Comparative religion Books
Fordham University Press Beyond Violence
Book SynopsisIn an age when so much violence is committed in the name of religion, how can religion become a vehicle for peace? A historic conference focused on the transformative powers of Christianity, Islam and Judaism to provide new beginnings for people of faith committed to the restoration of peace.Trade Review"...calls for religious people to have the courage to choose peace." -American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences "...Contains the major papers given at an international conference held at the University of Southern California..." -Theology Digest
£23.39
Fordham University Press Political Theologies
Book SynopsisWhat has happened to religion in its present manifestations? Containing contributions from distinguished scholars from disciplines, such as: philosophy, political theory, anthropology, classics, and religious studies, this book seeks to address this question.Trade Review"If the idea of political theology seemed anachronistic to many liberal thinkers in the twentieth century, in the twenty-first century-and especially since September 11-it has become urgent and unavoidable, essential for making sense of our current global situation. Hent de Vries and Lawrence Sullivan's Political Theologies constitutes the single most important collection of essays to date on a topic that is at once classic and contemporary, foundational and aporetic. These essays approach the multiple intersections of the political and the theological in the ancient, modern, and 'post-secular' worlds as both positive, mutually reinforcing, and necessary relationships, and violent, contradictory, and even impossible encounters. De Vries's Introduction masterfully surveys the varieties of the political-theological conjunction and presents a powerful analysis of its immanent excesses and paradoxical reversals, its terrifying histories and its transformative, even redemptive potentiality." -- -Kenneth Reinhard University of California, Los Angeles "Political Theologies is an outstanding collection of creative essays on the cutting edge of political theology. The essays bring new and original perspectives that change the terrain and make this volume an indispensable benchmark for future discussions. It is a 'must read' and an invaluable resource for both religious and theological studies. Anyone interested in political theology will be rewarded by its rich diversity. I highly recommend it." -- -Francis Schussler Fiorenza Stillman Professor, Harvard Divinity School " ... Smart and eclectic ..." -Journal of Church and State "This splendid volume will be essential reading for anyone who wants to explore the whole terrain of contemporary 'political theologies' through which this question is addressed." -Faith and Theology "This volume makes a vital contribution to an academy increasingly focused on questions emerging from the interstices of political theory, philosophy, and the study of religion, and to a broader world struggling to understand and adapt to the changes that have come with globalization and revitalized religion. Each essay is grounded in first-rate scholarship, but none of them plays it safe. Whether offering incisive theoretical reflections on political theology or proposing startling analyses of the French veiling controversy, these essays will change the way we think about religion in a post-secular world." -- -Tyler Roberts Grinnell College "A major lankmark in interdisciplinary studies of religion's function in the public sphere, Political Theologies in now the standard reference in this field that dates back to the second century B.C. but has returned with special urgency in the past decade." -Christianity and Literature "There is no more important topic today than the role of religion in public life. It is vital in both peace and war, debate and consensus, democracy and repression, nationalism and transnational humanitarian action. For anyone wishing to survey the range of theoretical perspectives on this theme, this collection by Hent de Vries and Lawrence Sullivan is indispensable. It offers the single best assemblage of sources for understanding not only political theologies, but issues of pluralism, secularism, and contending ideas of the human that they raise." -- -Craig Calhoun Social Science Research Council "The wholly unanticipated reemergence of religion into the realm of politics and public policy, which is happening all over the world, is puzzling and worrisome to some people. Many explanations for this surprising development have been advanced, none fully satisfactory. Now this volume brings together some of the keenest and best-informed analysis yet available, from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. It sets a new gold standard for future attempts to understand the growing role of religion in the twenty-first century." -- -Harvey Cox Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard University "This book...will become increasingly important for the future of pentecostal studies." -- -Amos Yong Pneuma
£85.50
Fordham University Press Things
Book SynopsisAddressing the relation between religion and things, which has long been conceived in antagonistic terms, the guiding idea of this volume is that religion necessarily requires some kind of incarnation. Exploring the role and place of sacred artifacts, images, bodily fluids, sites and technologies in different locations and religious traditions, this volume re-materializes the study of religion.Trade Review"Things gathers up a series of lively and provocative essays. Challenging received understandings of religion as primarily about beliefs (in spiritual beings) as historically derived and impossible to sustain, it draws attention to the centrality of the material in religious practices and debates about the world. This volume deserves a place on the shelf of anyone interested in either religion or materiality-or both." -- -Margaret Weiner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Things is an essential archive for the study of religious materiality and the material study of religion." -- -David Chidester author of Wild Religion: Tracking the Sacred in South Africa "A highly spirited and robust materialization of a significant trend in the study of religion. The articles in this remarkably coherent collection speak back to iconoclasm and the ideal or ideology of immateriality as found explicitly in certain practitioners of religion and implicitly in its scholarship. They illustrate the various ways in which material objects function as signs, powers, and mediations, and examine as well the intellectual debates and theological disputations about their functions and effects to which things inevitably give rise." -- -Michael Lambek author of The Weight of the Past "... this volume is an invaluable contribution to religious and material culture studies, broadening the scope of both fields by introducing new questions in old contexts, and investing agency in people and spirit in things." -- -Gabrielle A. Berlinger -Museum Anthropology Review
£31.50
Fordham University Press Beyond the Mushroom Cloud Commemoration Religion
Book SynopsisExplores the ethics and religious sensibilities of a group of the hibakusha (survivors) of 1945's atomic bombings. This title offers resources to reconcile contested issues of public memories in our contemporary world, especially in the post 9-11 era.Trade Review"This imaginative and deeply thoughtful book explores a rarely asked question: How does being victimized challenge individuals ethically? Miyamoto explores the ethical and religious resources that Japanese atomic-bomb victims (hibakusha) have deployed to make sense of their experiences and guide their efforts to live good lives after surviving such a shattering event." -- -Laura Hein Northwestern University "Religious studies professor Miyamoto presents a thoughtful, scholarly examination of how the Japanese people remember and memorialize the terrible loss of human life in the atomic bombings of August 1945 and addresses the question of how the horror of the atom bomb should be remembered." -Choice "An extremely important exploration of modern Japan and the role of postwar Japanese thought and religiosity seen in a global setting." -- -Steven Heine Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Florida International University "This book promises to generate substantive conversations about how to formulate genuinely self-critical ethical dispositions that remember Japan's horrific past as a means of moving beyond conflicts in the present, and its expansive reach across regional and disciplinary boundaries serves as a model for imaginative research." -- -Levi McLaughlin Journal of Japanese Studies "...a thoughtful and scholarly examination of how the Japanese populace remembers and memorializes the loss of so many of its citizens from the 1945 bombings at the close of World War II." -Midwest Book Review
£66.60
Fordham University Press Beyond the Mushroom Cloud Commemoration Religion
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This imaginative and deeply thoughtful book explores a rarely asked question: How does being victimized challenge individuals ethically? Miyamoto explores the ethical and religious resources that Japanese atomic-bomb victims (hibakusha) have deployed to make sense of their experiences and guide their efforts to live good lives after surviving such a shattering event." -- -Laura Hein Northwestern University "Religious studies professor Miyamoto presents a thoughtful, scholarly examination of how the Japanese people remember and memorialize the terrible loss of human life in the atomic bombings of August 1945 and addresses the question of how the horror of the atom bomb should be remembered." -Choice "An extremely important exploration of modern Japan and the role of postwar Japanese thought and religiosity seen in a global setting." -- -Steven Heine Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Florida International University "This book promises to generate substantive conversations about how to formulate genuinely self-critical ethical dispositions that remember Japan's horrific past as a means of moving beyond conflicts in the present, and its expansive reach across regional and disciplinary boundaries serves as a model for imaginative research." -- -Levi McLaughlin Journal of Japanese Studies "...a thoughtful and scholarly examination of how the Japanese populace remembers and memorializes the loss of so many of its citizens from the 1945 bombings at the close of World War II." -Midwest Book Review
£27.90
Fordham University Press Common Goods
Book SynopsisIn the face of globalized ecological and economic crisis, what role does political theology play in formulating the shared good and the sharing of goods? This remarkable collection of essays by philosophers, theologians and religion scholars together rethinks the common, experimentally assembling a transdisciplinary political theology of the earth.Trade Review"This book marks a watershed moment that effectively redefines the parameters of political theology by expanding and pluralizing it, and it expresses the vibrancy of a pluralist spirituality by infusing it with a process and liberationist sensibility."-Jeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College "Faced with the neoliberal enclosure and privatization of nearly everything, this collection convokes an array of theists, pantheists, nontheists, and post-theists to theorize the multiplicity of both 'the common' and 'the good.' ... Common Goods provides us with readable, teachable, timely, plugged-in, politically compelling, and intellectually generous theological and para-theological work."-Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan UniversityTable of Contents1. Editors' Introduction Section One: Planetary Political Theology 2. William E. Connolly, "Process Philosophy and Planetary Politics" 3. John Thatamanil, "How Not to be a Religion: Genealogy, Identity, Wonder" 4. Clayton Crockett, "Non-Theology and Political Ecology: Post-Secularism, Repetition, and Insurrection" 5. Kathryn Tanner, "The Ambiguities of Transcendence" 6. Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, "Dreaming the Common Good/s: The Kin-dom of God as a Space of Utopian Politics" 7. Dhawn Martin, "A Cosmopolitical Theology: Engaging 'The Political' as an Incarnational Field of Emergence" Section Two: Economies and Ecologies of (Un)Common Good/s 8. Jeorg Rieger, "Reconfiguring the Common Good and Religion in the Context of Capitalism: Abrahamic Alternatives" 9. Gary Dorrien, "Christian Socialism and the Future of Economic Democracy" 10. Charon Hribar, "The Myth of the Middle: Common Sense, Good Sense, and Rethinking the 'Common Good' in Contemporary U.S. Society" 11. Nimi Wariboko, "Elements of Tradition, Protest, and New Creation in Monetary Systems: A Political Theology of Market Miracles" 12. Elijah Prewitt-Davis, "The Corporation and the Common Good: The Politics of Recognition After the Death of God" 13. An Yountae, "Breaking from Within: The Dialectic of Labor and the Death of God" 14. Anatoli Ignatov, "Thoreau Goes to Ghana: On the Wild and the Tingane" 15. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, "Climate Debt, White Privilege, and Christian Ethics as Political Theology" Section Three: Common Flesh, Common Democracies 16. Paulina Ochoa Espejo, "Between a Rock and an Empty Place: Political Theology and Democratic Legitimacy" 17. Vincent Lloyd, "From the Theopaternal to the Theopolitical: On Barack Obama" 18. Elias Ortega-Aponte, "Democratic Futures In the Shadow of Mass-Incarceration: Towards A Political Theology of Prison Abolition" 19. Sharon Betcher, Rupturing the Concorporeal Commons: On the Psychocultural Symptom of 'Disability' as Life Resentment 20. Karen Bray, "The Common Good of the Flesh: An indecent invitation to William Connolly, Joerg Rieger, and Political Theology" 21. A. Paige Rawson, "A (Socioeconomic) Hermeneutics of Chayim: The Theo-Ethical Implications of Reading with Wisdom" Index of Key Thinkers and Terms
£92.70
Fordham University Press How to Do Comparative Theology
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Clooney and von Stosch have produced a truly excellent collection of papers in comparative theology. They and a few others with papers in this volume are seasoned, senior scholars. The volume is remarkable, however, for introducing the work of mid-career and very new scholars. Some of the papers do actual comparisons and some apply comparative theology to practices of religious life. Among the most interesting are those dealing with methodological differences regarding comparative theology. They all defend the view that comparative theology is "faith seeking understanding," and they explore some of the very different ways this approach can be interpreted. This volume is a vital and distinctive contribution to the larger field of comparative theology." -- -Robert Cummings Neville Boston UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Francis X. Clooney, SJ, and Klaus von Stosch I Doing Comparative Theology — As Theology 1.Catherine Cornille: The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology 2.Klaus von Stosch: Reflecting on Approaches to Jesus in the Qur’an from the Perspective of Comparative Theology 3.Aaron Langenfeld: The Moment of Truth: Comparative and Dogmatic Theology 4.Hugh Nicholson: Rhetorics of Theological One-Upsmanship in Christianity and Buddhism: Athanasius’ Polemic against the Arians and Vasubandhu’s Refutation of Pudgalavāda Buddhism 5.Axel Marc Takács: “An Interpreter and Not a Judge:” Insights into a Christian-Islamic Comparative Theology 6.Glenn Willis: Necessary Imperfection: Notes for the Cultured Despisers of Comparison II Comparative Theology Is What Comparative Theology Does 7.Michelle Voss-Roberts: Embodiment, Anthropology, and Comparison: Thinking-Feeling with Non-Dual Saivism 8.Marianne Moyaert: Comparative Theology after the Shoah: Risks, pivots and opportunities of Comparing traditions 9.Muna Tatari: Justice and Mercy: Using Comparative Insights for Developing Kalam 10.Francis X. Clooney, SJ: Difficult Remainders: Seeking Comparative Theology’s Really Difficult Other 11.Shoshana Razel: Sagi Nahor—Enough Light: Dialectic Tension Between Luminescent Resonance and Blind Assumption in Comparative Theology III Recognizing Comparative Theology by Its Fruits 12.Emma O’Donnell: Methodological Considerations on the Role of Experience in Comparative Theology 13.Brad Bannon: Incarnational Speech: Comparative Theology as Learning to Hear and Preach 14.Michael Barnes, SJ: Living Interreligiously: On the ‘pastoral style’ of Comparative Theology 15.Stephanie Corigliano: Theologizing for the Yoga Community? Commitment and Hybridity in Comparative Theology
£31.50
Fordham University Press Spiritual Grammar Genre and the Saintly Subject
Book SynopsisLiterary analysis and theological interpretation of Catholic, University of Paris chancellor Jean Gerson’s (d. 1429) Donatus moralizatus and Muslim, Sufi scholar ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī’s (d. 1072) Naḥw al-qulūb. Argues that the genre of these two religious texts aims to engender saintly readers and uses grammar as metaphor for spiritual realities.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations | xi Preface | xiii Introduction. Genre Trouble: Queering Grammar for Spiritual Purposes | 1 1 Arabic, Latin, and the Discipline of Grammar in the Worlds of Qushayrī and Gerson | 27 2 Genres and Genders of Gerson | 53 3 Gerson’s “Moralized” Primer of Spiritual Grammar | 81 4 From the Names of God to the Grammar of Hearts | 117 5 Forming Spiritual Fuṣaḥāʾ: Qushayrī’s Advanced Grammar of Hearts | 150 6 The Fruits of Comparison: Constructing a Theology of Grammar | 186 Appendix. Translation of Jean Gerson’s Moralized Grammar | 217 Notes | 233 Index | 269
£19.79
Fordham University Press The Philosophers Gift Reexamining Reciprocity
Book SynopsisFor philosophers, the gift fascinates because it demands disinterested generosity. Yet anthropology offers another view. Reciprocity, rather than disinterestedness, Hénaff shows, is central to ceremonial giving, alliance, and the social bond. From actual gift practices, Hénaff develops an original and profound theory of symbolism, the social, and the relationship between self and other.Table of ContentsTranslator’s Preface | vii Preliminary Directions | 1 1. Derrida: The Gift, the Impossible, and the Exclusion of Reciprocity | 11 2. Propositions I: The Ceremonial Gift—Alliance and Recognition | 30 3. Levinas: Beyond Reciprocity—For-the-Other and the Costly Gift | 52 4. Propositions II: Approaches to Reciprocity | 77 5. Marion: Gift without Exchange—Toward Pure Givenness | 95 6. Ricoeur: Reciprocity and Mutuality—From the Golden Rule to Agape | 124 7. Philosophy and Anthropology: With Lefort and Descombes | 148 8. Propositions III: The Dual Relationship and the Third Party | 169 Postliminary Directions | 199 Acknowledgments | 213 Notes | 215 Bibliography | 245 Index | 253
£25.19
Fordham University Press Living with Concepts Anthropology in the Grip of
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary collaboration that explores what it means to live with concepts, rather than think of them as mere tools for analysis.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Life with Concepts Andrew Brandel and Marco Motta | 1 1 Concepts of the Ordinary Sandra Laugier | 29 2 How Life Makes a Conversation of Us: Ontology, Ethics, and Responsive Anthropology Rasmus Dyring and Thomas Schwarz Wentzer | 50 3 Crisscrossing Concepts: Anthropology and Knowledge-Making Veena Das | 73 4 The Potencie of Text: Shifting Concepts of Myth and Literature Andrew Brandel | 110 5 How Social Are Our Concepts? Jocelyn Benoist | 140 6 Living with Zombies: Forms of Death at the Core of the Ordinary Marco Motta | 155 7 Creating Worlds: Imagination, Interpretation, and the Subjunctive Michael J. Puett | 181 8 The Life Course of Concepts Michael D. Jackson | 197 9 On Sorcery: Life with the Concept Michael Lambek | 215 10 How Ethical Is Our Life with Concepts? Reflections on Shared Medical Decision Making Michael Cordey | 243 11 In the Know: The Pain of the Other in Torture Rehabilitation Lotte Buch Segal | 271 Acknowledgments | 291 References | 293 List of Contributors | 323 Name Index | 325 Subject Index | 329
£102.60
Fordham University Press Living with Concepts Anthropology in the Grip of
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary collaboration that explores what it means to live with concepts, rather than think of them as mere tools for analysis.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Life with Concepts Andrew Brandel and Marco Motta | 1 1 Concepts of the Ordinary Sandra Laugier | 29 2 How Life Makes a Conversation of Us: Ontology, Ethics, and Responsive Anthropology Rasmus Dyring and Thomas Schwarz Wentzer | 50 3 Crisscrossing Concepts: Anthropology and Knowledge-Making Veena Das | 73 4 The Potencie of Text: Shifting Concepts of Myth and Literature Andrew Brandel | 110 5 How Social Are Our Concepts? Jocelyn Benoist | 140 6 Living with Zombies: Forms of Death at the Core of the Ordinary Marco Motta | 155 7 Creating Worlds: Imagination, Interpretation, and the Subjunctive Michael J. Puett | 181 8 The Life Course of Concepts Michael D. Jackson | 197 9 On Sorcery: Life with the Concept Michael Lambek | 215 10 How Ethical Is Our Life with Concepts? Reflections on Shared Medical Decision Making Michael Cordey | 243 11 In the Know: The Pain of the Other in Torture Rehabilitation Lotte Buch Segal | 271 Acknowledgments | 291 References | 293 List of Contributors | 323 Name Index | 325 Subject Index | 329
£27.90
Fordham University Press Atonement and Comparative Theology The Cross in
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 Catherine Cornille Why Atonement?Who Needs It? Atonement in Muslim-Christian Theological Engagement | 11 Daniel A. Madigan, S.J. Christian Atonement Enlightened by a Buddhist Perspective on Craving | 40 Thierry-Marie Courau, O. P. How Q 5:75 Can Help Christians Conceptualize Atonement | 61 Klaus von Stosch Not for Myself Alone: Atonement and Penance After Daoism | 78 Bede Benjamin Bidlack Suffering and the Scandal of the Cross God’s Suffering in the Hindu-Christian Gaze | 105 Francis X. Clooney, S . J . More Than Meets the Eye: The Cross as Maṇḍala | 130 Michelle Voss Roberts Divine Suffering and Covenantal Belonging: Considering the Atonement with Heschel and Moltmann | 149 Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski The Clash and Continuity of Interpretation of Redemptive Suffering Between African Religions and Christianity | 167 Elochukwu Uzukwu, C.S.Sp. Rethinking Redemption Redemptive Suffering After the Shoah: Going Back and Forth Between Jewish and Christian Traditions | 189 Marianne Moyaert Judgment on the Cross: Resurrection as Divine Vindication | 214 Joshua Ralston “At One or Not At One?” Christian Atonement in Light of Buddhist Perspectives | 239 Leo D. Lefebure How Empty Is the Cross? Realization and Novelty in Atonement | 259 S. Mark Heim Bibliography | 281 List of Contributors | 301 Index | 305
£25.19
Fordham University Press Spirit Power Politics and Religion in Koreas
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1 Religion and the Cold War | 13 2 The American Spirit | 39 3 Voyage to Knoxville, 1982 | 69 4 Seeking Good Luck | 90 5 Original Political Society | 112 6 Parallelism | 136 Conclusion | 157 Acknowledgments | 171 Notes | 173 Bibliography | 201 Index | 217
£23.74
Fordham University Press Spirit Power Politics and Religion in Koreas
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1 Religion and the Cold War | 13 2 The American Spirit | 39 3 Voyage to Knoxville, 1982 | 69 4 Seeking Good Luck | 90 5 Original Political Society | 112 6 Parallelism | 136 Conclusion | 157 Acknowledgments | 171 Notes | 173 Bibliography | 201 Index | 217
£81.90
University of Hawai'i Press Oedipal God
Book SynopsisOffers the most comprehensive account in any language of the prodigal deity Nezha. Celebrated for over a millennium, Nezha is among the most formidable and enigmatic of all Chinese gods. In this theoretically informed study Meir Shahar recounts Nezha's riveting tale - which culminates in suicide and attempted patricide - and uncovers hidden tensions in the Chinese family system.
£40.50
Jewish Publication Society A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented annotated anthology of the most important Jewish mystical works, A Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism Reader is designed to facilitate teaching these works to all levels of learners in adult education and college classroom settings. Daniel M. Horwitz’s insightful introductions and commentary accompany readings in the Talmud and Zohar and writings by Ba''al Shem Tov, Rav Kook, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and others. Horwitz’s introduction describes five major types of Jewish mysticism and includes a brief chronology of theirdevelopment, with a timeline. He begins with biblical prophecy and proceeds through the early mystical movements up through current beliefs. Chapters on key subjects characterize mystical expression through the ages, such as Creation and deveikut (“cleaving to God”); the role of Torah; the erotic; inclinations toward good and evil; magic; prayer and ritual; and more. Later chapters deal with Hasidism, Trade Review"Horowitz offers a very readable and enjoyable introduction to the broad expanse of Jewish mystical literature from biblical to modern times."—Mark Verman, Religious Studies Review"Rabbi Horwitz has done a masterful job of collecting important excerpts from the vast storehouse of mystical literature, and annotated each selection with a perceptive analysis. This collection will remain the classic book of study on kabbalah and Jewish mysticism for decades to come."—Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins“A gateway into the world of Jewish spirituality. . . . An important resource, very well done.”—Rabbi Jack Riemer, editor of The World of the High Holy Days“Rabbi Horwitz has written a fine book of accessible scholarship, one that will be welcomed by rabbis, educators, and adult education classes. Strongly recommended.”—Rabbi Judith Abrams, the late former head of Maqom, School for Adult Talmud Study, and coauthor of The Messiah and the Jews“Very solid, carefully thought-out, and well researched, making a very complicated subject quite accessible.”—Rabbi Dr. Byron L. Sherwin, the late former Distinguished Service Professor, Spertus Institute Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceLandmark Dates and Key Figures in Jewish Mysticism Part 1. The Roots of Jewish Mysticism1. What Is Jewish Mysticism?2. Mysticism in the Bible Part 2. Early Mystical Pursuits3. Mysticism in the Talmud: Entering the Pardes4. Song of Songs and Ma’aseh Merkavah5. The Temple: The Meeting Place for God and His People6. Ma’aseh Bereshit, Sefer Yetzirah, and Sefer ha-Bahir: The Roots of Kabbalah7. Hasidei Ashkenaz: Mystical Moralism Part 3. Basic Concepts in Kabbalah8. The Ein Sof: That Which Is Endless9. The Sefirot: Perceiving God10. Deveikut: Cleaving to God11. Tzorekh Gavoha: The Divine Need Part 4. Further Developments in Kabbalah12. Prophetic-Ecstatic Kabbalah: Abraham Abulafia13. The Role of the Torah14. Sexuality in Jewish Mysticism15. Sin, Teshuvah, and the Yetzer ha-Ra: Tikkun16. Lurianic Kabbalah17. The Problem of Evil in Kabbalah18. Mystical Experiences, Ascetic Practices Part 5. Additional Issues in Kabbalah19. Four Worlds, Four Levels of Soul: Death and Transmigration20. Magic21. Messianism22. Prayer and Ritual in the Mystical Life Part 6. Hasidism23. The Ba’al Shem Tov and His Teachings24. The Role of Prayer and the Ba’al Shem Tov’s Successors25. The Growth of Hasidism and Its Search for Truth26. Chabad Hasidism Part 7. Mysticism, Action, and Reaction27. Three Twentieth-Century Mystics28. Concealment and Distortion of Jewish Mysticism Suggestions for Further ReadingNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Buddha Jesus and Muhammad
Book SynopsisThis cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world. * The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both similarities and differences across a range of major areas.Table of ContentsPreface ix Notes xiv Maps xv 1 Sources 1 The Delay in Writing 1 Gospel Portraits 6 Qur’an, Sira and Hadith 11 Observations 16 2 Context 23 The Ganges Plain 23 Roman Palestine 28 Arabia Deserta 34 Observations 37 3 Early Years 44 Heir to the Throne 44 Son of the Carpenter 49 Orphan and Merchant 54 Observations 58 4 Turning Point 65 The Four Sights 65 Waters of the Jordan 71 Night of Power 75 Observations 80 5 Message 88 Four Noble Truths 88 Kingdom of God 94 The Straight Path 100 Observations 106 6 Miracles 114 Iddhi 114 The Finger of God 118 One or Many? 122 Observations 127 7 Followers 134 The Third Jewel 134 The Twelve Disciples 141 Companions 147 Observations 154 8 Women 163 The Renunciation 163 Eunuch for the Kingdom 168 Mothers of the Faithful 174 Observations 179 9 Politics 185 The Enemy Within 185 Messiah 191 Ruler of Arabia 196 Observations 204 10 Death 212 The Blacksmith’s Meal 212 Cross and Tomb 218 In ‘A’isha’s arms 226 Observations 230 Conclusion 238 Further Reading 245 References 251 Index 255
£24.65
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Asian Religions
Book SynopsisThis lively introduction offers a complete overview of the main Asian religions, their traditions and contemporary relevance, and how they are lived and practiced today. It provides readers with an all-embracing introduction to Asian religions, covering each of the main traditions in a style that is lively and distinctive.Table of ContentsList of Figures vii Preface ix Part I Introductory Material 1 1 Religion 3 2 Language 11 Part II The Confucian Tradition 19 3 Defining “Religion”: The Confucian Response 21 4 The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism 28 5 The Self as a Center of Relationships 36 6 Learning to Be Human 44 7 The Lasting Influence of Confucianism in Modern East Asia 51 Part III The Taoist Tradition 59 8 What Is Taoism? 61 9 Philosophical Taoism 68 10 Temporal Dimensions of Yin–Yang Cosmology 76 11 Spatial Dimensions of Yin–Yang Cosmology 82 12 Personal Dimensions of Yin–Yang Cosmology 90 13 Taoism as a Global Religious Phenomenon 96 Part IV The Hindu Tradition 103 14 What Is Hinduism? 105 15 Karma-marga 111 16 Jnāna-marga 117 17 Bhakti-marga 123 18 Hinduism in the Modern World 133 Part V The Theravāda Buddhist Tradition 139 19 Buddhism and the Buddha 141 20 Suffering and Its Causes 149 21 Buddhist Ethics 156 22 The Fruits of Meditation 164 23 Monastic Practice 171 Part VI The Mahāyāna Buddhist Tradition 179 24 Faith 181 25 Principles of Zen Buddhism 189 26 Buddhism as a Global Religion 199 Part VII Japanese Religions 207 27 Japanese Religion and Culture 209 28 Shrine Shintō: Dimensions of Sacred Time and Space in Japan 218 29 Dimensions of Religion in Modern Japan 227 Part VIII Conclusions 237 30 “Religion” and the Religions 239 Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading 246 Glossary 255 Index 260
£21.95
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The WileyBlackwell Companion to Religion and
Book SynopsisThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice brings together a team of distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and comparative account of social justice in the major religious traditions. The first publication to offer a comparative study of social justice for each of the major world religions, exploring viewpoints within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism Offers a unique and enlightening volume for those studying religion and social justice - a crucially important subject within the history of religion, and a significant area of academic study in the field Brings together the beliefs of individual traditions in a comprehensive, explanatory, and informative style All essays are newly-commissioned and written by eminent scholars in the field Benefits from a distinctive four-part organization, with sections on major religions; religious movements and tTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Part I Major World Religions 13 Introduction 15 1 Buddhism: Historical Setting 17Mavis Fenn 2 Buddhism: Contemporary Expressions 30Steven Emmanuel 3 Christianity: Historical Setting 46Stanley M. Burgess 4 Christianity: Contemporary Expressions 61Curtiss Paul DeYoung 5 Confucianism: Historical Setting 77Joseph Chan 6 Confucianism: Contemporary Expressions 93Stephen C. Angle 7 Hinduism: Historical Setting 110O.P. Dwivedi 8 Hinduism: Contemporary Expressions 124Amita Singh 9 Islam: Historical Setting 137Hussam S. Timani 10 Islam: Contemporary Expressions 153Erin E. Stiles 11 Judaism: Historical Setting 170Moshe Hellinger 12 Judaism: Contemporary Expressions 190Eliezer Segal Part II Religious Movements and Themes 205 Introduction 207 13 Bahá’í Faith 210Christopher Buck 14 The Quest for Justice in Revival, a Creole Religion in Jamaica 224William Wedenoja 15 The Muhammadiyah: A Muslim Modernist Organization in Contemporary Indonesia 241Florian Pohl 16 The Role of the Chief in Asante Society 256Yaw Adu-Gyamfi 17 Tibetan Monastics and Social Justice 268Derek F. Maher 18 Sangha and Society 280Hiroko Kawanami 19 G’meelut Chasadim (Deeds of Kindness) 292W.E. Nunnally 20 Hospitality 306Ana María Pineda 21 Zakat: Faith and Giving in Muslim Contexts 319Azim Nanji 22 Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue 330Barbara Brown Zikmund Part III Indigenous People 345 Introduction 347 23 Africa: Religion and Social Justice among the Diola of Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau 350Robert M. Baum 24 Australia: Religion and Social Justice in a Continent of Hunter-Gatherers 361Robert Tonkinson 25 Central America: A God for the Poor – Folk Catholicism and Social Justice among the Yucatec Maya 373Christine A. Kray 26 Europe: The Roma People of Romania 388Sorin Gog and Maria Roth 27 Middle East: The Kurds – Religion and Social Justice of a Stateless Nation 402Charles G. MacDonald 28 New Zealand: The Māori People 412Rawinia Higgins 29 North America: Ojibwe Culture 425Gregory O. Gagnon 30 Southern Asia: The Gonds of India – A Search for Identity and Justice 438Sushma Yadav Part IV Social Justice Issues 451 Introduction 453 31 Colonialism 456Brigid M. Sackey 32 Abundant Life or Abundant Poverty? The Challenge for African Christianity 469T. John Padwick 33 AIDS, Religion, and the Politics of Social Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa 482Afe Adogame 34 Religion, Civil Rights, and Social Justice 496Paul Harvey 35 Human Rights: The South African Experience 507Glenda Wildschut 36 The “Double-Conscious” Nature of American Evangelicalism’s Struggle over Civil Rights during the Progressive Era 519L.B. Gallien, Jr. 37 Gender and Sexuality in the Context of Religion and Social Justice 535Mary E. Hunt 38 Beginning of Life 547Andrew Lustig 39 Death and Dying 561Courtney S. Campbell 40 Religion’s Influence on Social Justice Practices Relating to Those with Disabilities 575Ruth Vassar Burgess 41 Ecology and the Environment 591Laurel Kearns 42 Christianity and Nonviolent Resistance 607Celia Cook-Huffman43 Building Peace in the Pursuit of Social Justice 620Mohammed Abu-Nimer Index 633
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latinoax
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Contributors x Introduction xvOrlando O. Espin Part I Contexts 1 1 Lo cotidiano as Locus Theologicus 3Carmen M. Nanko‐Fernandez 2 History and Latinx Identity: Mapping a Past That Leads to Our Future 25Daisy L. Machado 3 Sources and Methodologies in Latinoax Theologies 44Ruben Rosario-Rodriguez 4 Ecumenism in Latinx Theologizing 63Jose R. Irizarry 5 A Critical Feminist Reflection on the Social Scientific Study of Latinx Religion 79Melissa Guzman-Garcia Part II The Theological Tradition 99 6 Toward a Latinx Theology of Revelation: Sources and Claims 101Efrain Agosto 7 The Bible and Latina/o/x Theology 122Jean-Pierre Ruiz 8 The Latino/a/x Theology of God as the Future of Theodicy: A Proposal from the Dangerous Memory of the Latino/a Jesus 140Sixto J. Garcia 9 Cristología Encarnada 162Neomi de Anda 10 Theological Musings toward a Latina/o/x Pneumatology 182Nestor Medina 11 Latinoax Ecclesiology in the Roman Catholic Tradition: A Pilgrimage of Subversive Memory 205Sixto J. Garcia 12 Protestant Ecclesiology 218Yara Gonzalez-Justiniano 13 Grace and Sin. Salvation 237Roberto S. Goizueta 14 Eschatology 252Luis G. Pedraja 15 Latino/a Ethics 272Maria Teresa Davila 16 Latinx Contributions to Liturgical and Sacramental Theology 292Antonio Eduardo Alonso 17 Aspiring to Un Liderazgo en Conjunto: Leadership Development for Latine Congregations 311Altagracia Perez-Bullard 18 Political Theology 326Ruben Rosario-Rodriguez and Eliezer Valentin Part III Theologizing Latinoax Realities 345 19 Latine Perspectives on Care for Creation 347Nichole M. Flores 20 Theologizing Immigration 365Victor Carmona 21 Queer Theory and Latinoxa Theologizing 391Roberto Che Espinoza 22 Theologizing Latina Feminisms: Amplifying the Political Intersections of Theology, Gender, and Critical Theory 403Xochitl Alvizo 23 Latine Perspectives on Theology, Ministry, and Pastoral Care 423Jennifer Owens-Jofre 24 Preaching Latina/Mente: Mujerista and Evangelica Theologies 440Lis Valle-Ruiz 25 Theologizing Popular Catholicism 460Rebecca Berru Davis 26 Understanding Spirituality and Theologizing Popular Protestantism 472Edwin David Aponte 27 Latinx Religion and Politics 491Eliezer Valentin 28 Interreligious Dialogue: Why Should It Matter to Our Academic and Grassroots Communities? 505Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi Index 522
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Religion in Britain
Book SynopsisReligion in Britain evaluates and sheds light on the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain; it explores the country''s increasing secularity alongside religion''s growing presence in public debate, and the impact of this paradox on Britain''s society. Describes and explains the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain Based on the highly successful Religion in Britain Since 1945 (Blackwell, 1994) but extensively revised with the majority of the text re-written to reflect the current situation Investigates the paradox of why Britain has become increasingly secular and how religion is increasingly present in public debate compared with 20 years ago Explores the impact this paradox has on churches, faith communities, the law, politics, education, and welfare Trade Review“Davie is well worth reading to offer an analysis on the changes currently being experienced in British religion. The Irish contexts are different, but still close enough to need to take note of her arguments.” (Irish Methodist Newsletter, 1 February 2015) "Davie writes (and speaks) so clearly and with manifest knowledge and common sense. It is not surprising that she is popular at diocesan conferences. Buyers of this new edition will not be disappointed. Of course, she has critics, and would not be worth reading if she did not. None the less, many will still conclude that overall this is a well-researched and judicious sociological assessment of religion in modern Britain, and one that outstrips most of its rivals. I recommend it strongly." (Church Times, 11 September 2015)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Part I Preliminaries 1 1 Introduction: A Framework for Discussion 3 2 Contexts and Generations 19 3 Facts and Figures 41 Part II Religious Legacies 69 4 Cultural Heritage, Believing without Belonging and Vicarious Religion 71 5 Territory, Politics and Institutions 91 6 Presence: Who Can Do What for Whom? 113 Part III Shifting Priorities: From Obligation to Consumption 133 7 An Emerging Market: Gainers and Losers 135 8 Proliferations of the Spiritual 155 Part IV Public Religion and Secular Reactions 175 9 Managing Diversity 177 10 Religion in Public Life 197 Part V Thinking Theoretically 219 11 Religion and Modernity Continued 221 References 237 Index 255
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Religion in Britain
Book SynopsisReligion in Britain evaluates and sheds light on the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain; it explores the country''s increasing secularity alongside religion''s growing presence in public debate, and the impact of this paradox on Britain''s society. Describes and explains the religious situation in twenty-first century Britain Based on the highly successful Religion in Britain Since 1945 (Blackwell, 1994) but extensively revised with the majority of the text re-written to reflect the current situation Investigates the paradox of why Britain has become increasingly secular and how religion is increasingly present in public debate compared with 20 years ago Explores the impact this paradox has on churches, faith communities, the law, politics, education, and welfare Trade Review“Davie is well worth reading to offer an analysis on the changes currently being experienced in British religion. The Irish contexts are different, but still close enough to need to take note of her arguments.” (Irish Methodist Newsletter, 1 February 2015) "Davie writes (and speaks) so clearly and with manifest knowledge and common sense. It is not surprising that she is popular at diocesan conferences. Buyers of this new edition will not be disappointed. Of course, she has critics, and would not be worth reading if she did not. None the less, many will still conclude that overall this is a well-researched and judicious sociological assessment of religion in modern Britain, and one that outstrips most of its rivals. I recommend it strongly." (Church Times, 11 September 2015) "But now, says Grace Davie, a sociology professor at Exeter University, the picture has completely changed, in ways that nobody could have foreseen in 1994 when she brought out the first edition of her book ... The position of Christianity (as measured by church-going, rites of passage and answers to opinion polls) has suffered steady though not yet catastrophic decline in its presumed strongholds: rural areas with a settled population, schools favoured by the middle class, and so on. But church-going in London, along with the practice of many other religions, has risen quite sharply. In a new and massively revised version of her work, Ms Davie says she has to take account of the 'huge religious market-place' which London has become." (Bruce Clark, The Economist's Erasmus blog)Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Part I Preliminaries 1 1 Introduction: A Framework for Discussion 3 2 Contexts and Generations 19 3 Facts and Figures 41 Part II Religious Legacies 69 4 Cultural Heritage, Believing without Belonging and Vicarious Religion 71 5 Territory, Politics and Institutions 91 6 Presence: Who Can Do What for Whom? 113 Part III Shifting Priorities: From Obligation to Consumption 133 7 An Emerging Market: Gainers and Losers 135 8 Proliferations of the Spiritual 155 Part IV Public Religion and Secular Reactions 175 9 Managing Diversity 177 10 Religion in Public Life 197 Part V Thinking Theoretically 219 11 Religion and Modernity Continued 221 References 237 Index 255
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning
Book Synopsis* A group of scholar-practitioners of Islam, Judaism and Christianity invite readers to share in their understanding of scriptural text study and of disciplined reasoning. * Grapples with questions ranging from the nature of scripture and revelation to the relevance of philosophies such as idealism, pragmatism and phenomenology.Trade Review"This volume certainly provides a valuable distillation of the wisdom and expertise of a distinguished group of SR practitioners, and will resonate with many." (Theology, November 2008) “The practice of scriptural reasoning is one of the most imaginative…approaches to interreligious dialogue…this collection can serve as a guide…for the sake of mutual hospitality.” (Christian Century)Table of ContentsPreface: The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning viiC. C. PecknoldPart 1 Framing Chapter 1 An Interfaith Wisdom: Scriptural Reasoning Between Jews, Christians And Muslims 1David F. FordPart 2 Describing Chapter 2 A Handbook for Scriptural Reasoning 23Steven Kepnes Chapter 3 Making Deep Reasonings Public 41Nicholas Adams Chapter 4 Heavenly Semantics: Some Literary-Critical Approaches To Scriptural Reasoning 59Ben QuashPart 3 Reading Chapter 5 Scriptural Reasoning and The Formation Of Identity 77Susannah Ticciati Chapter 6 Reading The Burning Bush: Voice, World and Holiness 95Oliver Davies Chapter 7 Qurānic Reasoning as an Academic Practice 105Tim Winter Chapter 8 Philosophic Warrants for Scriptural Reasoning 121Peter OchsPart 4 Reasoning Chapter 9 Scriptural Reasoning and The Philosophy of Social Science 139Basit Bilal Koshul Chapter 10 The Phenomenology of Scripture: Patterns of Reception and Discovery Behind Scriptural Reasoning 159Gavin D. Flood Chapter 11 Reading with Others: Levinas' Ethics and Scriptural Reasoning 171Robert GibbsPart 5 Responding Chapter 12 The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning 185Daniel W. HardyIndex 209
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Unmasking Buddhism
Book SynopsisAn ideal introduction to Buddhism for anyone who has unanswered questions about one of the world's largest and most popular religions.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I Buddhism in History 5 “Buddhism is both one and many” 7 “The Buddha is only a man who achieved Awakening” 11 “Buddhism is an Indian religion” 18 “Buddhism is the cult of nothingness” 23 “Buddhism is a philosophy, not a religion” 27 “All Buddhists are seeking to achieve Awakening” 34 “Buddhism teaches the impermanence of all things” 39 “The belief in karma leads to fatalism” 44 “Buddhism denies the existence of a self” 49 “Buddhism teaches reincarnation” 52 Part II Buddhism and Local Cultures 57 “Buddhism is an atheistic religion” 59 “Buddhism is above all a spirituality” 66 “The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Buddhism” 71 “To be Buddhist is to be Zen” 76 Part III Buddhism and Society 83 “Buddhism is a tolerant religion” 85 “Buddhism teaches compassion” 89 “Buddhism is a peaceful religion” 93 “Buddhism affirms that we are all equal” 99 “Buddhism is compatible with science” 104 “Buddhism is a kind of therapy” 112 “Buddhism advocates a strict vegetarianism” 118 “Buddhism is a universalist teaching” 122 “Buddhism is a religion of monks” 129 Conclusion: Buddhism or Neo-Buddhism? 139 Glossary 143 A Short Bibliography 151 Index 153
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Religion Toolkit
Book SynopsisThis complete overview of religious studies provides students with the essential knowledge and tools they need to explore and understand the nature of religion. Covers the early development of religion, with overviews of major and minor religions from Islam to Scientology Considers recent developments including secularization; the relationship between religion and science; and scientific studies on religion, health, and mystical experience Uses humor throughout, allowing students to remain open-minded to the subject Explains what it means to study religion academically, and considers the impact of the study of religion on religion itself Contains numerous student-friendly features including photos, maps, time lines, side bars, historical profiles, and population distribution figures Provides classroom users with a lively website,www.wiley.com/go/religiontoolkit, including questions, quizzes, extra material, and helpful prTable of ContentsList of Figures and Maps xiii Timeline xvi Acknowledgments xxii Credits xxiii 1 Introduction: Prepare to Be Surprised 2 Part I The Tools 15 2 An Overview of Religion: Making Sense of Life 16 Explaining Suffering and Evil 18 Explaining Death 22 Ghosts 23 Resurrection 24 Souls 25 Reincarnation 26 The Importance of Order 26 Order Out of Chaos 27 Order and Predictability: Eschatology, Prophecy, Divination 27 Social Order 30 Group Identity 31 Ethics/Morality and Law 34 Authority and Power 37 The Role of Ritual 39 Conclusion 41 3 The Early Development of Religious Studies 44 Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies 47 The Relationship between Philosophy and Theology 48 Two Kinds of Christian Theology 50 Scriptural (Biblical) Studies and the Impact of the Printing Press 52 Baruch Spinoza (d. 1677): The Beginnings of Source Criticism 53 William Robertson Smith (d. 1894): Historical Criticism 54 The Rise of Modernity and New Academic Disciplines: Oriental Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology 55 Max Müller (d. 1900): Oriental Studies and Religion 57 Edward Burnett Tylor (d. 1917): Anthropology and Religion 58 James Frazer (d. 1941): Evolution and Religion 61 Negative Views of Religion 65 Karl Marx (d. 1883): Religion as the Opiate of the Masses 65 Sigmund Freud (d. 1939): Religion as Neurosis 68 Sociology of Religion 71 Emile Durkheim (d. 1917): Modernization Theory 71 Max Weber (d. 1920): The Protestant Ethic and the Secularization Thesis 72 Conclusion 74 4 Religious Studies in the 20th Century 76 Back to Philosophy 80 Analytic Philosophy: Antony Flew (d. 2010) 81 Phenomenology and Religious Studies 82 Rudolf Otto (d. 1937) 82 Mircea Eliade (d. 1986) 83 Philosophy of Religion 85 John Hick (b. 1922) 85 William Lane Craig (b. 1949) 87 Anthropology of Religion 89 Clifford Geertz (d. 2006) 89 Mary Douglas (d. 2007) 91 Sociology of Religion 94 Peter L. Berger (b. 1929) 94 Robert N. Bellah (b. 1927) 95 Psychology of Religion 96 William James (d. 1910) 96 Carl Jung (d. 1961) 98 Conclusion: Theories and Methods 99 Philosophical Theories 99 Genetic/Historical Theories 100 Functionalist Theories 100 Part II Using the Tools: Surveying World Religions 103 5 Early Traditions 104 Prehistoric Religions? 107 Animism and Anthropomorphism 108 Death Rituals 112 Fertility Goddesses 113 Hunting Rituals 114 Shamans 114 Ancient Traditions, Oral Traditions, and Religion 115 The Neolithic Revolution and the Rise of Historic Religions 118 Conclusion 121 6 The Family of Western Monotheisms: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions 124 Unit I Judaism 126 The Torah, the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament 127 The History and Teachings of Judaism 135 The First Five Centuries 135 The Middle Ages (500–1500 CE) 137 The Modern Period (1750 to the present) 141 The Enlightenment 141 The Development of Reform Judaism 142 Conservative Judaism 148 Reconstructionist Judaism 148 The Rituals of Judaism 149 Judaism Today 150 Unit II Christianity 151 The History and Teachings of Christianity 151 Origins 151 The Development of Christian Doctrine 154 The Institutionalization and Politicization of Christianity 157 Eastern and Western Christians 159 The Western/Roman Church 160 The Eastern Orthodox Churches 163 The Protestant Reformation 164 Christian Rituals 166 Christianity Today 166 Unit III Islam 167 The History and Teachings of Islam 167 Core Teachings 167 Early History: The Life of Muhammad and the Rashidun Caliphs 174 The Dynastic Caliphates 176 The Modern Period: Reform and Recovery 179 Islamic Rituals 180 Major Divisions Today 182 Unit IV The Impact of Religious Studies on the Western Monotheisms 183 Biblical Studies 184 Rudolf Bultmann (d. 1976): “Demythologizing” Scripture 185 John Dominic Crossan (b. 1934): The Historicity of Scripture 186 Theology 192 Liberation Theology 192 Gustavo Gutierrez (b. 1928) 192 Farid Esack (b. 1959) 194 Feminist Theology 196 Judith Plaskow (b. 1947) 198 Rosemary Radford Ruether (b. 1936) 199 Amina Wadud (b. 1952) 201 Conclusion 203 7 330 Million Gods – or None: Two Traditions from India 206 Hinduism and Buddhism 208 Hinduism 209 History and Teachings of Hinduism 211 Indus Valley Civilization (3000–1500 BCE) 211 The Aryans and the Vedas (1500–600 BCE) 211 The Mystical Worldview of the Upanishads 213 Classical Hinduism (3rd century BCE–7th century CE) 216 The Ramayana 216 The Mahabharata 217 The Puranas 221 The Laws of Manu 223 Hinduism Today 226 Rituals 226 Buddhism 229 History and Teachings of Buddhism 230 Understanding the Four Noble Truths 233 The Ethics of “Awakening” 235 The Core of All Buddhist Traditions 235 The Development of the Three Main Traditions 237 Theravada (Hinayana) 238 Mahayana 238 Vajrayana 240 Buddhism Today 242 Rituals 243 Conclusion: Religious Studies and Indian Traditions 244 8 Balancing and Blending: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in China 246 The Tao, Yin and Yang 248 The History of Chinese Religious Thought 251 The Shang Period (18th–11th centuries BCE) 251 The Zhou Period (11th–3rd centuries BCE) 253 Confucius (551–479 BCE) 255 Taoism 258 Buddhism in China 260 Pure Land Buddhism 262 Chan (Zen) Buddhism 262 Chinese Folk Traditions 265 Rituals in Chinese Traditions 266 Weddings 267 Funerals 267 Chinese Traditions Today 269 Conclusion: Religious Studies and the Traditions of China 271 9 Zoroastrianism, Shinto, Baha’i, Scientology, Wicca, and Seneca Traditions: What Makes a “World Religion”? 274 What Makes a “World Religion”? 276 Zoroastrianism 278 History and Teachings of Zoroastrianism 278 Zoroastrian Rituals 281 Shinto 283 History and Teachings of Shinto 283 Shinto Rituals 285 Baha’i 287 History and Teachings of Baha’i 287 Baha’i Rituals 289 Scientology 291 History and Teachings of Scientology 291 Scientology Practices 292 Scientology Rituals 293 Wicca 294 History and Teachings of Wicca 294 Wiccan Rituals 296 The Traditions of the Seneca 298 History and Teachings of the Seneca 298 Seneca Rituals 302 Conclusion: To Be or Not to Be a Religion? 304 10 Closing Questions 308 Can We Define Religion? 310 Secularization? 311 Contemporary Atheist Views 311 Contemporary Opposition to Secularization Theory 313 Resurgent Islam 313 Resurgent Religion in the U.S.? 315 Secularization in Europe 318 Religion Revisited 319 Other Issues 322 The Range of Research Areas in the American Academy of Religion 322 Medical Science and Religion 326 Religion and Physical Health 327 Religion and Mental Health 329 Does Prayer Work? 330 Brain Science and Mystical Experience: Neurotheology 330 Conclusion: Another Surprise? 335 Glossary 338 Index 344
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theravada Buddhism
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive introductory overview explores all aspects of the origins, evolution, and current practice of Theravada, the oldest surviving Buddhist school of thought. Theravada Buddhism offers an enriching and enlightening introduction to the history, teachings, and practice of Theravada for students of Buddhism.Trade Review“Each chapter ends with a wealth of reference and further suggestions for reading and watching. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 October 2014) Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Map xi Introduction 1 Part One Buddha 13 1 The Buddha and Buddhahood 15 2 Buddha Worship 43 Part Two Dhamma 69 3 Literature, Languages, and Conveying the Dhamma 71 4 The Jâtaka 99 5 The Good Buddhist 112 6 Meditation 138 7 Abhidhamma 174 Part Three Sangha and Society 195 8 Monks, Monasteries, and their Position in Society 197 9 Women in Monasticism 218 10 Women in Theravada Literature and Society 238 11 Feminist Readings of Gender-Related Symbols 250 12 Nonharming, Politics, and Violence 262 Glossary 283 Index 290
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd An Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century provides an engaging depiction of Islam as a living religion. Exploring Islam's historical context and core elements of the tradition, the authors provide a global perspective that captures the diversity of Islam in different regions and countries.Trade Review“This unique and challenging textbook describes the historical background and present diversity of political and intellectual currents in Islam in its various forms ... This is a compact and sophisticated text, suitable for graduate students seeking to understand the roots and development of modern Islamic movements and contestations.” (Religious Studies Review, 1 December 2013) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xviii Part I Overview: Islam: Image and Reality 1 1 Introduction 3Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud 2 The Historical Context 13Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud 3 Religious Structures: Tawhid 31Laith Saud 4 Islamic Beliefs: The Development of Islamic Ideas 51Laith Saud 5 Islamic Political Theology 81Laith Saud Part II Islam and the Modern World 109 6 Islam and the State: Part I 111Scott W. Hibbard 7 Islam and the State: Part II 135Scott W. Hibbard 8 Muslims as Minorities in the West 157Aminah Beverly McCloud Part III Regional Studies 171 9 Islam in Africa 173Babacar Mbengue 10 Islam in South Asia 203Saeed A. Khan 11 Islam in Central Asia 217Maria Louw 12 Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia 233Aminah Beverly McCloud 13 Muslim Histories in Latin America and the Caribbean 249John Tofik Karam Part IV Islam in a Globalized World 269 14 The Ecology of Teaching about Islam and Muslims in the 21st Century 271Aminah Beverly McCloud 15 Terrorism, Islamophobia, and the Media 285Scott W. Hibbard Conclusion: Image and Reality Reconsidered 309Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, and Laith Saud Index 315
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Temple University Press,U.S. The Eternal Present of Sport
Book SynopsisIn his persuasive study The Eternal Present of Sport, Daniel Grano rethinks the sport-religion relationship by positioning sport as a source of theological trouble. Focusing on bodies, time, movement, and memory, he demonstrates how negative theology can be practically and theoretically useful as a critique of elite televised sport. Grano asserts that it is precisely through sport's highest religious ideals that controversies are taking shape and constituting points of political and social rupture. He examines issues of transcendence, legacye.g., greatest ever, or all-timeand witnessing through instant replay, which undermine institutional authority. Grano also reflects on elite athletes representing especially powerful embodiments of religious and social conflict, including around issues related to gender, sexuality, ability doping, traumatic brain injury, and institutional greed. Elite sport is in a period of profound crisis. It is through the ideals Grano analyzes that we can i
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New York University Press Religion Is Raced
Book SynopsisDemonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first centuryWhen White people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of color act in a particular way, their motivations are usually attributed to their racial positioning. Religion Is Raced makes the case that religion in America has generally been understood in ways that center White Christian experiences of religion, and argues that all religion must be acknowledged as a raced phenomenon. When we overlook the role race plays in religious belief and action, and how religion in turn spurs public and political action, we lose sight of a key way in which race influences religiously-based claims-making in the public sphere. With contributions exploring a variety of religious traditions, from Buddhism and Islam to Judaism and Protestantism, as well as pieces on atheists and humanists, Religion Is Raced bringsTrade ReviewChallenges the unspoken narrative of whiteness that has shaped studies of US religion. Writing from various disciplinary perspectives, the authors collectively chart a more productive way forward, one that begins with very different (and more empirically accurate) assumptions. A state-of-the-art work and a shot across the bow. -- Paul Harvey, author of Christianity and Race in the American South: A HistoryAn important collective endeavor that will leave its mark as an essential resource for understanding contemporary American religion. Yukich and Edgell bring together several of the best scholars in the sociology of religion in order to shed new light on neglected racial (but also religious, ethnic and gendered) aspects of religion as it is lived in the United States today. This is a crucial and overdue corrective and a significant achievement. -- Michèle Lamont, Harvard UniversityAn incredibly rich, important and timely book. Yukich and Edgell, along with their powerhouse group of contributing authors, highlight crucial racial underpinnings and underlying organizing principals of contemporary religion and the consequences for social divisions, politics and identities. This book is a cornerstone, one that will shape scholarly work and public conversations for generations. -- Vincent J. Roscigno, Ohio State University
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New York University Press Religion Is Raced
Book SynopsisDemonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first centuryWhen White people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of color act in a particular way, their motivations are usually attributed to their racial positioning. Religion Is Raced makes the case that religion in America has generally been understood in ways that center White Christian experiences of religion, and argues that all religion must be acknowledged as a raced phenomenon. When we overlook the role race plays in religious belief and action, and how religion in turn spurs public and political action, we lose sight of a key way in which race influences religiously-based claims-making in the public sphere. With contributions exploring a variety of religious traditions, from Buddhism and Islam to Judaism and Protestantism, as well as pieces on atheists and humanists, Religion Is Raced bringsTrade Review"Challenges the unspoken narrative of whiteness that has shaped studies of US religion. Writing from various disciplinary perspectives, the authors collectively chart a more productive way forward, one that begins with very different (and more empirically accurate) assumptions. A state-of-the-art work and a shot across the bow." -- Paul Harvey, author of Christianity and Race in the American South: A History"An important collective endeavor that will leave its mark as an essential resource for understanding contemporary American religion. Yukich and Edgell bring together several of the best scholars in the sociology of religion in order to shed new light on neglected racial (but also religious, ethnic and gendered) aspects of religion as it is lived in the United States today. This is a crucial and overdue corrective and a significant achievement." -- Michèle Lamont, Harvard University"An incredibly rich, important and timely book. Yukich and Edgell, along with their powerhouse group of contributing authors, highlight crucial racial underpinnings and underlying organizing principals of contemporary religion and the consequences for social divisions, politics and identities. This book is a cornerstone, one that will shape scholarly work and public conversations for generations." -- Vincent J. Roscigno, Ohio State University
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University of Nebraska Press Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the
Book SynopsisIndigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.Trade Review“One of the benefits of this book is the contributors’ use of a wide range of methodologies and approaches. There are few existing studies in comparative religion that offer such an intellectual feast to nourish the religious and critical mind. This is an excellent and well-researched book that is desperately needed in contemporary scholarship in religion and comparative religion.”—Celucien L. Joseph, author of Theologizing in Black: On Africana Theological Ethics and AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Introduction: Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas: Multidisciplinary ApproachesBenjamin Hebblethwaite and Silke Jansen 1. Meeting Grounds in Saint-Domingue and the Emergence of Haitian Vodou; An Ecological ApproachLeGrace Benson 2. The Many Faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in Nineteenth-century New OrleansEleanor A. Laughlin 3. Shamanic Healing, Initiation, and Ritual Technique in a Kwak’wala Narrative from the Boas-Hunt Corpus Daniel J. Frim4. Language and Rituals of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Kongos of Villa Mella José María Santos Rovira 5. “A Joyful Place”: Baniwa Jaguar Shamans’ Songs and Historical Change Robin M. Wright 6. Embodying, Reshaping, and Combining the Past and the Future: A Mapuche Shaman’s Historical Agency in Chile Ana Mariella Bacigalupo 7. Other Knowledges: Tensions and Negotiation between Religion, Knowledges, and School in a Wixárika community Francisco Iritamei Benítez de la Cruz and Itxaso García Chapinal 8. “It’s the Song that Cures”: Healing, Music, and Ayahuasca in Brazil’s Santo Daime Churches Dereck Daschke 9. Finding Orisha in New Places Jeffery M. Gonzalez ContributorsNotesIndex
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Cornell University Press Harvests Feasts and Graves
Book SynopsisRyan Schram explores the experiences of living in intercultural and historical conjunctures among Auhelawa people of Papua New Guinea in Harvests, Feasts, and Graves. In this ethnographic investigation, Schram ponders how Auhelawa question the meaning of social forms and through this questioning seek paths to establish a new sense of their collective self.Harvests, Feasts, and Graves describes the ways in which Auhelawa people, and by extension many others, produce knowledge of themselves as historical subjects in the aftermath of diverse and incomplete encounters with Christianity, capitalism, and Western values. Using the contemporary setting of Papua New Guinea, Schram presents a new take on essential topics and foundational questions of social and cultural anthropology.If, as Marx writes, the tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living, Harvests, Feasts, and Graves asks: Which history weighs the most? ATrade ReviewHarvests, Feasts, and Graves offers a lively account of a people dealing with a seductive modernity that they nevertheless, as Schram puts it, hold at bay, offering a compelling alternative to accounts that emphasise a decisive rupture with the past or that misrecognise change as stasis. * The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology *Harvests, Feasts, and Graves is a rich, rewarding ethnography and stimulating contribution to current debates concerning the ways rural Papua New Guineans experience and make sense of their ongoing participation in wider institutional and discursive frameworks, particularly Christianity and capitalism. * Pacific Affairs *
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Cognella, Inc Experiences of the Sacred: Introductory Readings
Book SynopsisExperiences of the Sacred: Introductory Readings in Religion provides students with a curated compilation of articles written on the different religious traditions. The articles provide students with valuable insight into the particular worldviews and beliefs of each religion.The text provides an overview of seven religious traditions, which are organized into three major categories: Dharmic traditions (Hinduism and Buddhism); Chinese traditions (Confucianism and Daoism); and Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). The readings on the religions are introduced by material on the cultures in which they were created, providing students with rich historical and cultural context, followed by overviews, essays, and descriptions of each tradition. Suggestions for further reading and reflection questions throughout the text encourage additional exploration and consideration of the material.Providing students with a critical knowledge base of major religious traditions, Experiences of the Sacred is an ideal textbook for foundational courses in world religion.
£79.90
Fordham University Press Stormy Weather
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£78.30
Baker Publishing Group Christianity – A Brief Introduction
Book SynopsisAn expert on world religions provides a compelling look into the shape and movement of Christianity's past, present, and future. Charles Farhadian accounts for the cultural, social, and theological issues that have shaped Christianity worldwide as he describes the distinctives of the world's largest religion. Addressing the global nature of Christianity without focusing exclusively on that topic, this supplementary text could serve in a variety of courses across the curriculum and is written to be useable in either Christian or secular settings.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Who Are Christians?2. Where Are Christians?3. Why Is the Bible So Important to Christians?4. What Is the Christian Church?5. How Do Christians Worship?6. Where Is Christianity Going?7. How Does Christianity Relate to Other Religions?Index
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Baker Publishing Group World Religions – A Guide to the Essentials
Book SynopsisThis masterful survey of world religions presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religions. The authors, both respected scholars of world religions, have over 50 years of combined teaching experience. Their book is accessibly written for introductory classes, can be easily adapted for one- or two-semester courses, and employs a neutral approach for broad classroom use. The third edition has been revised throughout, with updated material on the history and contemporary configurations of each tradition and new sections addressing gender, sexuality, and the environment. It also includes effective sidebars, photographs, timelines, charts, calendars, glossaries, and a spelling guide. Online resources through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources include Powerpoint/Keynote slides, new maps and videos, and a large question bank of multiple-choice test questions (available to professors upon request).Table of ContentsContentsMaps and Illustrations1. Studying World Religions2. Ancient ReligionsWestern Religions3. Judaism4. Christianity5. IslamEastern Religions6. Hinduism7. Buddhism8. Jainism9. Sikhism10. Chinese Religions11. Japanese Religions12. Other Religions and Major Religious SubgroupsSpelling GuideIndex
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Baker Publishing Group Introducing World Religions – A Christian
Book SynopsisThis textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the world's religions, including history, beliefs, worship practices, and contemporary expressions. Charles Farhadian, a seasoned teacher and recognized expert on world religions, provides an empathetic account that both affirms Christian uniqueness and encourages openness to various religious traditions. His nuanced, ecumenical perspective enables readers to appreciate both Christianity and the world's religions in new ways. The book highlights similarities, dissimilarities, and challenging issues for Christians and includes significant selections from sacred texts to enhance learning. Pedagogical features include sidebars, charts, key terms, an extensive glossary, illustrations, and about a dozen maps. This book is supplemented with helpful web materials for both students and professors through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources. Resources include self quizzes, discussion questions, additional further readings, a sample syllabus, and a test bank.Table of ContentsContents1. The Persistence of Religion2. Hinduism3. Buddhism4. Jainism5. Sikhism6. Taoism and Confucianism7. Judaism8. Christianity9. Islam10. New Religious MovementsGlossaryIndex
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Baker Publishing Group Handbook of Religion – A Christian Engagement
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University of South Carolina Press Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions: The
Book SynopsisMessianic Hopes and Mystical Visions tells the story of the Nurbakhshiya, an Islamic messianic movement that originated in fifteenth-century central Asia and Iran and survives to the present in Pakistan and India. In the first full-length study of the sect, Shahzad Bashir illumines the significance of messianism as an Islamic religious paradigm and illustrates its centrality to any discussion of Islamic sectarianism. By tracing Nurbakhshi activity in the Middle East and central and southern Asia through more than five centuries, Bashir brings to view the continuities and disruptions within Islamic civilization across regions and over time. Bashir effectively captures the way Nurbakhshis have understood and debated the meaning of their tradition in various geographical and temporal contexts. Bashir provides a detailed biography of the movement's founder, Muhammad Nurbakhsh (d. 1464). Born to a Twelver Shi'i family, Nurbakhsh declared himself the mahdi, or the Muslim messiah, as an adept of the Kubravi Sufi order under the influence of the teachings of the great Sufi master Ibn al-'Arabi (d. 1240). Nurbakhsh's religious worldview, which Bashir treats in depth in this volume, offers a new window onto the intellectual world of the late medieval Islamic East. Although Nurbakhsh met with limited success as a claimant to the title of mahdi during his lifetime, his movement prospered after his death as his disciples remained active in Timurid and Safavid Iran, central Asia, and Ottoman Anatolia. Bashir analyzes the spread of the Nurbakhshiya as well as its greatest sociopolitical triumph - transplantation into Kashmir in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, from where the movement extended into neighboring Ladakh and Baltistan. Making use of previously unexamined sources, Bashir recounts every phase of Nurbakshi history, paying particular attention to the reinterpretation and adjustment of the tradition in each local context.
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. Learning to Trust in Freedom: Signs from Jewish,
Book SynopsisTrue religious faith cannot be confirmed by any external proofs. Rather, it is founded on a basic act of trust - and the common root of that trust, for Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, is a belief in the divine creation of the universe. But with "Learning to Trust in Freedom", David B. Burrell asks the provocative question: How do we reach that belief, and what is it about the universe that could possibly testify to its divine origins? Even St. Augustine, he points out, could only find faith after a harrowing journey through the lures of desire - and it is that very desire that Burrell seizes on as a tool with which to explore the origin and purpose of the world. Delving deep into the intertwinings of desire and faith, and drawing on Saint John of the Cross, Edith Stein, and Charles Taylor, Burrell offers a new understanding of free will, trust, and perception.
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University of South Carolina Press Fundamentalism: Perspectives on a Contested History
Book SynopsisThirty years after the Iranian Revolution and more than a decade since the events of 2001, the time is right to examine what the discourse on fundamentalism has achieved and where it might head from here. In this volume editors Simon A. Wood and David Harrington Watt offer eleven interdisciplinary perspectives framed by the debate between advocates and critics of the concept of fundamentalism that investigate it with regard to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The essays are integrated through engagement with a common selection of texts on fundamentalism and a common set of questions about the utility and disadvantages of the term, its varied application by scholars of particular groups, and the extent to which the term can encompass a cross-cultural set of religious responses to modernity.Although the notion of fundamentalism as a global phenomenon dates from around 1980, the term itself originated in North American Protestantism approximately six decades earlier and acquired pejorative connotations within five years of its invention. Since the early 1990s, however, many scholars have endorsed the view that the notion of fundamentalism - as relying on literalist interpretations of the scriptures, firm commitment to patriarchy, or refusal to confine religious matters to the private sphere - facilitates our understanding of modern religion by enabling us to identify and label structurally analogous developments in different religions. Critics of the term have identified problems with it, above all that the idea of global fundamentalism confuses more than it clarifies and unjustifiably overlooks, downplays, or homogenizes difference more than it identifies a genuine homogeny. The editor's rigorous exploration of both the usefulness and the limitations of the concept make it an excellent counterpoint to the many books that have a great deal to say about the former and very little to say about the latter. It will also serve as an ideal text for religious studies, history, and anthropology courses that explore the complex interface between religion and modernity as well as courses on theory and method in religious studies.
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University of South Carolina Press Shurāt Legends, Ibāḍī Identities: Martyrdom, Asceticism, and the Making of an Early Islamic Community
Book SynopsisIn Shurāt Legends, Ibādī Identities, Adam Gaiser explores the origins and early development of Islamic notions of martyrdom and of martyrdom literature. He examines the catalogs or lists of martyrs (martyrologies) of the early shurāt (Khārijites) in the context of late antiquity, showing that shurāt literature, as it can be reconstructed, shares continuity with the martyrologies of earlier Christians and other religious groups, especially in Iraq, and that this powerful literature was transmitted by seventh– century shurāt through their successors, the Ibādiyya. Gaiser examines the sources of poems and narratives as quasi-historical accounts and their application in literary creations designed to meet particular communal needs, in particular, the need to establish and shape identity.Gaiser shows how these accounts accumulated traits—such as all-night prayer vigils, stoic acceptance of death, and miracles-—of a wider ascetic and apocalyptic literature in the eighth century, including martyrdom narratives of Eastern Christianity. By establishing focal points of piety around which a communal identity could be fashioned, such accounts proved suitable for use in missionary activity in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Gaiser also documents the reshaping of these narratives for more quietist purposes: emphasizing moderated rather than violent action, diplomacy, and respect for other Islamic sects as also being monotheistic, rather than condemning them as sinful.Along with refashioning narratives, Gaiser details the Ibādī efforts to compile collections into genealogies, both biographical dictionaries and lineages of the true faith linking individuals and communities to local saints and martyrs. He also shows how this more nuanced history led to the formation of rules and authorities governing the shurāt. Employing rarely examined manuscript materials to shed light on such processes as identity formation and communal boundary maintenance, Gaiser traces the course by which this martyrdom literature and its potentially dangerous implications came to be institutionalized, contained, and controlled.
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CABI Publishing Conflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism
Book SynopsisConflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism highlights the role of religious tourism and pilgrimage as a tool for improving cultural relations. Helping to form culture and society worldwide, faith plays a vital part in cross-cultural conflict resolution and opening dialogue across peoples. This book shows how faith and activism can respond to the common challenges of peace making and coexistence both within and among the world's many traditions. The book: - contains diverse empirical research insights on aspects of religious traditions, conflicts and challenges; - presents a range of contemporary case studies, across ancient, sacred and emerging tourist destinations as well as new forms of pilgrimage, faith systems and quasi-religious activities; - provides a global perspective, including contributions from Europe, Asia and the Americas. Conflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism provides a timely assessment of the increasing linkages and interconnections between religious tourism and secular spaces on a global stage. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective, it provides an invaluable resource for those studying and researching religion, tourism and cultural management.Table of Contents1: Introduction to Conflicts Religion and Culture in Tourism Part I: Conflict, Religion, Culture and Tourism 2: Consciousness in Conflict 3: Defamation of Religion and Freedom of Speech 4: Imagining the Contours of Culture: is Religious Tourism a Precondition for Conflict? 5: The Essence of Community Cohesion through Religious Tolerance Part II: (re)Claiming Space - Modern Reinstatements of Religion and Pilgrimage 6: Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage in a Non-religious Country: the Czech Republic 7: Pilgrimage, cultural landscape, and tourism in the heritagization of Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki 8: Claiming territory: The role of pilgrimage in the struggle for a re-Christianisation of Sweden 9: Cuba and Its Christian Roots: A Case for Understanding Religious Tourism Part III: Understanding Other : Conflicts Challenges and Issues 10: Visiting Graves, Tombs and Shrines in Islamic Law 11: Religious Spaces as Discrete System: a case of Ayodhya, India 12: Halal Tourism: The Case of Turkey 13: Kosher Tourism. A Greek case study 14: War and Cultural Heritage: The case of religious monuments 15: Appendix - Discussion Points
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Collective Ink Transcendental Spirituality, Wisdom and Virtue:
Book SynopsisIn the face of potentially cataclysmic challenges and existential threats to both humanity and the planet, it is timely for this generation to recall and then live by forgotten or ignored universal ethical principles and virtues. Transcendental Spirituality, Wisdom and Virtue: The Divine Virtues and Treasures of the Heart identifies and explores 36 such principles that represent divine virtues or universal ethical principles. Supported by relevant scriptural passages from various faiths such as Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Indigenous spiritual beliefs, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Taoism and Zoroastrianism, each chapter is devoted to exploring and synthesizing the essence of the scriptural meaning and scope of one Divine Virtue. While previous works have focussed generally on ancient wisdom, this book extends beyond wisdom to include 35 additional virtues or spiritual principles that underpin these great and diverse religions.
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Collective Ink Higher Spiritual Path, The
Book SynopsisPredicated on the immemorial core or "first" principles of the universal perennial philosophy, which finds expression from Lao Tzu to Ramana Maharshi in the East and from Pythagoras to René Guénon and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in the West, The Higher Spiritual Path details how those on the higher spiritual path must address and master its requirements. This book is as practical as it is philosophical -- or theosophical -- since it is based on the specifics of “sacred science,” or spiritual science, an inextricable component of the perennial philosophy. Many of the requirements of the higher spiritual path are based on the truths of this ancient spiritual science, formulated over millennia by jivanmukti, or liberated beings, who serve as the teachers of those currently engaged in treading this hieratic path. The goals of ascending this path are the loftiest; the hierarchical order of its spiritual teachers is the holiest; and the totality of its evolutionary and compassionate purpose is the most sacred.
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Liverpool University Press Cole Sahib: The Story of a Multifaith Journey
Book SynopsisW Owen Cole, has had a distinguished career in Religious Education, and has a world-wide reputation as a distinguished commentator on multifaith issues and practice, as well as on Sikhism. He has written -- on his own and in conjunction with others many well received books, continually used in teaching from primary to tertiary education, including: Six World Faiths (Continuum); Religious Education in the Primary Curriculum: Teaching Strategies and Practical Activities (with Judith Evans Lowndes; Religious and Moral Education Press); Six Religions in the Twenty First Century (with Peggy Morgan; Stanley Thornes); Spirituality in Focus (Heinemann); Hinduism (with Hemant Kannitkar, Heinemann); Understanding Sikhism (Dunedin Academic Press); The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs & Practices (with Piara Singh Sambhi; Sussex Academic Press). Owen Cole sets out on his journey towards a multifaith world view detailing his encounters with the Indo Pakistan subcontinent and the UK and those individuals -- Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Christian -- who were to shape his thinking and educational stances. This book is required reading for those who have benefited from Owen Cole's previous books, educators involved in multi-faith issues and questions associated with faith schools and school worship, and all those who enjoy biography at its sharpest.Trade Review"What comes across strikingly is the unswerving faithfulness to his background and to his guiding insights. It is expressed over and over again in meeting creatively the challenges of changing circumstances and it is this that will inspire readers. Owen remains a 'Bradford nonconformist'and one whose commitment is to respecting and nurturing the cultures and consciences of all." Eleanor Nesbitt, The Friend, 23 October 2009Table of ContentsForeword by Charanjit K Ajit Singh; Preface; Introduction; Setting Out; Getting There; National Service & Beyond; Harlow; Newcastle; Leeds; Setting foot in the Subcontinent; Pakistan; Back to India; Return to Leeds; Chichester; India Revisited; Patiala; Return to Chichester; At End is My Beginning; Glossary.
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SPCK Publishing Miniskirts, Mothers & Muslims: A Christian Woman
Book SynopsisThis observant, witty book reveals the conventions that govern Muslim society - and charts the unwitting mistakes Westerners can makes when meeting Muslims. 'This book is for Christians venturing among Muslims,' explains Christine Mallouhi. 'It assumes that Christians will want to live honourable among Muslims for Christ's sake, and explores what that means...I am the Western wife of an Arab from a conservative Muslim family. My stories are from the shadow side of Muslim culture, which is invisible to most Westerners.' Her themes include: - status - the place of women - the veil - stereotypes - segregation and restrictions - family life - hospitality and witnessTrade Review`I am enriched, enlightened and refreshed by reading Christine Mallouhi’s book...fascinating and perceptive.’ -- Dr Vivienne Stacey`Full of insights into Arab culture and Muslim people, men as well as women...Her real-life stories are worth volumes.’ -- Dr Chawkat Moucarry * All Nations Christian College *
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Collective Ink Thoughtful Guide to Religion: The Why it Began,
Book SynopsisThis book presents a fantastically comprehensive and intelligent look at all the world's religions, sects, cults, traditions, and ideologies. This is a comprehensive, intelligent and sympathetic guide to all the religions of the world, including the lesser-known traditions, sects, cults and ideologies. "The Thoughtful Guide to Religion" meets today's urgent need for a greater understanding of all religions on an individual, social and global basis. Using aspects from philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and numerous other disciplines, this volume tries to answer the questions - How does religion arise? How does it sustain itself? and Why does it unite some people while it ostracises others? This remarkable volume attempts to understand the most important aspects of all religions. Beginning with a look at myths, rituals, initiation and magic, and ending with a look at the elegant and mystical approach that some physicists have to their work, it provides a holistic approach for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding and appreciation of religion.
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