Human rights, civil rights

Religion is prevalent in world politics today, and international relation theory is at pains to understand and explain this phenomenon.

The first biography in English of an extraordinary polymath whose great genius was stifled and finally extinguished by the Soviet Union.

Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth.

The Queen, when she was 21, declared that her whole life whether it was long or short would be devoted to service.

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment governs the relationship between the institutions of the church and those of the state; the Supreme Court, as arbiter of the Constitution, has, since 1947, sought to determine where the line between the two should be drawn.

Writing has come face-to-face with a most crucial juncture: to negotiate with the inescapable presence of violence.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali considers the impact that aggressive secularism, radical Islamism and multiculturalism are having on the Western world, and particularly Britain.

Politics of Fear, Practices of Hope is about the relationship between two hugely influential ideas in political life: fear and hope.

In 1997 it will be thirty years since the Sexual Offences Act of 1967 made sex between two men aged over 21 in private no longer a crime.

The work examines how the attitudes and preferences of various Christian groups in the United States can influence U.

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali considers the impact that aggressive secularism, radical Islamism and multiculturalism are having on the Western world, and particularly Britain.

This comparative survey of the secularization policies of the Soviet Union and China looks at the suppression, survival, and revival of religion in both countries.

In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offence of failing to respect the divine.

Since the 1960s 'New Left' emancipatory movements have claimed that women, ethnic minorities, gays and lesbians, and other groups are oppressed.

Modern Slavery: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough treatment of the evolving scope, nature, and contexts of modern slavery and a discussion of prevention and abolition efforts in an accessible format for high school and college readers.

This book looks into four areas of our world's international security crisis: the growing threat of America's homegrown jihadists, the continuing rise of terrorism, the causes of gross violations of human rights, and the pervasiveness of civil war.

An all-in-one resource for understanding the issue of torture and enhanced interrogations, including their history as an instrument of state power and warfare, debates over the morality of their use in different contexts, and efforts by human rights organizations and nations to end torture and enhanced interrogation techniques worldwide.

This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise-and meaning-of "e;fake news.

This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of laws and norms regarding free speech and censorship in the United States, with a particular focus on free speech rights and restrictions for individuals, politicians, corporations, and news organizations.

This important work addresses the difficult ethical issues surrounding the accessibility of food to all people as a human right, and not a privilege that emerges because of social structure or benefit of geography.

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Different understandings of the word secular are at the root of Americas domestic and international political conflicts.

Writings on human life and the refugee crisis by the most important political artist of our timeAi Weiwei (b.

The revised edition of A Theology for the Church retains its original structure, organized under these traditional theological categories: revelation, God, humanity, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and last things.

Throughout her history America has possessed a rich religious component largely comprised of different traditions of the Christian faith.

Timothy Goeglein spent nearly eight years in the White House as President George W.

This book emphasises the importance of difficulties identifying victims of human trafficking.

Challenges to religious liberty are increasingly common today as historical Christianity comes into conflict with a new, secular orthodoxy.

Nonie Darwish lived for thirty years in a majority Muslim nation.