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  • Political theologies and development in Asia

    Transcendence, sacrifice, and aspiration

    Edited by Giuseppe Bolotta, Philip Fountain, R. Michael Feener ...
    This innovative and timely reassessment of political theology opens new lines of critical investigation into the intersections of religion and politics in contemporary Asia. Moving beyond a focus on the (post-) Christian West, this volume locates ‘development’ – conceptualised as a set of modern, transnational networks of ideas and practices of improvement that connect geographically disparate ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Rebuilding Asia Following Natural Disasters

    Approaches to Reconstruction in the Asia-Pacific Region

    Edited by Patrick Daly, R. Michael Feener ...
    Providing a detailed and comparative assessment of the humanitarian responses to a series of major disasters in Asia over the past two decades, including massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, this book explores complex and changing understandings and practices of relief, recovery, and reconstruction. These critical investigations raise questions about the position and ... Read more

    $116.49 USD

  • Shi'ism In South East Asia

    Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions

    Edited by Chiara Formichi, Michael Feener ...
    This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for 'Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasizes how such sentiments and associated practices are seen as part of broad traditions shared ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Shari'a and Social Engineering

    The Implementation of Islamic Law in Contemporary Aceh, Indonesia

    by R. Michael Feener ...
    Series series Oxford Islamic Legal Studies
    This book seeks to open new lines of discussion about how Islamic law is viewed as a potential tool for programs of social transformation in contemporary Muslim society. It does this through a critical examination of the workings of the state shari'a system as it was designed and implemented at the turn of the twenty-first century in Aceh, Indonesia. While the empirical details of these ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Proselytizing and the Limits of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Asia

    Edited by R. Michael Feener, Juliana Finucane ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume brings together a range of critical studies that explore diverse ways in which processes of globalization pose new challenges and offer new opportunities for religious groups to propagate their beliefs in contemporary Asian contexts. Proselytizing tests the limits of religious pluralism, as it is a practice that exists on the border of tolerance and intolerance. The practice of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Globalization, Gender, and Peacebuilding: The Future of Interfaith Dialogue

    by Kwok Pui-lan ...
    Shows how globalization has impacted interreligious relationships and dialogue and argues that the future of interfaith dialogue must include those marginalized voices that have not been invited to the table, especially women. ... Read more

    $7.96 USD

  • Religion, Culture & Society

    A Global Approach

    by Andrew Singleton ...
    "The reader is taken on a global exploration of the forms and diversities of religions and their social and cultural contexts... It is up to the minute in research and theory, and comfortably grounded in the traditions of the social explanation of things religious and spiritual."- Gary Bouma AM, Monash University"Tells how sociology of religion originated in the work of key nineteenth and ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Religion and Ethnicity in Canada

    Edited by Paul Bramadat, David Seljak ...
    As the leading book in its field, Religion and Ethnicity in Canada has been embraced by scholars, teachers, students, and policy makers as a breakthrough study of Canadian religio-ethnic diversity and its impact on multiculturalism. A team of established scholars looks at the relationships between religious and ethnic identity in Canada's six largest minority religious communities: Hindus, ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Fundamentalism

    Prophecy and Protest in an Age of Globalization

    by Torkel Brekke ...
    This book investigates the origins of fundamentalism, outlining its characteristics and the history of key fundamentalist movements around the world, considering examples from Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. The book argues that fundamentalism develops when modern lay religious leaders challenge the authority of secular states and traditional religious establishments. These new leaders ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age

    by Giorgio Shani ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
    Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age examines the construction of a Sikh national identity in post-colonial India and the diaspora and explores the reasons for the failure of the movement for an independent Sikh state: Khalistan. Based on a decade of research, it is argued that the failure of the movement to bring about a sovereign, Sikh state should not be interpreted as resulting from ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The God Market

    How Globalization is Making India More Hindu

    by Meera Nanda ...
    Conventional wisdom says that integration into the global marketplacetends to weaken the power of traditional faith in developingcountries. But, as Meera Nanda argues in this path-breaking book,this is hardly the case in todays India. Against expectations ofgrowing secularism, India has instead seen a remarkable intertwiningof Hinduism and neoliberal ideology, spurred on by a growingcapitalist ... Read more

    $18.59 USD

  • Introducing Islam

    A Graphic Guide

    by Ziauddin Sardar ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of fundamentalism, bigotry and violence- a perception that couldn't be more wrong.Introducing Islam recounts the history of Islam from the birth of Prophet ... Read more

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