Religious issues and debates

The conventional view of religion is that the basic truths were settled long ago, that all we have to do is to accept them and behave accordingly.

A 2023Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Religion CategoryWith clarity and penetrating insight, Alex Ryvchin unravels the mystery of antisemitism Mandatory reading for anyone concerned with the ethical fate of the human race.

In this incisive work, Sam Ashton provides a compelling, consistent and erudite argument for a foundational approach to the matter of sexual difference, drawing on biblical and doctrinal material and using resources in their original languages.

This text highlights key aspects of the religion/church-state relationship/debate, and related hitherto marginal topics.

In diesem Sammelband werden die historischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Facetten der politischen Systeme der einzelnen Länder des Mittleren Ostens analysiert.

During the past several years, Americans have witnessed the frequent occurrence of suicide attacks by radical Muslim groups.

In Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators, historian Katherine Aron-Beller analyzes the common Christian charge that Jews habitually and compulsively violated Christian images, identifying this allegation as one that functioned alongside other anti-Jewish allegations such as ritual murder, blood libel, and host desecration to ultimately inform dangerous and long-lasting prejudices in medieval and early modern Europe.

Addressing a dearth of literature in this area, this book provides a comprehensive overview and framework of study of the politics of religious tourism.

Addressing a dearth of literature in this area, this book provides a comprehensive overview and framework of study of the politics of religious tourism.

This book analyses the role of religion during the COVID- 19 pandemic and vaccination rollout in Zimbabwe.

This book analyses the role of religion during the COVID- 19 pandemic and vaccination rollout in Zimbabwe.

Models of Time and Space from Astrophysics and World Cultures explores how our conceptions of time, space, and the physical universe have evolved across cultures throughout the centuries.

In diesem Sammelband werden die historischen, politischen und gesellschaftlichen Facetten der politischen Systeme der einzelnen Länder des Mittleren Ostens analysiert.

This three-volume reference provides a complete guide for readers investigating the crucial interplay between war and religion from ancient times until today, enabling a deeper understanding of the role of religious wars across cultures.

Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil hat in Erinnerung gerufen, wie groß die Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen orthodoxer und katholischer Kirche sind.

Unlike traditional references that recount political and military history, this encyclopedia includes entries on a wide range of aspects related to daily life during the medieval crusades.

This trio of volumes contains essays that explore vital existential, moral, or metaphysical issues surrounding the relationship between the sciences and the world's religions.

The Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s was a movement led by white religious liberals that housed Central Americans fleeing dictatorships supported by the United States government, giving them a platform to speak about the situation in their countries of origin.

This book offers insights into the thinking of majority world practical theologians and introduces the reader to faith realities previously unknown in a quest to create a more inclusive and welcoming practical theological network.

The Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s was a movement led by white religious liberals that housed Central Americans fleeing dictatorships supported by the United States government, giving them a platform to speak about the situation in their countries of origin.

In Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators, historian Katherine Aron-Beller analyzes the common Christian charge that Jews habitually and compulsively violated Christian images, identifying this allegation as one that functioned alongside other anti-Jewish allegations such as ritual murder, blood libel, and host desecration to ultimately inform dangerous and long-lasting prejudices in medieval and early modern Europe.

Gandhi famously argued that society's moral measure was its treatment of the vulnerable.

The American church is in crisis.

Most Christians believe that their views on social and political issues are biblically based.

This book introduces readers to Catholic social teaching, the Church's long tradition of reflection on the meaning of social justice and how to enact it.

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Intellectuals: "e;All the highlights of Irish history .

This book explores the intriguing relationship between theology, science, and the ideal of progress from a variety of perspectives.

Warum sind Menschen heute noch so verrückt, an Gott zu glauben?

This two-volume set investigates the evangelical presence in America as experienced through digital media, examining current evangelical ideologies regarding education, politics, family, and government.

Religious or spiritual beliefs underpin many controversies and conflicts in the contemporary world.

This book focuses on religious tolerance and intolerance in terms of practices, institutions, and intellectual habits.

Through sections containing overview essays and reference entries related to particular religions, this resource explores the rise of religious violence, hate crime, and persecution around the world.

This book focuses on religious tolerance and intolerance in terms of practices, institutions, and intellectual habits.

This book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi'a and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East.

Although our planet faces numerous ecological crises, including climate change, many Christians continue to view their faith as primarily a "spiritual" matter that has little relationship to the world in which we live.

Museum memorialization has long been about politics, design implications, and visitor experience--rarely focused upon the people mired in commemorating the dead.

As a contribution to the Fortress series on World Christianity as Public Religion, this volume delves into questions of religious alterity and justice in World Christianity.

American Heresy uncovers the complex legacy of America's founding principles, demonstrating how the very same values have produced both good fruit and the bitter harvest of white Christian nationalism.

Contemporary culture frequently defines freedom the way the Bible describes sin: complete autonomy.

There has always been an intricate relationship between religion and politics.

This book has a single motif and a dual purpose.

With respect to the countries of the world, this work addresses two basic questions: "e;How does religion affect politics in this country?

The major purpose of this book is to critically examine the applicability of manifestations and factors of secularization in Britain to Malawi.

La Imitación de Cristo a​ es un libro de devoción y ascética católico escrito en forma de consejos breves cuyo objetivo, según el propio texto, es "instruir al alma en la perfección cristiana, proponiéndole como modelo al mismo Jesucristo",​ según la escuela de la devotio moderna.

The goods that we pursue in our lives are for us, first and foremost, goods that are particular and personal, and thus goods that are immediate to our attention.

"e;Both the sources he employs and the scope of his study set his work apart from all that have precede it.