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  • Finding Meaning

    An Existential Quest in Post-Modern Israel

    Edited by Ofra Mayseless, Pninit Russo-Netzer ...
    From its trendy urban centers to its ancient deserts, Israel's history is based on the rich heritage of traditions and contradictions. It is known as a start-up nation, with hospitable and warm interpersonal relationships, and a steady high-ranked happiness level. Yet, its deep political disparities and past traumas ripple beneath the surface of its culture, with unyielding existential threats ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Conflict Is Not Abuse

    Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair

    by Sarah Schulman ...
    From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between Conflict and Abuse, Schulman directly addresses our contemporary culture of scapegoating. This deep, brave, and bold work reveals how punishment replaces personal and collective self-criticism, and shows why ... Read more

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  • Understanding the Times

    A Survey of Competing Worldviews

    by Dr. Jeff Myers, Dr. David A. Noebel ...
    Your view of God determines your view of the world.You hold in your hands a landmark guide to understanding the ideas and forces shaping our times. Understanding the Times offers a fascinating, comprehensive look at the how the tenets of the Christian worldview compares with the five major competing worldviews of our day: Islam, Secular Humanism, Marxism, New Age, and Postmodernism.Understanding ... Read more

    $32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Big Gods

    How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict

    by Ara Norenzayan ...
    How did human societies scale up from small, tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societies of today--even though anonymity is the enemy of cooperation? How did organized religions with "Big Gods"--the great monotheistic and polytheistic faiths--spread to colonize most minds in the world? In Big Gods, Ara Norenzayan makes the surprising and provocative ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Blood That Cries Out From the Earth

    The Psychology of Religious Terrorism

    by James Jones ...
    Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question. Research on the psychology of violence shows that several factors work to make ordinary people turn "evil. ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Nonreligious

    Understanding Secular People and Societies

    by Phil Zuckerman, Luke W. Galen, Frank L. Pasquale ...
    The number of nonreligious people has increased dramatically over the past several decades, yet scholarship on the nonreligious is severely lacking. In response to this critical gap in knowledge, The Nonreligious provides a comprehensive summation and analysis of existing social scientific research on secular people and societies. The authors present a thorough overview of existing knowledge while ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Philosophies of Islamic Education

    Historical Perspectives and Emerging Discourses

    Edited by Mujadad Zaman, Nadeem Memon ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Religion and Education
    The study of Islamic education has hitherto remained a tangential inquiry in the broader focus of Islamic Studies. In the wake of this neglect, a renaissance of sorts has occurred in recent years, reconfiguring the importance of Islam’s attitudes to knowledge, learning and education as paramount in the study and appreciation of Islamic civilization. Philosophies of Islamic Education, stands in ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Religion Today

    A Critical Thinking Approach to Religious Studies

    by Ross Aden ...
    Religion Today introduces students to key concepts in religious studies through a compelling problem-solving framework. Each chapter opens with a contemporary case study that helps students engage in current religious issues, explore possible solutions to difficult religious problems today, and learn key themes and concepts in religious studies.To enhance student learning, a free Student Study ... Read more

    $101.29 USD

  • After Israel

    Towards Cultural Transformation

    by Marcelo Svirsky ...
    In this unique new contribution, Marcelo Svirsky asserts that no political solution currently on offer can provide the cultural marrow necessary to effect a transformation of modes of being and ways of life in the State of Israel.Controversially, Svirsky argues that the Zionist political project cannot be fixed - it is one that negatively affects the lives of its beneficiaries as well as of its ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education

    Critical Perspectives on Teaching Islam in Primary and Secondary Schools

    Edited by Nadeem A. Memon, Mariam Alhashmi, Mohamad Abdalla ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Religion and Education
    This book demonstrates why and how it is necessary to redesign Islamic Education curriculum in the K-12 sector globally. From Western public schools that integrate Muslim perspectives to be culturally responsive, to public and private schools in Muslim minority and majority contexts that teach Islamic studies as a core subject or teach from an Islamic perspective, the volume highlights the unique ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Principles and Pedagogies in Jewish Education

    by Barry Chazan ...
    This book is aimed at improving contemporary educational practice by rooting it in clear analytical thinking. The book utilizes the analytic approach to philosophy of education to elucidate the meaning of the terms “education,” “moral education,” “indoctrination,” “contemporary American Jewish education,’’“informal Jewish education,” “the Israel experience,” and “Israel education.” The final ... Read more

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  • Understanding Religious Ritual

    Theoretical approaches and innovations

    Edited by John Hoffmann ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Although numerous studies of religious rituals have been conducted by religious studies scholars, anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists, it is rare to find a work that brings scholars from different disciplines together to discuss the similarities and differences in their research. This book represents contributions by leading scholars from several disciplines that show the diversity of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD