As experiences of suffering continue to influence the responses of identity groups in the midst of violent conflict, a way to harness their narratives, stories, memories, and myths in transformative and nonviolent ways is needed.
This book offers a reflection on the development of the commitment of a group of Catholic Sisters to the poor and to social justice, from teaching poor children in a convent basement to being involved in public theology at the United Nations.
This is the story of Gandhis spiritual evolution the turning points and choices that made him not just a great political leader but also a timeless icon of nonviolence.
In this volume, Jason Radcliff offers an introduction, critical appreciation, and constructive extension of the Orthodox-Reformed Theological Dialogue spearheaded by Thomas F.
At a moment in which interest in political theology is rising, acceptance of a public role for religion is declining, and cynicism regarding both political and religious institutions is overflowing, this book investigates the possibilities and constraints of a Christian political theology that can meaningfully mediate Scripture, doctrine, and political reality.
The Architectonics of Hope provides a critical excavation and reconstruction of the Schmittian seductions that continue to bedevil contemporary political theology.
American Evangelicals have long considered Africa a welcoming place for joining faith with social action, but their work overseas is often ambivalently received.
Original oral and ethnographic sources inform this conceptual history of power in central Africa, imagined through the lens of Kitawala religious practices.
Original oral and ethnographic sources inform this conceptual history of power in central Africa, imagined through the lens of Kitawala religious practices.
A Theory of De Facto States offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of de facto states - political communities that manifest forms of statehood in international politics but lack international legal recognition - zooming in on two prominent examples, Somaliland and Kosovo.
In 'The Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (Complete Edition)' by John Dixon Long, readers are taken on a thought-provoking journey delving into the complex relationship between slavery, religion, and government.
This book takes up the stimuli of new international historiography, albeit focusing mainly on the two regimes that undoubtedly provided the model for Fascist movements in Europe, namely the Italian and the German.
Versammlungen waren im frühmittelalterlichen Lateineuropa wichtige Institutionen: Hier handelten die Entscheidungsträger ihre Hierarchie aus, hier machten sie Politik, hier tauschten sie Informationen aus.
Towards A New Christian Political Realism presents a new theoretical approach to understanding the role of religion in international relations, considering the strengths of Christian realism, classical realism, and neorealism, as well as the literature about the relevance of religion for IR.
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.
Max Weber hat um 1900 das Verhältnis von Religion und Wirtschaft auf eine klassische Weise zur Sprache gebracht und religiöse Wurzeln des modernen Kapitalismus identifiziert.
So far religion has been seen as cause for dramatic developments in the history of cities, it has contributed to the monumentalisation of centres and or has given importance to ex-centric places.
Learn from one of our leading conservative voices how we can return to the biblical values our nation was founded upon, especially the vital importance of the family, in order to secure a prosperous future for generations to come.
American Evangelicals Today assesses the contemporary social, religious, and political characteristics of evangelical Protestants today, and it does so in light of (1) whether these characteristics are similar to, or different from, the corresponding characteristics of adherents of other major faith traditions in American religious life, and (2) the extent which these particular characteristics among evangelicals may have changed over the past four decades.
This absorbing book explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the crucial period 1290-1321.
The first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South AsiaThe first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was the largest Muslim country in the world at the time of its establishment in 1947.
