Public international law: human rights

Jim Wallis thinks our life together can be better.

Christians across the spectrum have soured on religious involvement in politics, tempted either to withdraw or to secularize their public engagement.

Internationally acclaimed theologian Graham Ward is well known for his thoughtful engagement with postmodernism.

This groundbreaking collection considers empire from a global perspective, exploring the role of evangelicals in political, social, and economic engagement at a time when empire is alternately denounced and embraced.

Leslie Griffiths is one of the outstanding Christians of his generation.

Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth.

As Northern Ireland moves from conflict to tentative peace, ongoing violence and unrest underline that the province remains a turbulent and troubled society.

In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offence of failing to respect the divine.

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India.

According to the World Evangelical Alliance, over 200 million Christians in at least 60 countries are denied fundamental human rights solely because of their faith.

Leslie Griffiths is one of the outstanding Christians of his generation.

Politics in a Religious World examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands, if not ignores, the role of religion in international conflicts.

This book reflects the way in which the city interacts with the sacred in all its many guises, with religion and the human search for meaning in life.

Politics of Fear, Practices of Hope is about the relationship between two hugely influential ideas in political life: fear and hope.

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India.

Politics in a Religious World examines why US diplomacy often misunderstands, if not ignores, the role of religion in international conflicts.

As Northern Ireland moves from conflict to tentative peace, ongoing violence and unrest underline that the province remains a turbulent and troubled society.

The Secular Contract seeks to defend the European Enlightenment's secularization of political philosophy by promoting an understanding of Enlightenment secular liberalism and extending it to contemporary issues.

This book reflects the way in which the city interacts with the sacred in all its many guises, with religion and the human search for meaning in life.

Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state which does not give preference to churches as major political players.

This volume is centred around the theme of veiling in Islam and provides multifarious aspects of the discussion regarding veiling of Muslim women, especially in the West.

For more than twenty years, Bishop Tom Butler has related religious belief to the events of public life, both national and global, in regular contributions to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day.

What does liberation theology actually look like in 21st century Britain?

At a time of renewed interest in the monarchy (stimulated by the marriage of Prince William of Wales and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II), the institution is analyzed and dissected from almost every point of view apart from the sacred -- which arguably stands at its heart and is its ultimate raison d'etre.

What does liberation theology actually look like in 21st century Britain?

Rudolf Steiner is one of the most controversially judged educational reformers of the twentieth century.

Using a key religious freedom Act, the book analyzes legislative process, Supreme Court jurisprudence, and discusses the role of religion in public life.

The work examines how the attitudes and preferences of various Christian groups in the United States can influence U.

It has been maintained that the secular nature of modern human rights makes them incompatible with the religious orientation of African and non-Western societies.

Peter Hitchens lost faith as a teenager.

Rudolf Steiner is one of the most controversially judged educational reformers of the twentieth century.

This volume is centred around the theme of veiling in Islam and provides multifarious aspects of the discussion regarding veiling of Muslim women, especially in the West.

For more than twenty years, Bishop Tom Butler has related religious belief to the events of public life, both national and global, in regular contributions to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day.

Religion is prevalent in world politics today, and international relation theory is at pains to understand and explain this phenomenon.

How is hostage space constructed?

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment governs the relationship between the institutions of the church and those of the state; the Supreme Court, as arbiter of the Constitution, has, since 1947, sought to determine where the line between the two should be drawn.

Since September 11, Western governments have legitimized and empowered "e;nonviolent Islamists"e; as representatives of Islam for all Muslims in the West, an approach that has worried Muslim moderates.

At a time of renewed interest in the monarchy (stimulated by the marriage of Prince William of Wales and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II), the institution is analyzed and dissected from almost every point of view apart from the sacred -- which arguably stands at its heart and is its ultimate raison d'etre.

Writing has come face-to-face with a most crucial juncture: to negotiate with the inescapable presence of violence.

How is hostage space constructed?

On seeking office and in coming to power, New Labour presented its vision for Britain in moral terms.

Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain, yet emerging democracies continue to struggle with a secular state which does not give preference to churches as major political players.