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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “simone raudino”
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  • Abraham and the Secular

    Fracture and Composition

    Edited by Simone Raudino, Uzma Ashraf Barton ...
    Series series Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice
    This volume offers both theoretical approaches and case studies on the relationship between religion and the secular world. Bringing together contributions from seasoned authors, religious leaders, and brilliant new scholars, it frames the long-standing debate on how to structure a comparative representation of any religion on the one side, and the secular world on the other. Often, the very act ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Development Aid and Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa

    The Limits of Western and Chinese Engagements

    by Simone Raudino ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers an original analysis of the long-term impact of western and Chinese economic and development cooperation policies in Africa. It argues that western Official Development Assistance (ODA) has failed to create viable and autonomous economies in beneficiary countries not (only) because of corruption, inefficiencies and cultural differences, but because it was never meant to do so. ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Global Economic Governance and Human Development

    Edited by Simone Raudino, Arlo Poletti ...
    Series series New Regionalisms Series
    Traditional understandings of economic development in low- and mid-income countries have largely been influenced by the economic narrative of Western Official Development Assistance (ODA). Within this framework, compliance with macroeconomic orthodoxy and early integration in Global Economic Governance (GEG) regimes are presented as enabling conditions to reach enhanced and sustainable levels of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • Religion in the Contemporary World

    A Sociological Introduction

    by Alan Aldridge ...
    In the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies. Almost all societies seek to cultivate religions and faith communities as sources of social stability and engines of social progress. They also try ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • Rethinking Secularism

    Edited by Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen ...
    This collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Of Virgins and Martyrs

    Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict

    by David Jacobson ...
    Series series Themes in Global Social Change
    Explores the role of women’s status, bodies, and sexuality in global conflicts.Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and "SlutWalk" protests, all of which involve issues of women's sexuality and freedom. Globalization, with its emphasis on human rights and individuality, heats up these arguments. In Of Virgins and ... Read more

    $25.39 USD

  • Islam in Liberalism

    by Joseph A. Massad ...
    "Demonstrates that Western liberal 'democracy', portrayed as foreign to 'Islam', necessarily serves an imperial project. . . . timely and controversial." — Politics, Religion & IdeologyIslam is often associated with words like oppression, totalitarianism, intolerance, cruelty, misogyny, and homophobia, while its presumed antonyms are Christianity, the West, liberalism, individualism, freedom, ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear

    by Matthew Kaemingk ...
    An alternative, uniquely Christian response to the growing global challenges of deep religious differenceIn the last fifty years, millions of Muslims have migrated to Europe and North America. Their arrival has ignited a series of fierce public debates on both sides of the Atlantic about religious freedom and tolerance, terrorism and security, gender and race, and much more. How can Christians ... Read more

    $34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • If God Were a Human Rights Activist

    by Boaventura de Sousa Santos ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Human Rights
    We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Faith and Secularisation in Religious Colleges and Universities

    by James Arthur ...
    This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational policy, mission and identity together with institutions’ relations with the state and their wider communities.A wide range of institutions are examined, including: Christian, Islamic and Jewish universities ... Read more

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  • Fethullah Gülen’s Teaching and Practice

    Inheritance, Context, and Interactive Development

    by Paul Weller ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This is the first book of its kind about the Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah Gülen, since the July 2016 events in Turkey, the trauma experienced by Gülen, and the disruption to initiatives inspired by his teaching, known as Hizmet. Drawing on primary interviews with Gülen and Hizmet participants and a literature review, this Open Access book locates the clear origins of Gülen’s teaching in the ... Read more

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  • 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