Routledge Studies in Religion
Theology and Civil Society
1st Edition
Edited
By Charles Pemberton
December 12, 2019
From food banks to migrant welcome committees, and community organisers to internet based campaigners, civil society is central to the North Atlantic social landscape. Theology and Civil Society advances our understanding of what civil society is and offers a theologically informed re-imagining of ...
Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World
1st Edition
Edited
By Hanna Havnevik, Ute Hüsken, Mark Teeuwen, Vladimir Tikhonov, Koen Wellens
December 10, 2019
The transformations Buddhism has been undergoing in the modern age have inspired much research over the last decade. The main focus of attention has been the phenomenon known as Buddhist modernism, which is defined as a conscious attempt to adjust Buddhist teachings and practices in conformity with...
Neoliberalism and the Biblical Voice: Owning and Consuming
1st Edition
By Paul Babie, Michael Trainor
December 10, 2019
This book compares our contemporary preoccupation with ownership and consumption with the role of property and possessions in the biblical world, contending that Christian theology provides a valuable entry point to discussing the issue of private property—a neoliberal tool with the capacity to ...
New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam
1st Edition
Edited
By Dawn-Marie Gibson, Herbert Berg
December 10, 2019
New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the nature and influence of the Nation of Islam (NOI), bringing fresh insights to areas that have previously been overlooked in the scholarship of Elijah Muhammad’s NOI, the Imam W.D. Mohammed community and Louis ...
Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora
1st Edition
Edited
By William Ackah, Jualynne E. Dodson, R. Drew Smith
December 10, 2019
Religion, Culture and Spirituality in Africa and the African Diaspora explores the ways in which religious ideas and beliefs continue to play a crucial role in the lives of people of African descent. The chapters in this volume use historical and contemporary examples to show how people of African ...
Religion, Migration, and Mobility: The Brazilian Experience
1st Edition
Edited
By Cristina Maria de Castro, Andrew Dawson
December 10, 2019
Focusing on migration and mobility, this edited collection examines the religious landscape of Brazil as populated and shaped by transnational flows and domestic migratory movements. Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives on migration and religion, this book argues that Brazil’s diverse ...
Secular Cosmopolitanism, Hospitality, and Religious Pluralism
1st Edition
By Andrew Fiala
December 10, 2019
This book explores the idea of religious pluralism while defending the norms of secular cosmopolitanism, which include liberty, tolerance, civility, and hospitality. The secular cosmopolitan ideal requires us to be more tolerant and more hospitable toward religious believers and non-believers from ...
Religion and Ecological Crisis: The “Lynn White Thesis” at Fifty
1st Edition
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By Todd LeVasseur, Anna Peterson
September 27, 2018
In 1967, Lynn White, Jr.’s seminal article The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis was published, essentially establishing the academic study of religion and nature. White argues that religions—particularly Western Christianity—are a major cause of worldwide ecological crises. He then asserts ...
Contemporary Jewish Writing: Austria After Waldheim
1st Edition
By Andrea Reiter
August 09, 2018
This book examines Jewish writers and intellectuals in Austria, analyzing filmic and electronic media alongside more traditional publication formats over the last 25 years. Beginning with the Waldheim affair and the rhetorical response by the three most prominent members of the survivor generation ...
God and Natural Order: Physics, Philosophy, and Theology
1st Edition
By Shaun C. Henson
February 12, 2018
In God and Natural Order: Physics, Philosophy, and Theology, Shaun Henson brings a theological approach to bear on contemporary scientific and philosophical debates on the ordered or disordered nature of the universe. Henson engages arguments for a unified theory of the laws of nature, a concept ...
Just War and the Ethics of Espionage
1st Edition
By Darrell Cole
February 12, 2018
The War on Terror has raised many new, thorny issues of how we can determine acceptable action in defense of our liberties. Western leaders have increasingly used spies to execute missions unsuitable to the military. These operations, which often result in the contravening of international law and ...
Making European Muslims: Religious Socialization Among Young Muslims in Scandinavia and Western Europe
1st Edition
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By Mark Sedgwick
February 12, 2018
Making European Muslims provides an in-depth examination of what it means to be a young Muslim in Europe today, where the assumptions, values and behavior of the family and those of the majority society do not always coincide. Focusing on the religious socialization of Muslim children at home, in ...