Religious issues and debates

A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine's religious, ethical, and political thoughtAugustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context.

'Jesús y John Wayne' es una amplia historia revisionista de los últimos setenta y cinco años del evangelismo blanco que revela cómo los evangélicos han trabajado para sustituir al Jesús de los Evangelios por un ídolo de la masculinidad ruda y el nacionalismo cristiano, o en palabras de un capellán moderno, por "un malote espiritual".

«Este libro reúne textos de Joseph Ratzinger/Benedicto XVI en torno a un hilo conductor: su gran apuesta —a los creyentes y a los no creyentes— de vivir y organizar nuestra convivencia 'como si Dios existiera'.

Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.

How does one write a labour history of a people who have not been involved in the labour movement in significant numbers and, historically, have opposed union membership?

The story of Africa is a ghost story with two plots.

Despite the civil rights progress he fought for and saw on the horizon in the 1950s and '60s, Martin Luther King Jr.

What might it mean us to be formed as disciples not only by the church but also by the world?

Canadians were once church-goers.

Martin Luther (1483-1546) famously began the Reformation, a movement that shook Europe with religious schism and social upheaval.

Canadians were once church-goers.

On September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden declared "e;global jihad"e; on the West.

On September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden declared "e;global jihad"e; on the West.

Martin Luther (1483-1546) famously began the Reformation, a movement that shook Europe with religious schism and social upheaval.

Evangelicals have been scandalized by their association with Donald Trump, their megachurches summarily dismissed as ';religious Walmarts.

Global environmental destruction, growing inequality, and the persistent poverty afflicting the majority of humans on the planet challenge Christian theorists, theologians, and ethicists in their pursuit of an ethical vision that is both environmentally sustainable and just for all of creation.

Si l'on en croit l'historien Denis Vaugeois, les gens inventent des histoires depuis soixante ans à propos du gouvernement de Maurice Duplessis.

Evangelicals have been scandalized by their association with Donald Trump, their megachurches summarily dismissed as "e;religious Walmarts.

Global environmental destruction, growing inequality, and the persistent poverty afflicting the majority of humans on the planet challenge Christian theorists, theologians, and ethicists in their pursuit of an ethical vision that is both environmentally sustainable and just for all of creation.

Fred C.

Fred C.

Building on the success of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clich s, this follow up volume dismantles a further 10 widespread stereotypes and clich s about religion, focusing on clich s that a new generation of students are most familiar with.

"OVNIS (Un Mito Moderno sobre Cosas que se Ven en el Cielo)" es un ensayo escrito por Carl Gustav Jung que aborda la temática de los OVNIS y los encuentros extraterrestres.

This book focuses on the written heritage of Muslims in the Philippines, the historical constitution of chancelleries within the Islamic sultanates, and the production of official letters to conduct local and international diplomacy.

"e;A masterpiece by one of Europe's finest contemporary novelists.

Inspired by overtly negative coverage by the Western mainstream press of Muslims in particular, and minorities in general, this book asks: Why are negative narratives and depictions of Muslims and other minorities so hard to change?

Inspired by overtly negative coverage by the Western mainstream press of Muslims in particular, and minorities in general, this book asks: Why are negative narratives and depictions of Muslims and other minorities so hard to change?

Western moral and political theory in the last two centuries has widely held that morality and politics are independent of a divine reality.

Promoting Islam as a defender of human rights is laden with difficulties.

As early as the sixteenth century the liberal democratic state has been forced to confront the question of religion in politics.

Humanity: Texts and Contexts is a record of the 2007 Singapore Building Bridges seminar, an annual dialogue between Muslim and Christian scholars cosponsored by Georgetown University and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Science and Religion is a record of the 2009 Building Bridges seminar, a dialogue between leading Christian and Muslim scholars convened annually by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

A breakthrough in the theology of parenthood, integrating Catholic social thought and social scientific studies of child well-being in order to offer a more diverse and inclusive interpretationThe Catholic Church has a long and diverse history of tolerating various child-rearing arrangements.

What might we learn if the study of ethics focused less on hard cases and more on the practices of everyday life?

Before military action, and even before mobilization, the decision on whether to go to war is debated by politicians, pundits, and the public.

Including contributions from twenty-two leading moral theologians, this volume is the most thorough assessment of modern Roman Catholic social teaching available.

In Radical Arab Nationalism and Political Islam, Lahouari Addi attempts to assess the history and political legacy of radical Arab nationalism to show that it contained the seeds of its own destruction.

A bioethic of obligations and responsibilities, based on the Jewish traditionThe Jewish tradition has important perspectives, history, and wisdom that can contribute significantly to crucial contemporary healthcare deliberations.

Christian ethics has addressed moral agency and culture from the start, and Christian social ethics increasingly acknowledges the power of social structures.

On November 10, 2017, Pope Francis became the first pontiff in the nuclear era to take a complete stand against nuclear weapons, even as a form of deterrence.

Salafism, comprised of fundamentalist Islamic movements whose adherents consider themselves the only saved sect of Islam, has been little studied, remains shrouded in misconceptions, and has provoked new interest as Salafists have recently staked a claim to power in some Arab states while spearheading battles against infidel Arab regimes during recent rebellions in the Arab world.

What is driving political extremism in Pakistan?

A unique interreligious dialogue provides needed context for deeper understanding of interfaith relations, from ancient to modern timesFreedom is far from straightforward as a topic of comparative theology.

An interpretation of human rights that centers on the rhetoricaland religiouspower of testimony.

Rethinking the means through which we can achieve economic well-being for all.

A contemporary model of spiritual struggle shifts the emphasis from virtues acquisition to its pursuitBeyond Virtue Ethics offers a distinctive approach to virtue ethics, arguing not simply for the importance of struggle to virtue ethics, but that struggle itself is a manifestation of virtue.