Religious and theocratic ideologies

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

Written for general readers and professionals alike, this succinct but comprehensive work examines the hybrid nature of the two violent extremist movements threatening the United States: Islamist extremism and white nationalism.

This book compares the evolution of Islamic populism in Indonesia and the Middle East to shed new light on contemporary Islamic politics.

The legitimacy of the Zionist project--establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine--has been questioned since its inception.

Chronicles secularism in Lebanon up to the present day, presenting possible causes for its decline in the face of sectarianism.

Religious Zionism is a major component of contemporary Israeli society and politics.

A groundbreaking assessment of the life and ideology of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, one of the most influential radical Muslim thinkers alive today.

This book argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important, disturbing currents in Western philosophy and intellectual trends.

Menachem Mautner offers a compelling account of Israeli law as a site for the struggle over the shaping of Israeli culture.

Islam's relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious issues in international affairs.

Since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, Pakistan has faced the threat of terrorism in different forms and shapes.

Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine provides a comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between spirituality, religion, and medicine evaluating current empirical research and academic scholarship.

This book studies medieval theories of free will, including explanations of how angels – that is, ideal agents – can choose evil.

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The book discusses the ways in which the rabbinical elite of the Israeli West Bank settlers responded to Israeli territorial compromises.

This study revolves around the jihad ideas of 'Abd Allah 'Azzam - an iconic figure in the study of militant jihad in the 20th century, history of Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union, Al-Qaeda and current threat of terrorism.

In Belgien explodieren Bomben im Flughafen und an Bahnhöfen.

Study of church and state in the United States is incredibly complex.

A new philosophical perspective on Zionism as a unique movement based on intellectual boldness and belief in human action.

This text provides an in-depth analysis of the politics and organization of Muslim autocracies, radical Islamist movements, and democracies, explaining their influence on the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East.

Each year, Israel's young men and women are drafted into compulsory military service and are required to engage directly in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This compelling account offers a unique insight into the modern Islamic corporation.

The Lord's Resistance Army is Africa's most persistent and notorious 'terrorist' group.

Sufism is Islam's principal mystical tradition.

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Raising awareness of what Islam is, as well as deepening understanding about the lived realities of Muslim people, this book explores the contemporary Muslim experience through first-hand interviews with over a hundred Muslims.

This compelling account offers a unique insight into the modern Islamic corporation.

In December 2009 the US government launched an air strike against the tiny Yemeni village of al-Majalah where al-Qaeda militants were believed to be in hiding.

This book goes beyond conventional tropes describing women in Saudi Arabia to probe the historical, political and religious forces thwarting their emancipation.

In Barred by Congress: How a Mormon, a Socialist, and an African American Elected by the People Were Excluded from Office Robert M.

Investigates traditionalist struggles about Zionism and the emergence of national-religious Judaism and ultra-Orthodox in the early twentieth century.

Das Verhältnis von Religionen zur Moderne erscheint heute zumeist prekär.

This study reassesses the influence and philosophy of Ibn Taymiyya, one of the greatest medieval Islamic theologians.

Develops the concept of the corporatist catch-all party to explain how the CDU has responded to changing demands from women.

Will social change in Latin America lead to a kinder, gentler form of globalization or a model that offers a radical rethinking of how we produce and distribute wealth?

The state of Israel was established in 1948 as a Jewish democracy, without a legal separation between religion and the state.

Sufism is all too often associated just with 'mysticism' in the West.

Beyond Church and State argues that secularism is a process that transforms the interrelated fields of religion and politics.

What, if anything, makes Canada's political identity unique?

Updated analysis of how the increasing polarization of American politics has been accompanied and accelerated by greater income inequality.

John Locke, whose ideas helped give birth to the United States, predicated his political theory on the Hebrew Bible.

Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU, the USA and the UN.

An original analysis of Hobbes'' political and religious thought, arguing that apparent inconsistencies in his work were a rhetorical strategy.

This book explores some of the most fiercely debated issues facing the Islamic world today.

In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the International Declaration of Human Rights, a document designed to hold both individuals and nations accountable for their treatment of fellow human beings, regardless of religious or cultural affiliations.