Religious issues and debates

Premodern and early modern yoga comprise techniques with a wide range of aims, from turning inward in quest of the true self, to turning outward for divine union, to channeling bodily energy in pursuit of sexual pleasure.

The first ever history of Saudi jihadism, published in 2010, offering a powerful explanation for the rise of Islamist militancy in Saudi Arabia.

The Quaker World is an outstanding, comprehensive and lively introduction to this complex Christian denomination.

A selection of key writings on the problem of war and peace.

This book examines the women's movement in Iran and its role in contesting gender relations since the 1979 revolution.

Sheds new light on the relationship between tolerance and religion, concluding that local religious minorities are most likely to protect pluralism.

A ';brilliant and fascinating' (Eben Alexander, MD, author of Proof of Heaven) explorationrich with powerful personal stories and convincing researchof the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.

This book, together with a complementary volume 'Religion in Consumer Society', focuses on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the study of contemporary religion.

In Explaining Evil four prominent philosophers, two theists and two non-theists, present their arguments for why evil exists.

An introduction to how belonging and identity have been reflected, modified, and rearticulated in crucial moments throughout history.

This book reflects on major themes present at the interface between religion and human security in Africa.

Since its inception in 1968, the brain-death criterion for human death has enjoyed the status of one of the few relatively well-settled issues in bioethics.

Offers a comprehensive survey and interpretation of contemporary Christian political theology in a newly revised and expanded edition This book presents the latest thinking on the topic of contemporary Christian political theology, with original and constructive essays that represent a range of opinions on various topics.

Im Kontext der modernen Gesellschaften mit ihren beschleunigten Veränderungs- und Globalisierungsprozessen stellen sich für die orthodoxe wie für die katholische Kirche dieselben dringlichen Fragen.

Violations of religious freedom and violence committed in the name of religion grab our attention on a daily basis.

This book surveys the development of the religious landscape in Suriname and Guyana, focusing on the interaction between Hindus, Muslims, and Christians and responses to Christian dominance.

This book identifies both the consistencies and disparities between Catholic Social Teaching and the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book traces the evolution of Hindu theories of warfare in India from the dawn of civilization.

Increasingly, as the production, distribution and audience of films cross national boundaries, film scholars have begun to think in terms of 'transnational' rather than national cinema.

This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and practices into culture in Western democracies.

Between 2015 and 2020 the Labour Party was riven by allegations that the party had tolerated antisemitism.

This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding.

This book places the current wave of religion-based terrorism in a historical perspective, explaining why religion is associated with terrorism, comparing religion-based terrorism to other forms of terrorism, and documenting how religion-based terrorism is a product of powerful political, socioeconomic, and psychological forces.

This eighth volume offers an overview of modern Jewish history from political, social and cultural perspectives over the period 1815–2000.

Is it possible for orthodox, creedal Christianity to change its views on matters of sexuality and gender?

Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled.

This book, first published in 1957, was the first in English to provide a full and clear introduction to one of the most significant of Indian gods, and stresses his supreme role in Indian religion and art.

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

Not so long ago the world resisted change, often using religious-reasoning.

Based on 10 years of dedicated research, Dangerous Illusions is a battle cry for the human race to throw off religion in favour of logic and reason.

Von den Anfängen des Christentums bis zur Gegenwart war die Rolle der Frau in der katholischen Kirche stets einem Wandel unterworfen.

This book addresses the challenge of providing for the free exercise of religion without allowing religious exercise by some individuals and groups to impinge upon the conscientious convictions of others.

This volume, dedicated to the memory of Gerard Mannion (1970-2019), former Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies at Georgetown University, explores the topic of changing the church from a range of different theological perspectives.

In December 2012, the U.

They are Americans, and they are mujahideen.

Turkey has witnessed remarkable sociocultural change under the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), particularly regarding its religious communities.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nation building and identity construction in the post-socialist region have been the subject of extensive academic research.

The nature of the kingdom Jesus proclaims in the Gospels has long been a subject of intense theological debate.

Particularly since the nineteenth century and Charles Darwin, those with a high view of Scripture have struggled to integrate the Bible's teachings on human origins with the mainstream scientific consensus.

The Routledge Companion to Christian Ethics brings together two different but related disciplines; the first is contemplative or theoretical, asking what are the beliefs or doctrines that characterize Christianity, whilst the second is practical, asking what are the ethical practices that attend its teachings.

Female Doctors in Canada is an accessible collection of articles by experienced physicians and researchers exploring how systems, practices, and individuals must change as medicine becomes an increasingly female-dominated profession.

Religious Peace, Then and Now presents a radically new perspective on one of the critical challenges of our time: making religious peace in a world afflicted by religious conflict, violence, and war.

Freedom of religious belief is guaranteed under the constitution of the People's Republic of China, but the degree to which this freedom is able to be exercised remains a highly controversial issue.