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  • Religion and Extremism

    Rejecting Diversity

    by Prof Douglas Pratt ...
    Focusing on the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Douglas Pratt argues that despite a popular focus on Islam, extremist Jews and Christians can also enact terror and destruction. Religion and Extremism stresses that the ideological rejection of diversity underlies religious extremism resulting in violent behaviours and, increasingly, in hardening social and religious ... Read more

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  • To Change the World

    The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

    by James Davison Hunter ...
    The call to make the world a better place is inherent in the Christian belief and practice. But why have efforts to change the world by Christians so often failed or gone tragically awry? And how might Christians in the 21st century live in ways that have integrity with their traditions and are more truly transformative? In To Change the World, James Davison Hunter offers persuasive--and ... Read more

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  • The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism

    and Other Writings

    by Max Weber, Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells ...
    Translated by Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells ...
    In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin ... Read more

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  • The Fundamentals of Extremism

    The Christian Right in America

    by Ed Buckner, Herb Silverman ...
    On September 11, 2001, Americans witnessed horrific carnage inspired by religious extremism. We saw religious fundamentalists will stop at nothing to reign terror on those they regard as their enemies. In our response, we began to focus on the oppressive treatment of women and children in other parts of the world where religious fundamentalism rules. But we failed to acknowledge the impact and ... Read more

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  • Religion and AIDS in Africa

    by Jenny Trinitapoli, Alexander Weinreb ...
    The first comprehensive empirical account of how religion affects the interpretation, prevention, and mitigation of AIDS in Africa, the world's most religious continent. ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Religion and Human Rights

    An Introduction

    Edited by John Witte, Jr., M. Christian Green ...
    The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, ... Read more

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  • Religion in China

    Survival and Revival under Communist Rule

    by Fenggang Yang ...
    Religion in China survived the most radical suppression in human history--a total ban of any religion during and after the Cultural Revolution. All churches, temples, and mosques were closed down, converted for secular uses, or turned to museums for the purpose of atheist education. Over the last three decades, however, religion has survived and thrived even as China remains under Communist rule. ... Read more

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  • Winning the Culture War

    by Linda Rae Hermann ...
    Winning the Culture War is an exposé on America’s gradual but steady secular and socialist drift. It serves as a treatise that unashamedly reinforces our country’s Judeo-Christian heritage while sounding the alarm at where we as Americans are heading unless Christians and concerned citizens take a firm stand.In 1989, the Berlin wall, the very wall that symbolized oppression for so many indeed came ... Read more

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  • Under the Heel of the Dragon

    Islam, Racism, Crime, and the Uighur in China

    by Blaine Kaltman ...
    Series Book 7 - Research in International Studies, Global and Comparative Studies
    The Turkic Muslims known as the Uighur have long faced social and economic disadvantages in China because of their minority status. Under the Heel of the Dragon: Islam, Racism, Crime, and the Uighur in China offers a unique insight into current conflicts resulting from the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the Chinese government’s oppression of religious minorities, issues that have heightened ... Read more

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  • The New Sectarianism

    The Arab Uprisings and the Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide

    by Geneive Abdo ...
    The Shi'a-Sunni conflict is one of the most significant outcomes arising from the Arab rebellions. Yet, there is little understanding of who is driving this tension and the underlying causes. By delving deeply into the historical factors leading up to the present-day conflict, The New Sectarianism sheds new light on how Shi'a and Sunni perceive one another after the Arab uprisings, how these ... Read more

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  • Orthodox Christian Renewal Movements in Eastern Europe

    Edited by Radmila Radić, Aleksandra Djurić Milovanović ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book explores the changes underwent by the Orthodox Churches of Eastern and Southeastern Europe as they came into contact with modernity. The movements of religious renewal among Orthodox believers appeared almost simultaneously in different areas of Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth and during the first decades of the twentieth century. This volume examines what could be defined as ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Christian

    The Politics of a Word in America

    by Matthew Bowman ...
    A Publishers Weekly Best Religion Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic TitleFor many Americans, being Christian is central to their political outlook. Political Christianity is most often associated with the Religious Right, but the Christian faith has actually been a source of deep disagreement about what American society and government should look like. While some identify Christianity ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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