Religion and beliefs Books
Nova Science Publishers Inc Is God a Republican?: Essays from a Christian
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays addresses the general topic of religion and politics, but it also has some purely religious essays that might interest the reader. This book addresses a difficult subject- the proper blend politics and religion in American society. Would God approve of our public discourse today? The answer will be found largely in the Scriptures.
£39.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Religion & Psychology: New Developments
Book SynopsisThis book examines the relationship between religion and psychology. Topics discussed include what spiritual and religious traditions offer psychologists; bridging the gap between spirituality and mental health; using psychology to facilitate Christian living; psychology-church collaboration; religiousness and death anxiety; childhood sexual victimisation and the role of religion in recovery, and clergy interest in innovative collaboration with psychologists.
£106.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Religion & Healthcare
Book SynopsisThis book presents current research in the study of the relationship between religion and health care. Topics discussed include distributive justice and Christian health care ethics; hospitalised patients'' expectations of spiritual care from nurses; faith-based substance abuse treatment programs; spiritual coping among chronically ill children and implications of integrative health care in religion.
£101.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Foundations of Religion
Book SynopsisThis book presents discussions of the foundations of religious beliefs from a variety of cultures, with a particular focus on the traditions of non-violence in religion. Topics discussed include non-violence and peace traditions in early and eastern Christianity; Roman Catholic tradition and passive resistance; practice of Ahimsa in Buddhism; non-violence and peace in Hinduism; Queen Ketevan and the Christian culture and a qualitative study of how the black church influences parents.
£106.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Modern Analysis of Religious Practices
Book SynopsisThis book offers a modern analysis of religious practices. Topics discussed include renewing Islamic discourse; the re-scripting of the Jihad; churches and campaign activity; continuity and change in prison chaplaincy; gender violence in Muslim societies; religion and politics in Malawi and a discussion of whether religion produces or reduces corruption, as well as the question of whether religion causes violence.
£101.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Populism & the Catholic Church: Political Crisis
Book SynopsisThis book provides an insightful, nuanced, and richly documented account of the progressive transformation of the Brazilian Catholic Church in the period following the Second World War and up to the crisis of populism that culminated in the military coup of 1964. The focus of Krischke''s analysis is on the leadership provided by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB in its Portuguese acronym), which was created in 1952. It headed a process that, step by step, distanced the Church from the traditional conservative ruling elites of the country and transformed it into a modern autonomous institution that became increasingly sympathetic to the demands of the working class and peasantry and supportive of their organisational efforts.
£176.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Psychology of Faith
Book SynopsisThis book presents topical research in the study of the psychology of faith. Topics discussed include the rationality of faith; the role of spirituality, coping and ethnicity in cardiac rehabilitation; the dionysian actor and the experiential engagement with faith; magical and religious practices of preventing natural disasters; religion and mental health and the psychological study of trauma, faith, and recovery.
£106.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Social Policy & Religion
Book SynopsisToday''s society is marked by a fundamental ambiguity: On the one hand we find the loss in old values and systems, in particular what is called secularisation, and the loss of the stronghold of religious institutions. However, at the same time we find the opposite: rather than the loss of confidence in religion, the loss of confidence in citizenship and the institutions of the welfare state. As a conservative answer, policies based in family and religion are constructed and offered as new doctrines as well as for new social policies. The borders between different traditional positions are blurred in this process: conservative and progressive positions claim the turn to communitarian values. This book is a valuable contribution to current debates, looking at the background of faith systems, their understanding and claims, and the limitations in answering the challenges of modernising societies.
£159.74
Our Daily Bread Publishing Biblical Psychology: Christ-Centered Solutions
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Is God a Democrat?: Essays from a Christian
Book SynopsisThis book is about the basic differences between Democrats and Republicans that divide our country. It is also about God''s perspective on the issue, as revealed in the Christian Bible, and about God and the future -- our future in heaven with him. God appears to sympathise with Democrats on certain public policy issues, as expressed in his views on the poor and the need to care for them. This implies God''s sympathy for the use of government intervention on their behalf when the private sector economy fails to provide for them. However, the Democratic view is problematic when the Bible is applied to certain social issues. Republicans rightly point out that God is not neutral on these social issues. How can political parties in the U.S. reach agreement on these and other issues? The idea of a society that is regulated by government to ensure more economic equality needs to be balanced with the freedom to pursue individual dreams. Republicans and Democrats will always fight over where that balance point should be placed. On the important social issues of the day, both sides need to pay more attention to God''s point of view as expressed in the Bible, and not simply dismiss that view when it fails to agree with contemporary mores. To risk God''s displeasure is a foolish course. Christians also should view world politics from a more cautious perspective. Jesus was not optimistic about human nature and our ability to solve problems with worldly values. Similarly, we should not be optimistic about man''s ability to politically and socially engineer a perfect world. Human nature and the presence of evil in spiritual realms will prevent that. To maintain some optimism, we need to focus on the future and God''s plan for us in heaven. Christians believe that we will reign with Christ in heaven, where he will be King of kings. Heavenly government seems like a contradiction in terms, but the Bible talks about a millennial reign of Christ on earth, followed by an eternal reign of God the Father. When God the Father comes to reign on earth, his power will be centred in a New Jerusalem which will descend to a physical earth that is newly renovated. All of these events are described in the Book of Revelation and elsewhere in the Bible. In the meantime, Christians need to prepare for heaven by growing closer to God. By being better Christians, we become better citizens in the earthly nations of which we are a part. In doing so, we need to recognise that democracy, for all its virtues, is a flawed system of government, and social progress on earth is limited. This should not result in cynicism, but in a renewed effort to see our public problems and solutions from God''s perspective, a perspective of love and faith.
£55.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Women in Islamic Societies: A Literature Review
Book SynopsisHalf a billion Muslim women inhabit some 45 Muslim-majority countries, and another 30 or more countries have significant Muslim minorities, including, increasingly, countries in the developed West. This book provides a literature review of recent empirical social science scholarship that addresses the actualities of women''s lives in Muslim societies across multiple geographic regions. This book also discusses the differences in the Sunnis and Shiites in Islam.
£131.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Returning to Spirituality
Book SynopsisThis book consists of articles that were presented at the International Conference dedicated to the 80th birth-anniversary and 35th anniversary since the enthronement of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II. The conference was held by the International Centre for Christian Studies at the Orthodox Church of Georgia in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 14-15 December, 2012. The conference had three working sections: religion and science; religion and culture; and "God, Motherland and Man". Participants of the conference were scholars from the USA, France, Italy, Rumania, Poland, Czechia, and Lithuania; participants included the most reverend hierarchs, clergymen and representatives of the Georgian government. The work of the conference was summed up by the Round Table which outlined the tasks and methods of further cooperation. The participants of the Second International Conference expressed hope that modern society would fully estimate the dangers caused by the present lack of spirituality and will do all that is possible to restore spirituality in all spheres of public life. All these elements are examined and written about in this book.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Religiosity: Psychological Perspectives,
Book SynopsisThis book reviews several psychological perspectives of religiosity. It studies individual differences and health benefits of religiosity as well. Chapter One focuses on religious conversion and provides a review of psychological concepts related to religious conversion and defines religious conversion as a positive change in religious beliefs including significant changes in spiritual and personal life. Chapter Two examines whether the meaning of life can mediate the relationships between religiosity and hope. Chapter Three discusses the contribution of religiosity and spirituality to well-being. Chapter Four explores the associations between religiosity, subjective well-being, and psychopathology. Chapter Five describes two studies that explores whether the experience of loneliness is influenced by one''s degree of religious observance. Chapter Six reviews research on whether religiosity is a protective factor for suicidal ideation and behavior. Chapter Seven studies spiritual tactics, sickness and depressed moods in older adults. Chapter Eight reviews often conflicting scientific literature dealing with spirituality and religiosity and eating disorder symptomatology in women. Finally, Chapter Nine discusses religion, spirituality and health in the Chinese context.
£163.19
Shambhala Publications Inc That Is Not Your Mind!: Zen Reflections on the
Book SynopsisViewed through the lens of psychology and neuroscience, a classic Zen sutra becomes a springboard for exploring sensory experiences and realizing freedom.What does it mean tobe liberatedthroughone?s sensory life? In That Is Not Your Mind! Zen teacher Robert Rosenbaum explores this question by taking readers on a step-by-step journey through the Surangama Sutra. This Chinese Mahayana sutra is known for its emphasis on practicing with the senses (sight, sound, taste, smell, touch, and the Buddhist ?sixth sense? of mind or cognition), as well as its teachings on the necessity of basic ethical commitments, like not killing or stealing, to support the development of one?s meditation practice and insight.Rosenbaum interweaves passages from the sutra with contemporary insights from neuroscience and psychology, illustrating the usefulness of the text with anecdotes from his life and his forty years of teaching experience. In addition to learning about a sutra that played an important role in the creation of Chinese Chan and Japanese Zen Buddhism, readers are guided through meditations and other practices derived from the sutra?s teachings, such as hearing meditations (awareness of sound, awareness of silence, turning hearing inwards)and centering meditations (basic centering as well as centering on compassion)."One of the most difficult aspects of Buddhist practice is wrapping our minds around how every moment is both a deceptive seeming and also a true gateway to awakening," writes Rosenbaum. "Nothing is hidden, but there is an infinite field we cannot see."
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University of Alberta Press Contemporary Indigenous Cosmologies and
Book SynopsisIn this timely collection, the authors examine Indigenous peoples’ negotiations with different cosmologies in a globalized world. Dussart and Poirier outline a sophisticated theory of change that accounts for the complexity of Indigenous peoples’ engagement with Christianity and other cosmologies, their own colonial experiences, as well as their ongoing relationships to place and kin. The contributors offer fine-grained ethnographic studies that highlight the complex and pragmatic ways in which Indigenous peoples enact their cosmologies and articulate their identity as forms of affirmation. This collection is a major contribution to the anthropology of religion, religious studies, and Indigenous studies worldwide. Contributors: Anne-Marie Colpron, Robert R. Crépeau, Françoise Dussart, Ingrid Hall, Laurent Jérôme, Frédéric Laugrand, C. James MacKenzie, Caroline Nepton Hotte, Ksenia Pimenova, Sylvie Poirier, Kathryn Rountree, Antonella Tassinari, Petronella Vaarzon-MorelTrade Review"Contemporary Indigenous Cosmologies and Pragmatics est un ouvrage cohérent qui propose une réelle synergie entre les différents chapitres, ce qui n’est pas toujours le cas pour un ouvrage collectif de ce genre. Il donnera l’occasion aux chercheurs en anthropologie de pousser plus loin leurs réflexions sur la contemporanéité des cosmologies autochtones, notamment à travers une riche diversité et ce, sur le plan à la fois thématique et ethnographique mais aussi théorique. N’importe quel spécialiste ou étudiant qui s’intéresse aux dynamiques religieuses autochtones y trouvera son compte." Émile Duchesne, Anthropologie et Sociétés, Vol. 46, No 2, 2022Table of Contents1 Indigenous Cosmologies, Entangled Religiosities, and Global Connections 1 A Theoretical Overview FRANÇOISE DUSSART & SYLVIE POIRIER 2 Embracing Christianity, Rejecting Western Individualism? 33 Inuit Leaders and the Limits of Indigenization FRÉDÉRIC LAUGRAND 3 Engaging Religiosities 59 Relationality, Co-existence, and Belonging among Lander Warlpiri, Central Australia PETRONELLA VAARZON-MOREL 4 Making People 87 Manipulating Alterity in the Production of the Person among the Karipuna People of Northern Brazil ANTONELLA TASSINARI 5 Discourses on the Advent of New Times among the Kaingang People of Southern Brazil 111 ROBERT R. CRÉPEAU 6 From Unknown to Hypermediatized 133 Shipibo-Konibo Female Shamans in Western Amazonia ANNE-MARIE COLPRON 7 Tying Down the Soul of a Potato in the Southern Peruvian Andes 157 Performance and Frictions INGRID HALL 8 Negotiating Indigenous-Global Relationships in Contemporary Shamanism 187 The Case of Malta KATHRYN ROUNTREE 9 Indigenous Cosmologies and Social Media 219 Creativity, Self-Representation, and Power of the Image for First Nations Women Artists CAROLINE NEPTON HOTTE & LAURENT JÉRÔME 10 Human Remains and Indigenous Religiosity in the Museum Space 253 Ritual Relations to the Altaian Mummy in the Anokhin National Museum of the Altai Republic, Russia KSENIA PIMENOVA 11 Shaman, Christian, Bureaucrat, Cop 285 Maya Responses to Modern Entanglements C. JAMES MACKENZIE Contributors 311 Index 317"
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Watkins Media Limited Pause for Thought
Book SynopsisIn a world that seems to rush us ever onwards, this book is all about pausing.When we stop, and really think, we give ourselves a chance to change direction. We create a space for something new and wonderful to grow. This inspiring collection of reflections on modern life is taken from Pause for Thought, broadcast daily on BBC Radio 2 on the Chris Evans and Vanessa Feltz shows. These pieces offer fresh ways of perceiving the world, of connecting with each other and of negotiating modern life. Together, they provide a guide to finding happiness and achieving spiritual wellness, despite all the challenges we face.Contributors include Gogglebox vicar Kate Bottley, stand-up comics Shazia Mirza and Paul Kerensa, and ex-Communard Richard Coles along with religious leaders Bishop Nick Baines, the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Cardinal Vincent Nichols.Pause For Thought is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on After Midnight at 00:45 and 02:45, on Vanessa Feltz's show at 05:45 and on Chris Evan's Breakfast Show at 09:20. It features an eclectic mix of contributors from a wide range of faiths.
£9.74
Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya UK The Great Western Revival: Addresses of His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad Khalifatul-Masih V
Book SynopsisThe Great Western Revival is a collection of addresses by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul-Masih V and Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The addresses revolve around establishing peace at all levels of society and tackling questions of current debate.
£8.00
Fitzrovia Press Eternal Dance of Love: The Beautiful Story of
Book SynopsisThe beautiful story of Lord Chaitanya shows how all problems can be healed by loving God. Five hundred years ago he travelled from village to village across India singing the names of Krishna and sharing his love with all he met - as healing today as it was then.
£12.00
Intermex Publishing Ltd Sri Krishna Lila Stava: Of Srla Goswami
Book SynopsisAmong the priceless books contributed by Srila Sanatana Gosvami and translated by Gopiparanadhana Dasa, such as Sri Brhad Bhagavatamrita, this Sri Krsna-lila-stava is the shortest and simplest. An offering of praise in 432 verses, it gives a personal meditation on Krsna's Vrindavana pastimes as told by Sukhadeva in Srimad-Bhagavatam.
£23.74
KEVIN MAYHEW (MUSIC) HEALING PRAYER AFTER TRAUMA
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Hari-Nama Press,U.S. Leadership for an Age of Higher Consciousness Vol
Book SynopsisIn his book, B.T. Swami explores the leadership qualities of ancient Vedic leaders, emphasizing servant leadership, integrity, and tapping into earthly and spiritual help. True leaders are visionary servants who transform individuals into unified communities with a sacred mission.
£15.99
Laitman Kabbalah Publishers Disclosing a Portion: The Inner Mechanics of the
Book SynopsisThe Pentateuch, or The Five Books of Moses, is a fascinating odyssey of a nation in the making. Yet, underneath the tales that reveal human nature at its zenith and at its nadir lies an ocean of wisdom that, if uncovered, can alter reality itself. This book uncovers that wisdom in a manner no commentary in history has. Throughout the year, each week observant Jews read a different portion of the Torah. In this book, these portions come to life as never before. Readers discover that each of the protagonists in the stories they''ve known for so long is not a myth, but a living force within. These forces direct and determine our path in life, and when we come to know them, we come to know our true selves. By delving into this text, portion by portion, the new meaning that readers will find in these ancient stories will enrich and empower them.
£20.70
Tor Mark Press Mayflower
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ATF Press Little Angel Released: A Little Book of
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£11.90
ATF Press Sunday Matters: Reflections on the Lectionary
Book SynopsisThis book contains reflections on the Sunday Bible Readings for Year B in the Roman Catholic Lectionary. They are intended to assist those preparing homilies or talks on the readings, as well as others whose curiosity and questions have been aroused by these readings. Reflections for Year A were published by ATF in 2010. Reflections for Year C in the liturgical cycle will be published by ATF in 2013.
£23.74
ATF Press Have Life Abundantly: Grass Roots First
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£22.79
ATF Press God's 'Good Time': Sisters of St Joseph in
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£23.74
ATF Press God's 'Good Time': Sisters of St Joseph in
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£29.69
ATF Press Child Sexual Abuse, Society, and the Future of
Book SynopsisIn November 2012 the Australian federal government announced the establishment of a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse''. This Royal Commission was set up after many years of reports of sexual abuse in Australia within religious institutions of various Christian churches, some state government inquiries and in the context of inquiries in other countries, most notably Ireland. The Royal Commission began its first hearing in April 2013. It has been forecast that the Commission will be hearing submissions for a number of years from witnesses, both from those who ask to speak to the Royal Commissioners and from those who will be asked to appear before the Commission. At the same time as the establishment of the Royal Commission, the Catholic Church in Australia established a Truth, Justice and healing Council to oversee the Catholic Church''s engagement with the Royal Commission. This collection brings together essays from biblical scholars, a church historian, theologians, ministers of religion from a number of churches, lawyers and a psychologist. They each address the issues of sexual abuse, society and the church in the context of the Australian inquiries. The volume ends with an overview of the processes engaged with by the Catholic Church and the State in the Republic of Ireland and reactions to these inquiries. The volume of essays considers sexual abuse from the perspective of the victims. What is to be done about the mess we are in over clerical sexual abuse? That question is puzzling concerned people today. This diverse collection offers them profitable reading, wherever they are coming from. It has enough useful suggestions and ideas to stimulate the calm, intelligent discussion now demanded by our communities. -- Edmund Campion, Australian Catholic University
£27.54
ATF Press Ave Atque Vale: Hail and Farewell
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ATF Press Ave Atque Vale: Hail and Farewell
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£24.69
ATF Press The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Australasian Journal of
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£20.89
ATF Press The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Australasian Journal of
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£26.59
ATF Press The Wisdom Trinity
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£18.99
ATF Press The Wisdom Trinity
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£22.79
ATF Press Journeying with Joseph: Josephite Essays for the
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£23.74
ATF Press Journeying with Joseph: Josephite Essays for the
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£26.59
ATF Press Fear and Faith: Christian, Jewish and
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ATF Press Foreigners with God: Hospitality in the three
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ATF Press A Call to Mission-A History of the Jesuits in
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ATF Press At Sea with Bishop John Bede Polding: The
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC Chicken Soup for the Soul: Answered Prayers: 101
Book SynopsisMiracles happen all the time and these 101 amazing stories of answered prayers will fill you with awe, inspire you, and strengthen your faith and hope.These fascinating stories prove that God is actively involved in our lives, listening to our heartfelt hopes and needs. You will be awed by miraculous true accounts of healing, divine appointments, angels among us, signs from above, timely gifts, and other answered prayers, including: Bryan, whose terminal bone cancer disappeared after his name was put on prayer lists all over the country. Dot, who prayed for a white station wagon to replace her broken down car, and was given one the next week by her boss. Joy, blinded by eye surgery, who found her husband in a snowstorm having a heart attack, after asking Jesus to show her the way. Ellie, who asked God for a sign from her late son, and was given a dream in which he assured her they would meet again. Carol, who substituted prayer for a cigarette every time she had a craving and finally managed to quit smoking. Six-year-old Clem, whose long-divorced parents reconciled the day after he asked God to put them back together.
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Blue Dome Press Science & Faith: Two Faces of the Same Fact
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Parallax Press I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha!: What Fake
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Centennial Books The Unknown Jesus
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Georg Olms Verlag AG Religiose Toleranz -- Eine Vision für eine neue
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Georg Olms Verlag AG Religiose Toleranz -- Eine Vision für eine neue
Book SynopsisThe world is out of joint -- religious conflicts are increasingly becoming a threat. Suspicion and fear, often fuelled by religious fanatics, are growing between the western world, where religion has become a matter of individual choice, and societies, particularly in the Islamic world, which are more inherently religious. Shaikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al Salmi counters this development decisively. As Minister for Religion in Oman he is familiar with the religious affairs of the traditional yet cosmopolitan Sultanate, and is at home in the world of international diplomacy. In his speeches to institutions on four continents Shaikh al Salmi tirelessly promotes his vision of a new world in which religion is no longer misused for war and oppression. He bases his arguments on the Koran, the Jewish scholar Ibn Kammuna, the Dalai Lama or the Catholic theologian Hans Küng, who, thanks to Shaikh Abdullah''s initiative, was able to lecture in the Grand Mosque in Muscat as the Shaikh himself did in Aachen Cathedral. According to his understanding, all religions are based on a common foundation of values such as freedom, equality and tolerance, in short: on humanity. This is the chance that religion offers to mankind. The seven addresses by Shaikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al Salmi contained in this volume illustrate the continuity of his critical thinking and of his attempts to strengthen both understanding between peoples and in particular the belief in God''s will -- a will that desires progress and wellbeing for all humanity. Al Salmi brings back into focus Islam''s peace-loving spirit towards Judaism and Christianity and towards the other religions and cultures of the world, and speaks boldly and clearly about the role of politics and religion in the age of globalisation. Shaikh al Salmi''s argument is influenced by his personal view of the past and the future. He uses his wealth of knowledge to challenge the religious and political stereotypes of the Islamic world and its relationship with the West. His commitment to religious tolerance and mutual understanding is a shining example in an age when humanity''s need for positive role models is greater than ever.
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Transcript Verlag Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic
Book SynopsisThe multidisciplinary anthology Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic provides deep insights concerning the current impact of Covid-19 on various religious groups and believers around the world. Based on contributions of well-known scholars in the field of Religious Fundamentalism, the contributors offer about a window into the origins of religious fundamentalism and the development of these movements as well as the creation of the category itself. Further recommendations regarding specific (fundamentalist) religious groups and actors and their possible development within Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism round up the discussion about the rise of Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic.Trade Review"I recommend this anthology as a guideline for both science and practice in order to strengthen ourunderstanding of religious perceptions of contagion, fear, debt, and faith that are responsible for theinteraction between certain religious groups and their environment during a pandemic." János Besenyo, Terrorism and Politcial Violence, 33/5 (2021)"The volume should be useful for both academics and P/CVE practitioners who arengaged with radicalization and religious extremism." Ahmet S. Yayla/Serkan Tasgin, Perspectives on Terrorism, 15/6 (2021)
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