Public international law

In a time when the global and national economies seem to favor so few and harm so many, when the threats to the common good are so prevalent and so deep, how do people of faith think about these issues and act with those who are most vulnerable?

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In recent American politics, the term "e;morality"e; has come to be used in a way almost entirely restricted to private family and sexual issues, leaving aside responsibility for immensely consequential decisions about initiating wars, oppressive policies, regressive tax structures, and disregard of the United Nations and international law.

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Conflict in business and personal relationships is inevitable--much of the success of companies depends on how well they respond to it.

An intimate portrait of the daily realities of life in contemporary JerusalemThere is no escaping the Jerusalem of the religious imagination.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of how the International Criminal Court can be better equipped to handle instances of non-cooperation with its requests by States, specifically State Parties to the Rome Statute that have a concrete obligation to cooperate with the Court.

Volume 26 of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (YIHL) centres on the law, history and politics of humanitarian action in armed conflicts and beyond.

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The Orthodox Church has been characterized by some as "e;the best-kept secret in North America.

This book explores the phenomenon of conversion to Shi'a Islam in Italy.

Climate change poses an escalating challenge to global society, with climate-related disasters becoming more frequent, severe and widespread in their impact on individuals and communities, and in their interference with human rights.

Thirty years ago, Kathryn Tanner put forward a daring proposal.

The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) had many opponents when, in 1995, it came up for extension.

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The immense power the Catholic Church once wielded in Ireland has considerably diminished over the last fifty years.

Although scholars increasingly understand Scripture to contain political dimensions and implications, the interpretation of Scripture is often marginalized in most scholarly discussions of political theology.

In 2007, Antje Jackelén adopted the motto "e;God is greater"e; from the First Letter of John 3:18-20 for her consecration as the bishop of the Diocese of Lund.

This book uses the case of Northern Ireland to evaluate theoretical approaches in international relations.

(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonial resistance.

This book explores why the metaphor of the church as a family is insufficient.

Culture, Religion, and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia explores how the idea of the home is repurposed or re-envisioned in relation to experiences of modernity, urbanization, conflict, migration and displacement.

Media reporting on Islam and Muslims commonly relate stories about terrorism, violence, or the lack of integration with western values and society.

Although humans have always migrated, the present phenomenon of mass migration is unprecedented in scale and global in reach.

The way most people think about religion and politics is only loosely linked to empirical reality, argues Ryan P.

Today, the concept of "e;the refugee"e; as distinct from other migrants looms large.

What was Martin Luther King Jr.

Nations have powerful reasons to get their military alliances right.

Practicing Sectarianism explores the imaginative and contradictory ways that people live sectarianism.

Neoliberalism is the reigning, overarching spirit of our age.

How should the church relate to the public sphere?

This book situates public theology within the genre of political theology.

What remains anti-democratic in our criminal justice systems, and where does it come from?

Dispatches on nationalism and religionAs an insider to church politics and a scholar of contemporary Orthodoxy, Cyril Hovorun outlines forms of political orthodoxy in Orthodox churches, past and present.

All of us should condemn terrorism--whether the perpetrators are Muslim extremists, white supremacists, Marxist revolutionaries, or our own government.

This book's central claim is that a close reading of Augustine's epistemology can help political theologians develop affirmative accounts of political liberalism.

Donald Trump, a thrice-married, no-need-of-forgiveness, blustery billionaire who rarely goes to church, won more Evangelical Christian votes than any candidate in history on his way to winning the 2016 US presidential election.

A tightly written, dispassionate and unsentimental account of American Catholic political history, one backed by substantial research.

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Justice, even divine justice, is concrete.

This book uses the case of Northern Ireland to evaluate theoretical approaches in international relations.

Theology and the Globalized Present focuses on the world's future in God and God's creativeness.

"e;Kotsko goes beyond the biography of an icon to a provocative investigation of the devil's many lives and effects in cultural and political ideologies.

Law and Theology offers the definitive account of the relationship between law and theology in the Christian tradition.

In 1996, Walter Capps won a seat in US House of Representatives.

Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization breaks new ground by describing the global economy and its effects from the perspective of an integrated theology of "e;the earth as primary revelation"e; and the institutional powers of this world.

Today's social and political climate often pits conservative or traditional Christianity against "e;progressive"e; Christianity.

The diaspora of scholars exiled from Russia in 1922 offered something vital for both Russian Orthodoxy and for ecumenical dialogue.

What is friendship?

Bat, Ball & Bible chronicles the collision of moral and social forces in the argument over upholding New York State’s blue laws, meant to restrict social activities and maintain Sunday’s traditional standing as a day of religious observation.