His people that:Clearly conveys the promise God gave to AbrahamExamines the ancient prophecies ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Church in Brazil

    The Politics of Religion

    Series series LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
    In 1980, Brazil was the largest Roman Catholic country in the world, with 90 percent of its more than 120 million people numbered among the faithful. The Church hierarchy became aware, however, that the religion practiced by the majority of its members was not that promoted by the institution, a point dramatized by the rapid growth of other religious movements in Brazil—particularly Protestant ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights

    In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the International Declaration of Human Rights, a document designed to hold both individuals and nations accountable for their treatment of fellow human beings, regardless of religious or cultural affiliations. Since then, the compatibility of Islam and human rights has emerged as a particularly thorny issue of international ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Buddhism, Education and Politics in Burma and Thailand

    From the Seventeenth Century to the Present

    Drawing on primary sources in Pali, Burmese and Thai, practising monk Venerable Khammai Dhammasami guides the reader through the complex history of monastic education in two neighbouring countries with very different Buddhist societies: Burma and Thailand.This book provides a clear account of the ways in which royal leaders and monastic institutions worked to develop monastic education in the face ... Read more

    $38.89 USD