Comparative politics

Small territories and islands are significant flashpoints in the contemporary world order.

In Faith in American Public Life, Melissa Rogers--former Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships--explores the role of religion in the public square and focuses on principles that define the relationship between government and religion.

American civil religion unifies the nation's culture, regulates national emotions, and fosters a storied national identity.

Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social conflict.

Power, money, endless competition.

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God Is Not a Religion: Why America Is in Decline leads readers to ask the difficultbut necessaryquestions.

An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation.

Working in four scholarly teams focused on different global regions-North America, the European Union, the Middle East, and China-the contributors to Religion, Secularism, and Political Belonging examine how new political worlds intersect with locally specific articulations of religion and secularism.

Christ Is Risen relives the essence of the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ through a series of iconographic illustrations and inspiring text based on the Scriptures.

In Rejoice, Maria Athanasiou uses Byzantine iconography to illustrate the story and Scriptures.

Children of all ages and adults from all walks of life are in for a spirit-nourishing read as author Maria Athanasiou presents her third Christian picture book "e;The Virgin Mary Mother of God"e; Blessed Above All Women.

Religious liberty is often called "e;the first freedom.

"e;It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us,"e; the apostles declared at the conclusion of their council described in Acts 15.

Never in modern times has there been a greater need for understanding of the Muslim world.

In these essays I often refer to social contracts such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international conventions that describe a vision of just human relations, especially in the area of culture and health care.

Sources of the African Past combines a case-study approach with an emphasis on primary and orally transmitted sources to accomplish three objectives; to tell a story in some depth, to portray major themes and to raise basic questions of analysis and interpretation.

Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics presents a collection of papers analyzing the political systems of ten nations.

Focusing on the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Douglas Pratt argues that despite a popular focus on Islam, extremist Jews and Christians can also enact terror and destruction.

Focusing on the three monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Douglas Pratt argues that despite a popular focus on Islam, extremist Jews and Christians can also enact terror and destruction.

Our culture is full of popular stereotypes about religion, both positive and negative.

Our culture is full of popular stereotypes about religion, both positive and negative.

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2019

This book explores how political economy intersects with sociolinguistics, specifically how neoliberalism, inequality and social class mediate language in society issues.

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2019

This book explores how political economy intersects with sociolinguistics, specifically how neoliberalism, inequality and social class mediate language in society issues.

Marcus Moberg offers a new model of religion and religious life in the post-war era, through focusing on the role of markets and media as vectors of contemporary social and cultural change and therefore institutional religious change.

Marcus Moberg offers a new model of religion and religious life in the post-war era, through focusing on the role of markets and media as vectors of contemporary social and cultural change and therefore institutional religious change.

This is the first study to bring space into conversation with religious competition, conflict and violence in the contemporary world.

This is the first study to bring space into conversation with religious competition, conflict and violence in the contemporary world.

The recent resurgence of populist movements and parties has led to a revival of scholarly interest in populism.

The recent resurgence of populist movements and parties has led to a revival of scholarly interest in populism.

In states in which the public role of religion is controversial, religious instruction becomes both a means and an end of politics.

In states in which the public role of religion is controversial, religious instruction becomes both a means and an end of politics.

At a time of change in the international system, this book examines how non-traditional leading nations from the Global South have fared to date and what the chances are of their rise to continue.

What did Mao Zedong bring to China?

Updated to reflect today's political climate, the seventh edition of INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS offers a country-by-country approach that allows students to fully examine similarities and differences among countries and within and between political systems.

THE TOP 10 BESTSELLER'Richly argued and brilliantly written.

We are living through a period of cultural climate change.

Shortlisted for the British Academy Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018.

His parting shot at opposing the storm of fanaticism breaking over our times Financial Times Dear Zealots is an essential collection of three essays written out of a sense of urgency, concern, and a belief that a better future is still possible.

_______ Timely and troubling Evening Standard A necessary book David Aaronovitch Frequently jaw-dropping Huffington PostFrom UFOs to the New World Order, the inside story of how conspiracy theories won over America.

'You see, if only they didn t speak English in America, then we d treat it as a foreign country and probably understand it a lot better the sanest man in America Bill Bryson Jon Sopel nails it Emily Maitlis**With a brand new chapter, charting Trump's first year in power**As the BBC s North America Editor, Jon Sopel has had a pretty busy time of it lately.

Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school.

Peter France looks at the various stages of his own spiritual odyssey and talks intimately of his long search for knowledge and enlightenment.

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Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before.

In Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, Annie Wood Besant offers a profound insight into the mystical and esoteric principles of Theosophy and its impact on the modern world.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This book contains a series of articles contributed to "e;The Times"e; in July and August of 1916.

This book investigates the impact of Christian nationalism on democracy in Ghana, arguing that proponents of a specific Christian worldview seek to remake the country according to their values and beliefs.