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Book SynopsisA fresh perspective on conflict and peace-making that highlights the cosmologies and invisible entities that state, society and religious authorities draw on to claim or reclaim legitimacy and control. Peace-making can be a violent, arbitrary assertion of power. At the same time, the spheres of power, politics and religion are rarely discrete: when governments behave like gods through demonstrations of arbitrary violence, the remaking of moral and spiritual worlds can provide radical ways to contest the brutality of both conflict and peace. This book is an exploration of the way that Nuer- and Dinka-speaking communities living around the Bilnyang and connected river systems in Warrap and Unity States in South Sudan have experienced peace-making and conflict in an increasingly militarized South Sudan. The book traces patterns of violence in peace-making back to colonial and mercantile activities in the late 19th century, but focuses on the period since the 1980s. Challenging dominant understandings of conflict and peace centred on neo-liberal brokerage and settlements or a politics entirely driven by instrumentalist, neo-patrimonial, marketized logics, this book shows how South Sudanese authorities, particularly religious authorities, have contested the legitimacy of violence and peace by drawing on divinely inspired notions of authority and norms of conduct. Drawing on archive, ethnographic and oral history research, as well as participant observations of the elite peace negotiations since 2013, Pendle describes the peace-making efforts of a range of actors from international diplomats to chiefs, Nuer prophets and local priests, to show how peace-making in South Sudan became an instrument used by actors to build authority by reshaping rituals, remaking hierarchies and re-encoding moral protest against oppressive regimes. By recasting anthropological and historical scholarship on divine authorities and moral communities in South Sudan, this book brings a new perspective to conflict, peace and governance that will be invaluable not only to scholars but to policymakers, practitioners and NGOs. This book is available as an Open Access ebook under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC.Trade ReviewThe book is a significant resource for scholars in the field of conflict management and peace-building, international organisations, policymakers and anyone interested in considering the interplay of religion, governance, tradition, peace-making, and conflict management. -- Nadir A. Nasidi * LSE *Table of ContentsIntroduction I Histories and Archives of Peace and Impunit Introduction 1. Priestly Peace and the Divinity of the Gun: The coming of government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries 2. Sacred Authority and Judicial Peace: Peace-making during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominum II. Negotiating Peace 3. Regulating the Proliferation of Divine Power: Wars 1980s-2000s 4. 'Local peace' and the Silencing of the Dead: The 1999 Wunlit Peace Meeting 5. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement 6. The Proliferation of Conflict in Gogrial, post-2005 7. The Proliferation of Peace in Gogrial, 2005-2020 8. For Peace or Payment? The bany e bith and the logics of peace-making in Gogrial, 2005-2020 9. Cosmological Crisis and Continuing Conflict in Unity State, 2005-2013 10. Prophetic Proliferations: making Peace in Unity State, 2005-2013 III. Logics of Peace and the Shape of War 11. A War for the Dead and Wars Made by Peace 12. Prophets Making Peace: Peace-making in Unity State, post-2013 13. Peace and Unending Wars in Warrap State, post-2013 14. The Problems of Forgiveness, 2013-2020 Conclusion: The cosmic politics of peace in South Sudan

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Book SynopsisMany years after 9/11 we are still struggling to categorize groups like Al Qaeda, home-grown cells and others that claim to be perpetrating and justifying terrorist acts under the banner of jihad. This book introduces the concept of 'neojihadism' as a new form of political organization, grand narrative, global subculture, counterculture and theological understanding, with an approach to political violence that is unique to the post-Cold War period. What these groups espouse and enact differs radically from fascism, totalitarianism, cults, jihad - and even jihadism.Neojihadism takes an interdisciplinary approach that fuses comparative politics, subcultural studies, Islamic studies, and terrorism studies. It cites examples from global, regional and nationally based terrorist groups to illustrate the diversity within the movement. Additionally, it draws from unique primary materials including recorded conversations of terrorists preparing for attacks, captured by electronic bugging devices and telephone wiretaps - to help to test the extent to which the term 'neojihadism' is a significant political and theological departure from previous Islamist group experiences.This fascinating book will be an invaluable resource for academics, and undergraduate and postgraduate students of terrorism studies, political science, international relations, comparative religion, and Islamic studies.Contents:1. Introduction 2. On The Movement 3. On Jihadism 4. On The Movement's Global Dimensions: Bin Laden as a Political and Spiritual Commentator 5. On The Movement's Local Dimensions: The Politics and Theology of a Melbourne Cell Leader 6. On Attempting to Name the Enemy: Islamo-Fascism and Islamo-Totalitarianism(s) 7. On Fascism and Totalitarianism 8. Conclusion: On Neojihadism - A New Understanding of Terrorism and Extremism? Bibliography IndexTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. On The Movement 3. On Jihadism 4. On The Movement’s Global Dimensions: Bin Laden as a Political and Spiritual Commentator 5. On The Movement’s Local Dimensions: The Politics and Theology of a Melbourne Cell Leader 6. On Attempting to Name the Enemy: Islamo-Fascism and Islamo-Totalitarianism(s) 7. On Fascism and Totalitarianism 8. Conclusion: On Neojihadism – A New Understanding of Terrorism and Extremism? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis topical collection of chapters examines secular society and the legal protection of religion and belief across Europe, both in general and more nation-specific terms.The expectations of many that religion in modern Europe would be swept away by the powerful current of secularization have not been realized, and today few topics generate more controversy than the complex relationship between religious and secular values. The 'religious/secular' relationship is examined in this book, which brings together scholars from different parts of Europe and beyond to provide insights into the methods by which religion and equivalent beliefs have been, and continue to be, protected in the legal systems and constitutions of European nations. The contributors chapters reveal that the oft-tumultuous legacy of Europe s relationship with religion still resonates across a continent where legal, political and social contours have been powerfully shaped by faith and religious difference.Covering recent controversies such as the Islamic headscarf, and the presence of the crucifix in school class-rooms, this book will appeal to academics and students in law, human rights and the social sciences, as well as law and policy makers and NGOs in the field of human rights.Contributors include: S. Bacquet, P. Cumper, E. Daly, G. Davie, P.W. Edge, A.C. Emilianides, T. Lewis, T. Loenen, V.A. Lykes, J. Mertus, M. Morav íková, J.S.Trade Review'Religion, Rights and Secular Society by Peter Cumper and Tom Lewis is a both timely and important publication. In a series of highly interesting and well-written essays - some of which are case studies covering many different European nations whereas others are more theoretical - the book looks at a key paradox in contemporary Europe: the relatively high levels of secularity in most European countries on the one hand, and the marked resurgence of religion in public debates on the other. While never pretending that there are ready answers to the problems of reconciling secular and religious values in Europe, the contributors make it quite clear that Europeans need to return to questions about religion that they had previously regarded as being settled. This is food for thought at a very high level!' -- Helle Porsdam, University of Copenhagen, Denmark‘. . . this book is an absorbing and enlightening read and of direct relevance to many practitioners, as well as academics and policymakers in law, government and in the social and political sciences.’ - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Freedom of Religion and Belief – the Contemporary Context Peter Cumper and Tom Lewis 2. The Netherlands: Neutral But Not Indifferent Marjolein van den Brink and Titia Loenen 3. Secularism and Establishment in the United Kingdom Peter W. Edge 4. Law, Religion and Belief in Germany Gerhard Robbers 5. Religion in the Constitutional Order of the Republic of Ireland Eoin Daly 6. Religion and Secular Values in Spain: A Long Path to a Real Religious Pluralism Eugenia Relaño Pastor 7. The Rise and Contradictions of Italy as a Secular State Marco Ventura 8. Religious Freedom in a Secular Society: An Analysis of the French Approach to Manifestation of Beliefs in the Public Sphere Sylvie Bacquet 9. Secularism, Law and Religion Within the Cypriot Legal Order Achilles C. Emilianides 10. The Pendulum of Church–State Relations in Hungary Renata Uitz 11. Law, Religion and Belief in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland Michaela Moravčíková 12. Human Rights and Religion in the Balkans Julie Mertus 13. Understanding Religion in Europe: A Continually Evolving Mosaic Grace Davie 14. Islam and Secular Values in Europe: From Canon to Chaos? Jørgen S. Nielsen 15. Legal Considerations Concerning New Religious Movements in the ‘New Europe’ James T. Richardson and Valerie A. Lykes Index

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Book SynopsisHow did liberationist Christianity develop in Argentina between the 1930s and early 1970s? And how did it respond to state terrorism during the Dirty War? Understanding the movement to be dynamic and highly diverse, this book reveals that ecclesial and political conflicts, especially over Peronism and celibacy, were at the heart of the construction of a liberationist Christian identity, which simultaneously internalised deep tensions over its relationship to the Catholic Church. It first situates the rise of a revolutionary Christian impulse in Argentina within changes in society, in Catholicism and Protestantism and in Marxism in the 1930s, before analysing how the phenomenon coalesced in the late sixties into a coherent social movement. Finally, the book examines the responses of liberationist Christians to the intense period of repression under the presidency of Isabel Perón and the rule of the military junta between 1974 and 1983. By exploring these distinct responses and uncovering the heterogeneity of liberationist Christianity, the book offers a fresh analysis of a movement that occupies a major role in the popular memory of the period of state terror, and provides a corrective to narratives that depict the movement as monolithic or as a passive victim of the dictatorship.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Towards a Liberationist Christianity 2. The Movement of Priests for the Third World 3. From Religious Conflict to Political Repression 4. Identity and Divergences 5. De-politicisation and Reconciliation 6. Revolutionary Intransigence and Clandestinity 7. The Option for Human Rights Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOne of the greatest ironies of the history of Soviet rule is that, for an officially atheistic state, those in the political police and in the Politburo devoted an enormous amount of time and attention to the question of religion. The Soviet government's policies toward religious institutions in the USSR, and toward religious institutions in the non-Communist world, reflected this, especially when it came to the Vatican and Catholic Churches, both the Latin and Byzantine Rite, in Soviet territory. The KGB and the Vatican consists of the transcripts of KGB records concerning the policies of the Soviet secret police towards the Vatican and the Catholic Church in the Communist world, transcripts provided by KGB archivist and defector Vasili Mitrokhin, from the Second Vatican Council to the election of John Paul II. Among the topics covered include how the Soviet regime viewed the efforts of John XXIII and Paul VI of reaching out to the eastern side of the Iron Curtain, the experience of the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and the underground Greek Catholic Church in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the religious underground in the key cities of Leningrad and Moscow, and finally the election of John Paul II and its effect on the tumultuous events in Poland in the late 1970s and early 1980s.This valuable primary source collection also contains a historical introduction written by the translator, Sean Brennan, a professor of History at the University of Scranton.

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Book SynopsisSex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country that consistently fails to acknowledge—much less address—the sexual abuse of women and children, do American religious outsiders so often face allegations of sexual misconduct? Why does the American public presume to know “what’s really going on” in minority religious communities? Why are sex abuse allegations such an effective way to discredit people on America’s religious margins? What makes Americans so willing, so eager to identify religion as the cause of sex abuse? Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one. Trade Review"Significant and eminently timely." -- Melissa M. Wilcox * author of Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody *"A major and multidisciplinary contribution." -- Sean McCloud * author of American Possessions: Fighting Demons in the Contemporary United States *"Evocative, theoretically compelling, and not mincing words, Abusing Religion offers profound new insights into pulp fiction on sexual abuse in/by minority religious communities. Goodwin's 'reproductive nationalism,' bringing together race, religion, sexuality, and gender, will surely change conversations in more than one field." -- Juliane Hammer * author of Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence *"Abuse Happens Because We Let It," by Megan Goodwin https://sojo.net/articles/abuse-happens-because-let-it-Menlo-Park-John-Ortberg-Lavery * Sojo *Sacred Tension: QAnon, Satanic Panic, and New Religious Movements with Prof. Megan Goodwin https://stephenbradfordlong.com/2020/07/14/sacred-tension-qanon-satanic-panic-and-new-religious-movements-with-prof-megan-goodwin/ * Secret Tension podcast *"QAnon Didn't Just Spring Forth from the Void—It's the Latest from a Familiar Movement" by Adam Willems - interview with Megan Goodwin https://religiondispatches.org/qanon-didnt-just-spring-forth-from-the-void-its-the-latest-from-a-familiar-movement/ * Religion Dispatches *"The University of Vermont might be done with Religion, but Religion isn't done with us," by Megan Goodwin * Religion Dispatched *"Are you one of the many Revealer readers who appreciated Megan Goodwin’s 'Abusing Religion' series that explored mainstream media portrayals of Mormons, Muslims, and Satanists and their alleged greater prevalence of sexual abuse? If so, you’ll want a copy of her book, Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions." * The Revealer *"Abusing Religion should, and must, initiate long overdue discussion within communities where abuse occurs, but continues outside the spotlight." * Nova Religio *"In addressing such a fraught, painful, and controversial topic, scholars and students alike would be well served by heeding Goodwin’s persuasive warning." * American Religion *"A strength of this work is its ability to hold the tension between taking seriously allegations or cases of abuse while rejecting religious difference as the source of this abuse. In so doing, Goodwin reveals the complexity and deep entrenchment of contraceptive nationalism in the United States." * Reading Religion *"[A] careful analysis." * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *"Ultimately, Goodwin's excellent book provides a foundation for future scholarship on the real-life texture of minoritized believers who have heretofore lacked opportunities to inhabit the kinds of privileged narratives that, for example, Catholics have." * American Literary History *"Significant and eminently timely." -- Melissa M. Wilcox * author of Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody *"A major and multidisciplinary contribution." -- Sean McCloud * author of American Possessions: Fighting Demons in the Contemporary United States *"Evocative, theoretically compelling, and not mincing words, Abusing Religion offers profound new insights into pulp fiction on sexual abuse in/by minority religious communities. Goodwin's 'reproductive nationalism,' bringing together race, religion, sexuality, and gender, will surely change conversations in more than one field." -- Juliane Hammer * author of Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence *"Abuse Happens Because We Let It," by Megan Goodwin https://sojo.net/articles/abuse-happens-because-let-it-Menlo-Park-John-Ortberg-Lavery * Sojo *Sacred Tension: QAnon, Satanic Panic, and New Religious Movements with Prof. Megan Goodwin https://stephenbradfordlong.com/2020/07/14/sacred-tension-qanon-satanic-panic-and-new-religious-movements-with-prof-megan-goodwin/ * Secret Tension podcast *"QAnon Didn't Just Spring Forth from the Void—It's the Latest from a Familiar Movement" by Adam Willems - interview with Megan Goodwin https://religiondispatches.org/qanon-didnt-just-spring-forth-from-the-void-its-the-latest-from-a-familiar-movement/ * Religion Dispatches *"The University of Vermont might be done with Religion, but Religion isn't done with us," by Megan Goodwin * Religion Dispatched *"Are you one of the many Revealer readers who appreciated Megan Goodwin’s 'Abusing Religion' series that explored mainstream media portrayals of Mormons, Muslims, and Satanists and their alleged greater prevalence of sexual abuse? If so, you’ll want a copy of her book, Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions." * The Revealer *"Abusing Religion should, and must, initiate long overdue discussion within communities where abuse occurs, but continues outside the spotlight." * Nova Religio *"In addressing such a fraught, painful, and controversial topic, scholars and students alike would be well served by heeding Goodwin’s persuasive warning." * American Religion *"A strength of this work is its ability to hold the tension between taking seriously allegations or cases of abuse while rejecting religious difference as the source of this abuse. In so doing, Goodwin reveals the complexity and deep entrenchment of contraceptive nationalism in the United States." * Reading Religion *"[A] careful analysis." * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *"Ultimately, Goodwin's excellent book provides a foundation for future scholarship on the real-life texture of minoritized believers who have heretofore lacked opportunities to inhabit the kinds of privileged narratives that, for example, Catholics have." * American Literary History *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Contraceptive Nationalism 1 America’s Contraceptive Mentality: Catholic Co-belligerence and the New Christian Right Part I Sex, Abuse, and the Satanic Panic 2 Satan Sellers: Michelle Remembers and the Making of a Sex Abuse Panic 3 Believe the Children? Catholicizing Public Morality Part II Sex, Abuse, and American Islamophobia 4 Dark Religion for Dark People: Race, American Islam, and Not Without My Daughter 5 The War at Home: Muslim Masculinity as Domestic Violence Part III Sex, Abuse, and Mormon Fundamentalism 6 From Short Creek to Zion: Mormons, Polygyny, and Under the Banner of Heaven 7 This Is Not About Religion: Raiding Zion to Save It Conclusion: Sex, Abuse, and American Religion Epilogue: Religion Trains Us Like Roses Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisSex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country that consistently fails to acknowledge—much less address—the sexual abuse of women and children, do American religious outsiders so often face allegations of sexual misconduct? Why does the American public presume to know “what’s really going on” in minority religious communities? Why are sex abuse allegations such an effective way to discredit people on America’s religious margins? What makes Americans so willing, so eager to identify religion as the cause of sex abuse? Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one. Trade Review"Significant and eminently timely." -- Melissa M. Wilcox * author of Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody *"A major and multidisciplinary contribution." -- Sean McCloud * author of American Possessions: Fighting Demons in the Contemporary United States *"Evocative, theoretically compelling, and not mincing words, Abusing Religion offers profound new insights into pulp fiction on sexual abuse in/by minority religious communities. Goodwin's 'reproductive nationalism,' bringing together race, religion, sexuality, and gender, will surely change conversations in more than one field." -- Juliane Hammer * author of Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence *"Abuse Happens Because We Let It," by Megan Goodwin https://sojo.net/articles/abuse-happens-because-let-it-Menlo-Park-John-Ortberg-Lavery * Sojo *Sacred Tension: QAnon, Satanic Panic, and New Religious Movements with Prof. Megan Goodwin https://stephenbradfordlong.com/2020/07/14/sacred-tension-qanon-satanic-panic-and-new-religious-movements-with-prof-megan-goodwin/ * Secret Tension podcast *"QAnon Didn't Just Spring Forth from the Void—It's the Latest from a Familiar Movement" by Adam Willems - interview with Megan Goodwin https://religiondispatches.org/qanon-didnt-just-spring-forth-from-the-void-its-the-latest-from-a-familiar-movement/ * Religion Dispatches *"The University of Vermont might be done with Religion, but Religion isn't done with us," by Megan Goodwin * Religion Dispatched *"Are you one of the many Revealer readers who appreciated Megan Goodwin’s 'Abusing Religion' series that explored mainstream media portrayals of Mormons, Muslims, and Satanists and their alleged greater prevalence of sexual abuse? If so, you’ll want a copy of her book, Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions." * The Revealer *"Abusing Religion should, and must, initiate long overdue discussion within communities where abuse occurs, but continues outside the spotlight." * Nova Religio *"In addressing such a fraught, painful, and controversial topic, scholars and students alike would be well served by heeding Goodwin’s persuasive warning." * American Religion *"A strength of this work is its ability to hold the tension between taking seriously allegations or cases of abuse while rejecting religious difference as the source of this abuse. In so doing, Goodwin reveals the complexity and deep entrenchment of contraceptive nationalism in the United States." * Reading Religion *"[A] careful analysis." * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *"Ultimately, Goodwin's excellent book provides a foundation for future scholarship on the real-life texture of minoritized believers who have heretofore lacked opportunities to inhabit the kinds of privileged narratives that, for example, Catholics have." * American Literary History *"Significant and eminently timely." -- Melissa M. Wilcox * author of Queer Nuns: Religion, Activism, and Serious Parody *"A major and multidisciplinary contribution." -- Sean McCloud * author of American Possessions: Fighting Demons in the Contemporary United States *"Evocative, theoretically compelling, and not mincing words, Abusing Religion offers profound new insights into pulp fiction on sexual abuse in/by minority religious communities. Goodwin's 'reproductive nationalism,' bringing together race, religion, sexuality, and gender, will surely change conversations in more than one field." -- Juliane Hammer * author of Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence *"Abuse Happens Because We Let It," by Megan Goodwin https://sojo.net/articles/abuse-happens-because-let-it-Menlo-Park-John-Ortberg-Lavery * Sojo *Sacred Tension: QAnon, Satanic Panic, and New Religious Movements with Prof. Megan Goodwin https://stephenbradfordlong.com/2020/07/14/sacred-tension-qanon-satanic-panic-and-new-religious-movements-with-prof-megan-goodwin/ * Secret Tension podcast *"QAnon Didn't Just Spring Forth from the Void—It's the Latest from a Familiar Movement" by Adam Willems - interview with Megan Goodwin https://religiondispatches.org/qanon-didnt-just-spring-forth-from-the-void-its-the-latest-from-a-familiar-movement/ * Religion Dispatches *"The University of Vermont might be done with Religion, but Religion isn't done with us," by Megan Goodwin * Religion Dispatched *"Are you one of the many Revealer readers who appreciated Megan Goodwin’s 'Abusing Religion' series that explored mainstream media portrayals of Mormons, Muslims, and Satanists and their alleged greater prevalence of sexual abuse? If so, you’ll want a copy of her book, Abusing Religion: Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions." * The Revealer *"Abusing Religion should, and must, initiate long overdue discussion within communities where abuse occurs, but continues outside the spotlight." * Nova Religio *"In addressing such a fraught, painful, and controversial topic, scholars and students alike would be well served by heeding Goodwin’s persuasive warning." * American Religion *"A strength of this work is its ability to hold the tension between taking seriously allegations or cases of abuse while rejecting religious difference as the source of this abuse. In so doing, Goodwin reveals the complexity and deep entrenchment of contraceptive nationalism in the United States." * Reading Religion *"[A] careful analysis." * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *"Ultimately, Goodwin's excellent book provides a foundation for future scholarship on the real-life texture of minoritized believers who have heretofore lacked opportunities to inhabit the kinds of privileged narratives that, for example, Catholics have." * American Literary History *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Contraceptive Nationalism 1 America’s Contraceptive Mentality: Catholic Co-belligerence and the New Christian Right Part I Sex, Abuse, and the Satanic Panic 2 Satan Sellers: Michelle Remembers and the Making of a Sex Abuse Panic 3 Believe the Children? Catholicizing Public Morality Part II Sex, Abuse, and American Islamophobia 4 Dark Religion for Dark People: Race, American Islam, and Not Without My Daughter 5 The War at Home: Muslim Masculinity as Domestic Violence Part III Sex, Abuse, and Mormon Fundamentalism 6 From Short Creek to Zion: Mormons, Polygyny, and Under the Banner of Heaven 7 This Is Not About Religion: Raiding Zion to Save It Conclusion: Sex, Abuse, and American Religion Epilogue: Religion Trains Us Like Roses Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Book Synopsis2021 ISSR Best Book Award (International Society for the Sociology of Religion) Transnational migration has contributed to the rise of religious diversity and has led to profound changes in the religious make-up of society across the Western world. As a result, societies and nation-states have faced the challenge of crafting ways to bring new religious communities into existing institutions and the legal frameworks. Regulating Difference explores how the state regulates religious diversity and examines the processes whereby religious diversity and expression becomes part of administrative landscapes of nation-states and people’s everyday lives. Arguing that concepts of nationhood are key to understanding the governance of religious diversity, Regulating Difference employs a transatlantic comparison of the Spanish region of Catalonia and the Canadian province of Quebec to show how processes of nation-building, religious heritage-making and the mobilization of divergent interpretations of secularism are co-implicated in shaping religious diversity. It argues that religious diversity has become central for governing national and urban spaces. Trade Review“An excellent contribution to the scholarly literature on Western secularities and on the regulation of religion." -- James Spickard * author of Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes *“Fascinating and helpful…an absorbing and detailed study.” -- Roger Trigg * author of Religious Diversity: Philosophical and Political Dimensions *"Religious diversification and the rise of nationalism, coupled with increasing immigration and ever-contested state secularism, are dominant and far-reaching trends facing many societies today. Through an evocative comparison of Quebec and Catalonia, Marian Burchardt lucidly explores how these topics are framed in law, shaped by institutional practices and understood by political actors and ordinary members of the public. Regulating Difference is essential reading for anyone concerned with such profound issues marking our troubling times." -- Steven Vertovec * Editor of the Routledge international Handbook of Diversity Studies *"Marian Burchardt’s Regulating Difference is historically informed, theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich. By juxtaposing Québec and Catalunya, the book makes important contributions to the literature on secularism and small nations. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of nationalism, the sociology of religion and secularism, and politics and religion more broadly." -- Geneviève Zubrzycki * author of Beheading the Saint: Nationalism, Religion and Secularism in Quebec *Immigration and secularization have radically increased cultural diversity around the world. What happens when ‘diversity’ evolves from a means of description into a mode of governance? In this cleverly designed comparative study of two ’stateless nations’, Marian Burchardt shows how the logic of ‘religious diversity’ is refracted through the logics of nationalism and bureaucracy at the macro and micro scales. Required reading for anyone interested in contemporary debates about religion, politics and secularity. -- Philip S. Gorski * author of The Disciplinary Revolution: Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe *Two stateless nations, Quebec and Catalonia, with historically majoritarian Catholic confessions, have become deeply secular societies. But Catalan and Quebecois nationalists with similar conceptions of laïcité or secularism have offered divergent responses to the challenges that the religious diversity brought by large numbers of new immigrants present to their national projects. Burchardt's book examines this comparative puzzle deftly, while enriching our understanding of the ways in which religious and secular cleavages and religious and national identities may become differently entangled. An important contribution to the emerging field of multiple secularities. -- José Casanova * author of Public Religions in the Modern World *"Burchardt’s study is illuminating in that it offers new frameworks for thinking about the relationship between national identity and religious identity. By examining the procedural and governmental frameworks that both enable and inhibit the inclusion of religious migrants, his study offers a needed corrective to studies that look to philosophical concepts such as “rights” to understand what it means for religious migrants to belong to a nation." * Reading Religion *"Regulating Difference is a methodologically rich and theoretically versatile addition to the fast-growing field of comparative historical secularity." * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Religious Diversity, Secularism and Nationhood 1 Theorizing Religious Diversity and Secularism 2 Contesting Religious Diversity and Secularism 3 Spatializing Religious Diversity: Urban Administration, Infrastructure and Emplacement 4 The Limits of Religious Diversity: Regulating Full-Face Coverings 5 Making Claims to Religion as Culture: The Rise of Heritage Religion Conclusions Notes List of Laws and Cases Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMany American Christians have come to understand their relationship to other Christian denominations and traditions through the lens of religious persecution. This book provides a historical account of these developments, showing the global, theological, and political changes that made it possible for contemporary Christians to claim that there is a global war on Christians. This book, however, does not advocate on behalf of particular repressed Christian communities, nor does it argue for the genuineness (or lack thereof) of certain Christians’ claims of persecution. Instead, this book is the first to examine the idea that there is a “global war on Christians” and its analytical implications. It does so by giving a concise history of the categories (like “martyrs”), evidence (statistics and metrics), and theologies that have come together to produce a global Christian imagination premised upon the notion of shared suffering for one’s faith. The purpose in doing so is not to deny certain instances of suffering or death; rather, it is to reflect upon the consequences for thinking about religious violence and Christianity worldwide using terms such as a “global war on Christians.”Trade Review"Jason Bruner's Imagining Persecution offers a polite, probing, and ultimately devastating deconstruction of the common American Christian belief that there is at this time a global war of persecution against Christians. This is an extraordinarily important book. In its own understated way, it raises this fundamental question—why exactly is it so important for conservative American Christians to believe they are part of a globally persecuted community?"— David P. Gushee, author of Still Christian: Following Jesus Out of American Evangelism. "A significant contribution."— David Smith, author of Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States "Persecution, Martyrdom, and Christian Identity: 7 Questions with Jason Bruner"— Sacred Matters "New Books Network - New Nooks in Christian Studies" interview with Jason Bruner— New Books Network - New Nooks in Christian StudiesTable of ContentsContents Preface 1. Coming to Terms: Christians, Martyrs, and Persecution 2. Christians, Martyrdom, and Persecution from the New Testament to the Reformation 3. Religious Persecution and American Christianity 4. A Global War on Christians? 5. The Global Politics of the Suffering Body of Christ Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisThe Divine Institution provides an account of how a theology of the family came to dominate a white evangelical tradition in the post-civil rights movement United States, providing a theological corollary to Religious Right politics. This tradition inherently enforces racial inequality in that it draws moral, religious, and political attention away from problems of racial and economic structural oppression, explaining all social problems as a failure of the individual to achieve the strong gender and sexual identities that ground the nuclear family. The consequences of this theology are both personal suffering for individuals who cannot measure up to prescribed gender and sexual roles, and political support for conservative government policies. Exposure to experiences that undermine the idea that an emphasis on the family is the solution to all social problems is causing a younger generation of white evangelicals to shift away from this narrow theological emphasis and toward a more social justice-oriented theology. The material and political effects of this shift remain to be seen.Trade Review"The Divine Institution advances a lively body of scholarship that leaves no doubt: racialization is a foundational problem in the anthropology of religion. [It] richly demonstrate[s] that racialization is not only an analytical problem; it is a lived problem that religious communities self-consciously negotiate." * American Anthropologist *"Anthropologist Sophie Bjork-James’s The Divine Institution presents a subtle, carefully crafted analysis that traces the intersectional relationships between faith, gender, sexuality, and politics within evangelical sub-cultures....It is in throwing light on these complex liminal spaces between hard categories of difference that Bjork-James’s book is especially impressive." * Journal of Contemporary Religion *"What distinguishes Bjork-James’ work, quietly published this past spring, is the ethnographic intimacy of her observations. She shows how familial norms structure the ways evangelicals talk about race, homosexuality, “biblical” issues, and conversion. Bjork-James argues that understanding evangelical family values from the inside is the best way to make sense of white evangelical worlds." * Religion Dispatches *"[The] book stand[s] out from other works on contemporary evangelicalism. As such, The Divine Institution works as a useful and informative starting point to think about the cultural and political divides between secular and evangelical America." * Reading Religion *"Intersectionality is hard work, but Sophie Bjork-James applies it brilliantly to issues of race, faith, gender, and sexuality. Her study shows the ways in which race and racial supremacy structure and infect white evangelicalism's entire approach to men, women, and children." -- Edward J. Blum * co-author of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America *"Sophie Bjork-James has taken on one of the central dilemmas of contemporary American culture, the stubborn association between white evangelical religious practice and profoundly conservative constructions of 'family values.' Using fine-grained ethnographic methods, she brings us close to white evangelicals and enables us to more fully appreciate the complexities of racial politics that unfold in their practices. " -- Ellen Lewin * author of Filled with the Spirit: Sexuality, Gender, and Radical Inclusivity in a Black Pentecostal *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1: From Rules to a Relationship: The Transformation of US Christianity Chapter 2: The Divine Institution and the Segregated Church Chapter 3: Evangelicalism and a Strict Father Theology Chapter 4: Same-Sex Attraction and the Limits of God’s Love Chapter 5: Paternal Politics Chapter 6: Losing (and Remaking) My Religion: The Transformation of White Evangelicalism from Within Conclusion: White Evangelicalism in Trump’s America

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Book SynopsisThe Divine Institution provides an account of how a theology of the family came to dominate a white evangelical tradition in the post-civil rights movement United States, providing a theological corollary to Religious Right politics. This tradition inherently enforces racial inequality in that it draws moral, religious, and political attention away from problems of racial and economic structural oppression, explaining all social problems as a failure of the individual to achieve the strong gender and sexual identities that ground the nuclear family. The consequences of this theology are both personal suffering for individuals who cannot measure up to prescribed gender and sexual roles, and political support for conservative government policies. Exposure to experiences that undermine the idea that an emphasis on the family is the solution to all social problems is causing a younger generation of white evangelicals to shift away from this narrow theological emphasis and toward a more social justice-oriented theology. The material and political effects of this shift remain to be seen.Trade ReviewSophie Bjork-James has taken on one of the central dilemmas of contemporary American culture, the stubborn association between white evangelical religious practice and profoundly conservative constructions of “family values.” Using fine-grained ethnographic methods, she brings us close to white evangelicals and enables us to more fully appreciate the complexities of racial politics that unfold in their practices. -- Ellen Lewin * author of Filled with the Spirit: Sexuality, Gender, and Radical Inclusivity in a Black Pentecostal Church Coalition *Intersectionality is hard work, but Sophie Bjork-James applies it brilliantly to issues of race, faith, gender, and sexuality. Her study shows the ways in which race and racial supremacy structure and infect white evangelicalism's entire approach to men, women, and children. -- Edward J. Blum * co-author of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America *"What distinguishes Bjork-James’ work, quietly published this past spring, is the ethnographic intimacy of her observations. She shows how familial norms structure the ways evangelicals talk about race, homosexuality, “biblical” issues, and conversion. Bjork-James argues that understanding evangelical family values from the inside is the best way to make sense of white evangelical worlds." * Religion Dispatches *"[The] book stand[s] out from other works on contemporary evangelicalism. As such, The Divine Institution works as a useful and informative starting point to think about the cultural and political divides between secular and evangelical America." * Reading Religion *"The Divine Institution advances a lively body of scholarship that leaves no doubt: racialization is a foundational problem in the anthropology of religion. [It] richly demonstrate[s] that racialization is not only an analytical problem; it is a lived problem that religious communities self-consciously negotiate." * American Anthropologist *"Anthropologist Sophie Bjork-James’s The Divine Institution presents a subtle, carefully crafted analysis that traces the intersectional relationships between faith, gender, sexuality, and politics within evangelical sub-cultures....It is in throwing light on these complex liminal spaces between hard categories of difference that Bjork-James’s book is especially impressive." * Journal of Contemporary Religion *"What distinguishes Bjork-James’ work, quietly published this past spring, is the ethnographic intimacy of her observations. She shows how familial norms structure the ways evangelicals talk about race, homosexuality, “biblical” issues, and conversion. Bjork-James argues that understanding evangelical family values from the inside is the best way to make sense of white evangelical worlds." * Religion Dispatches *"[The] book stand[s] out from other works on contemporary evangelicalism. As such, The Divine Institution works as a useful and informative starting point to think about the cultural and political divides between secular and evangelical America." * Reading Religion *"Intersectionality is hard work, but Sophie Bjork-James applies it brilliantly to issues of race, faith, gender, and sexuality. Her study shows the ways in which race and racial supremacy structure and infect white evangelicalism's entire approach to men, women, and children." -- Edward J. Blum * co-author of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America *"Sophie Bjork-James has taken on one of the central dilemmas of contemporary American culture, the stubborn association between white evangelical religious practice and profoundly conservative constructions of 'family values.' Using fine-grained ethnographic methods, she brings us close to white evangelicals and enables us to more fully appreciate the complexities of racial politics that unfold in their practices. " -- Ellen Lewin * author of Filled with the Spirit: Sexuality, Gender, and Radical Inclusivity in a Black Pentecostal *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1: From Rules to a Relationship: The Transformation of US Christianity Chapter 2: The Divine Institution and the Segregated Church Chapter 3: Evangelicalism and a Strict Father Theology Chapter 4: Same-Sex Attraction and the Limits of God’s Love Chapter 5: Paternal Politics Chapter 6: Losing (and Remaking) My Religion: The Transformation of White Evangelicalism from Within Conclusion: White Evangelicalism in Trump’s America

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Book SynopsisPowerful Devices studies spiritual warfare performances as an apparatus for disestablishing structures of power and knowledge, and establishing righteousness in their stead. Drawing on performance studies’ emphasis on radicality and breaking of social norms as devices of social transformation, the book demonstrates how Christian groups with dominant cultural power but who perceive themselves as embattled wield the ideas of performance activism. Combining religious studies with ethnography, Powerful Devices explores Nigerian Pentecostals and US Evangelicals’ praxis of transnational spiritual warfare. By closely studying spiritual warfare prayers as a “device,” Powerful Devices shows how the rituals of prayer enable an apprehension of time, paradigms of self-enhancement, and the subversion of politics and authority. A critical intervention, Powerful Devices explores charismatic Christianity’s relationship to science and secular authority, technology and temporality, neoliberalism, and reactionary ideology.Trade Review"A dazzling portrait of the contemporary Nigerian Pentecostal spiritual warfare prayer “showdown” with 'the new demons that modernity has vomited.' Adelakun shows how the rise of Pentecostalism is imbricated with neoliberalism, giving rise to new subjectivities, identities, and imaginaries ready for apocalyptic battle." -- Elizabeth McAlister * author of Rara! Vodou, Power and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora *"Powerful Devices provides an original, nuanced counterpoint to prevailing scholarship on Pentecostal Christianity in Nigeria. With deep insights into the performative nature of prayer, Abimbola Adelakun charts a new course for understanding Pentecostalism’s growth in Nigeria and beyond that will continue to shape the field for years to come." -- Jacob K. Olupona * author of City of 201 Gods: Ilé-Ifè in Time, Space, and the Imagination *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Spiritual Warriors: Powerful Devices and the Devices of PowerChapter 1: Aborting Satanic Pregnancies: Prayer as Apocalyptic DevicesChapter 2: Rehearsing Authority: Spiritual Warriors as God’s Human WeaponsChapter 3: The Noisome Pestilence: COVID-19 Pandemic and Conspirituality of “Fake Science”Chapter 4: Churches Going Virtual: Empty Auditoriums and the Essential Services of PrayerConclusion: Jesus Has WonAcknowledgmentsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of the Lebanese Shi’a and their development from a marginalized, discriminated minority to a highly politicized community that has given birth to Hezbollah, one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the contemporary Middle East. It explores the Arab-Israeli conflict through the lens of Shi’a intellectuals and scholars from South Lebanon, and chronologically reflects on trending perceptions of Palestine, the Zionist movement, and the Jewish community in Lebanon.The monograph illustrates how Zionism and the establishment of Israel played a decisive role in the intellectual revival of early Muslim perceptions of Jews. It demonstrates how political conflicts after 1948 have impacted the work of scholars such as Musa as-Sadr and Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, and have triggered the formation of social and Islamist movements. It also shows how Hezbollah’s leaders have used religious sources and Western anti-Jewish narratives to construct a deep-rooted ideology to support their struggle for South Lebanon and Palestine. The combination of social needs, religious beliefs and political interests forms the core of the analysis. This text appeals to students and researchers working within the convergence of politics and Middle Eastern religions. Table of ContentsPreface vAcknowledgements viiAbout this Book viiiAbout the Author xiiiNotes on Transliteration xivList of figures xvChapter 1: Introduction: The Shi‘a and the Power of Ideology 11.1. Origins: Traditional Shi‘i Narratives of Jews 51.2. Between the Frontlines: The Lebanese Shi‘a and Their Search for Identity 111.3. Ancient Tales and Modern Challenges: Islamist Narratives about Jews and Zionism 141.4. About this Book 19References 21Chapter 2. Lebanese Shi’i Scholars and the Rise of Zionism 262.1. Shi‘i Intellectual Life in Jabal ‘Āmil 262.2. Early Perceptions of the Jewish Community 312.3. The Emergence of Zionism 382.4. From the 1936-39 Revolt to the Division of Palestine 462.5. The Years of the Great War 512.6. The Challenges of the 1948 “Catastrophe” 572.6.1. Publications about the Nakba 582.6.2. Perceptions of Jews and Judaism 612.7. Orientation After the Nakba 67References 73Chapter 3. Mūsā aṣ-Ṣadr: Palestine and the Struggle for South Lebanon 773.1.Ṣadr and the Challenges of Jabal ‘Āmil 773.2.Pursuing Christian-Muslim Unity 813.3.The Palestinian Cause as a Lebanese Concern 843.4.Addressing a Non-Arab Audience 873.5. The Dilemma of the Palestinian Resistance 903.6. Shi‘i Doctrines as a Tool for Social Mobilization 933.7. The 1975-1976 War and the Rise of Amal 983.8. The Struggle to Save the South 1013.9. Facing the First Israeli Invasion 105References 110Chapter 4. Faḍlallah’s Discourse between Dialogue and Jihad 1124.1. The Shi‘i Framework of the Struggle for Social Justice 1124.2. Dialogue with the “People of the Book” 1174.3. On Early Muslim-Jewish Relations 1224.4. Jewish History Revisited 1284.5. Jihad and the Struggle for Palestine 1324.6. Israel and the West 1374.7. From Karbala to Palestine 140References 144Chapter 5. Naṣrallah and the Power of Martyrdom 1475.1. The Birth of the Islamic Resistance 1475.2. The Israeli Invasion and Shi‘i Reactions 1555.3. The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Movement 1585.4. Ḥusayn in Palestine: Naṣrallah’s Ideological Approach to Anti-Zionism 1635.5. Merging Anti-Zionism and Anti-Jewish Thought 1695.6. A Strategy of Adaptation 1745.7. The May 2000 “Victory” and its Consequences 1815.8. Playing with Fire: Towards the 2006 War 1905.9. Risking the Future of Lebanon 1975.10. Hezbollah’s Game of Deterrence 2035.11. Saving the “Shi‘i axis” – Naṣrallah and the War in Syria 210References 216Conclusions: Anti-Jewish Narratives in the Service of Political Agendas 222Index 231

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: Examining Religion and Ethnicity from the Context of Nigeria.- Chapter 2. Diversity and Conflict: Conceptualisation and Theories in the Nigerian Context.- Chapter 3. Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Nigeria: Exploring a Survey and Secondary Data.- Chapter 4. Nigeria and Ethno-Religious Diversity: Historical and Emerging Issues.- Chapter 5. Ethno-Religious Diversity Induced Violence in Nigeria and Remote Causes: (Re)Examining the Civil War and Boko Haram Insurgency in Light of Ted Gurr's Relative Deprivation Theory.- Chapter 6. Kantian theory of Perpetual Peace in Nigeria's Context: Engaging Political, Re-orientation, and Economic Remedies.- Chapter 7. Peacebuilding in Nigeria: Exploring Sacred Texts, and Indigenous Religion.- Chapter 8. Ethno-Religious Diversity management in Nigeria and the Relativeness in Africa.- Chapter 9. Conclusion and Suggestions for Practical Action and Further Studies.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: The “Catholic Vote” in the United States.- Part I. Political Parties and Ideologies.- Chapter 2. Catholic Patterns in the American Left.- Chapter 3. From National Populism to Post-Liberalism: When the American Catholic Right Justifies the End of Liberal Democracy.- Chapter 4. Donald Trump and the Past and Future of the Religious Right.- Chapter 5. The U.S. Bishops and the 2024 Election.- Part II. Catholics and U.S. Elections.- Chapter 6. Catholics and American Civil Religion in the 2024 Presidential Election.- Chapter 7. The 2024 Catholic Latinos’ Red Shift.- Chapter 8. Catholic Candidates and the Catholic Vote: Analyzing Support for Catholic Running Mates.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: The U.S. Catholic Vote Pendulum.

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Book SynopsisAs Scandinavian societies experience increased ethno-religious diversity, their Christian-Lutheran heritage and strong traditions of welfare and solidarity are being challenged and contested. This book explores conflicts related to religion as they play out in public broadcasting, social media, local civic settings, and schools. It examines how the mediatization of these controversies influences people’s engagement with contested issues about religion, and redraws the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion. FEATURED CONTRIBUTORSLynn Schofield Clark, Professor of Media, Film, and Journalism at the University of Denver, Colorado, USAMarie Gillespie, Professor of Sociology at the Open University, UKBirgit Meyer, Professor of Religious Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands

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Book SynopsisDaniel Thieme beschreibt die religiöse Rede deutscher Spitzenpolitiker anhand ihrer Selbstzeugnisse. Der Autor zeigt eine große Vielfalt von Glaubensüberzeugungen und religiös begründeter politischer Standpunkte auf. Nach religionspsychologischen Anhaltspunkten werden Typen religiöser Außendarstellung gebildet und anhand von Konfession, Parteizugehörigkeit und weiteren Merkmalen verglichen. In Bezug auf politische Sachfragen wird religiöse Rede für ausgewählte Politikbereiche untersucht. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass religiöse Politiker auch über Parteigrenzen hinweg gemeinsame Standpunkte vertreten und diese religiös begründen. Gleichzeitig unternehmen sie bisweilen große Anstrengungen, um ihre religiösen Überzeugungen für eine postsäkulare Gesellschaft zu übersetzen. Trade Review“... Hier liegt eine wichtige und in ihren Ergebnissen differenzierte Studie an der Schnittfläche von Politik und Religion vor, die zum weiteren Nachdenken über das oft spannungsreiche, aber unverzichtbare und hoffentlich immer wieder fruchtbare Verhältnis zwischen beiden Bereichen einlädt.” (Pfr. Sandro Göpfert, in: theologische beiträge, Jg. 50, 2019)Table of ContentsTheorien zur Erforschung religiöser Rede.- Die Konstruktion von Religiosität bei deutschen Politikern anhand ihrer Selbstzeugnisse.- Politische Standpunkte und religiöse Begründungen bei deutschen Politikern.- Die Übersetzung religiöser Rede durch deutsche Politiker.

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Book SynopsisDer Begriff des gerechten Friedens impliziert engen Zusammenhang von Frieden und Gerechtigkeit. Auch in biblischen Traditionen wird die Verknüpfung beider Begriffe deutlich. So umfasst der biblische Friedensbegriff Schalom stets auch Dimensionen der Gerechtigkeit. Das Zusammendenken von Frieden und Gerechtigkeit hat seine Wurzeln in der alttestamentlichen Tradition und zieht sich als roter Faden durch die kirchlichen Traditionen. Frieden und Gerechtigkeit können aber auch in einem Spannungsverhältnis stehen und zueinander in Widerspruch geraten. So kann die Umsetzung von Gerechtigkeit den Frieden gefährden (Kriege im Namen der Gerechtigkeit), und auch umgekehrt kann die Verwirklichung von Frieden als ungerecht empfunden werden.Table of Contents„Gerechter Frieden“ – mehr als ein weißer Schimmel? Überlegungen zu einem Leitbegriff der neueren theologischen Friedensethik.- Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in der Bibel: Eine schwierige Partnerschaft.- Frieden und Gerechtigkeit. Überlegungen zu ihremVerweisungszusammenhang im Horizont der christlichen Tradition.- Zwischen Frieden und Gerechtigkeit. Dimensioneneines Spannungsverhältnisses.- Gerechter Frieden als moralischer Maximalismus.- Wie weiter mit dem gerechten Frieden?Ein Ausblick

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Book SynopsisDie Anerkennung kultureller Vielfalt zählt neben dem Schutz vor Gewalt, vor Not und der Freiheit zu den Dimensionen eines gerechten Friedens. Aber was bedeutet kulturelle Vielfalt konkret? Was geschieht, wenn sie in Widerspruch zu den anderen Friedensdimensionen gerät? Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes widmen sich diesen Fragen. Sie beleuchten aus verschiedenen disziplinären Perspektiven die Chancen und Herausforderungen, die in diesem Konzept liegen.Table of ContentsZum theologischen Bedeutungshorizont des Begriffs der Anerkennung.- Die kulturelle Dimension von Gewalt und Friedenbei Johan Galtung.- Kulturelle Verschiedenheit.- Zusammenleben in Differenz.- Postkoloniale Perspektiven auf die „Anerkennung kultureller Vielfalt und Identität“ als Dimension des gerechten Friedens.- Gerechter Frieden angesichts kulturell-religiöser Diversität von Geschlechterkonzeptionen.

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Book SynopsisDer Band widmet sich den Spezifika des Verhältnisses zwischen Religion, Ethik und Politik in der modernen Gesellschaft. Die versammelten Beiträge klären insbesondere, welche inhaltlichen Verbindungen und institutionellen Trennlinien der (säkulare) demokratische Rechtsstaat erlaubt bzw. auch verlangt. Ob die Politik dabei ihre eigene „Moral“ ausbilden muss, weil die ethische und religiöse Kardinalfrage nach dem „guten“ Leben ihren Bereich überfordert, wird anhand von zahlreichen aktuellen religionspolitischen Problemkreisen erörtert.Der InhaltReligion und „gute“ Politik • Religion in der „säkularen“ Demokratie • Empirische Anwendungsfälle und praktische Streitfragen Die HerausgebendenDr. Stefanie Hammer ist Politikwissenschaftlerin in Erfurt.Dr. Oliver Hidalgo ist Akademischer Oberrat a.Z. am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der WWU Münster und apl. Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Regensburg.Table of ContentsReligion und „gute“ Politik.- Religion in der „säkularen“ Demokratie.- Empirische Anwendungsfälle und praktische Streitfragen.

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Book SynopsisDas Völkerrecht gilt als eine der zentralen Friedensstrategien. Zugleich ist das Paradigma „Frieden durch Recht“ nicht unumstritten. Es speist sich aus verschiedenen Rechtstraditionen, die jeweils einen eigenen Interessenschwerpunkt vornehmen.Welche Aspekte hierbei zentral sind und welche Implikationen sich aus den jeweiligen juristischen Diskursen in der Rechtstradition für die Debatte um die rechtserhaltende Gewalt ergeben, steht im Zentrum des Bandes. Er nimmt verschiedene Rechtstraditionen vergleichend in den Blick. Dabei wird der Fokus insbesondere auf die ständigen Mitglieder des UN-Sicherheitsrates und Deutschland gelegt. Table of ContentsRechtstraditionen und Verortungen.- Modelle evangelischer Rechtsethik im Horizont globaler Ordnungssuche.- Die deutsche Sprache des Rechts.- Frieden durch Recht im Lichte unterschiedlicher Rechtstraditionen.- „Frieden durch Recht“ aus französischer Perspektive.- Das Paradigma Frieden durch Recht im Völkerrechtsverständnis Russlands.- Frieden, Recht und Good Governance im alten und neuen China.- Rechtstraditionen, Legitimierung von Gewalteinsatz und gerechter Frieden

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Book SynopsisDieses Open-Access-Buch führt in das noch relativ junge Konzept des gerechten Friedens ein. Es verhandelt seine drei Grundpfeiler: das Verständnis einer Friedensordnung als Rechtsordnung, die Beschränkung militärischer Gewalt zur Rechtsdurchsetzung sowie den Vorrang ziviler Konfliktbearbeitung. Dabei nimmt die Autorin konzeptinhärente Ambivalenzen und bestehende Dissense in den Blick und zeigt Perspektiven eines Umgangs mit friedensethischen Ambiguitäten auf. Abschließend reflektiert sie den Anspruch der Kirchen, mit dem gerechten Frieden als christliches Leitbild ein Orientierungswissen für Politik und Gesellschaft bieten zu können.Table of ContentsDer gerechte Frieden zur Verortung eines Konzeptes.- Frieden durch Recht – Recht durch Krieg?.- Rechtserhaltende Gewalt oder rechtserhaltender Zwang – mehr als eine semantische Unterscheidung.- Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung – eine vorrangige Aufgabe, aber nicht ohne Beschränkungen und Aporien.- Gerechter Frieden als Orientierungswissen – ein christliches Leitbild für eine plurale Gesellschaft? Ein Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisDie Öffnung sozialdemokratischer und sozialistischer Parteien gegenüber Religions- und Weltanschauungsgemeinschaften hat zu uneinheitlichen Situationen in den ursprünglich religionskritischen, laizistischen Parteien geführt. Bei allen gemeinsam geteilten Werten der europäischen Schwesterparteien existieren divergierende laizistische Grundhaltungen und Auslegungsarten des Konzeptes der Laizität. Diese bilden den Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit: Die laizistischen Grundhaltungen verschiedener sozialdemokratischer Parteien in Europa werden herausgestellt, verglichen und analysiert. Dies geschieht durch eine Inhaltsanalyse von Parteipublikationen, die ergänzt wird durch Experteninterviews mit prominenten Vertretern der Parteien – so u.a. mit dem früheren spanischen Ministerpräsidenten José Luis Zapatero, mit dem ehemaligen Bundestagspräsidenten Wolfgang Thierse oder mit dem früheren Nationalen Sekretär für Laizität in Frankreich Jean Glavany. Anschließend werden auf Grundlage einer vergleichend ausgerichteten Analyse laizistischer Deutungsmuster der Parteien perspektivisch mehrere Erklärungsansätze und Einflussfaktoren auf die unterschiedlichen laizistischen Ausprägungen formuliert.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Historische und gegenwärtige politische Konzeptualisierungen von Laizität.- Forschungsdesign: Fallauswahl und methodisches Vorgehen.- Fallstudie Frankreich: Laizistische Grundhaltungen der Parti Socialiste in Religions- und Weltanschauungspolitik.- Fallstudie Spanien: Laizistische Grundhaltungen der Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) in Religions- und Weltanschauungspolitik.- Fallstudie Deutschland: Laizistische Grundhaltungen der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands (SPD) in Religions- und Weltanschauungspolitik.- Vergleichende Analyse und Ergebnisdarstellung, Laizitätspolitik – ein neues Politikfeld?.- Fazit und Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a theoretical inquiry on the relation of the body politic with the religious movements in the time between the Constitutional Revolution and the Islamic Revolution in Iran; it illustrates speculative and historical analyses on the relationship of state, religion, and socio-political status in the late Qajar dynasty (1905-1925) and the whole Pahlavi monarchy. Particularly, it examines the applicability of “liberal conservatism” to the era of the last Shah of Iran. The thesis defines the term political conservatism in accord with Edmund Burke’s philosophy. It deals next with the definition of religious reformation, the peculiar characteristics of Islam, the Shi'ite political theology, and the contradictory usages of “Islamic reformation” in the literature. The text gives an overview of the two antagonist sides of nationalism. It provides also an analysis of the Islamic Republic as a new political phenomenon in Iranian history and the transformation of all concepts after 1979. Ayatollahi aims to assess the Iranian conservatism, the possibility of conciliation between politics and religion before the collapse of the Pahlavi, and “the conditions of possibility” for any restoration of the monarchy.Table of ContentsWhat Is Political Conservatism?.- What Is Religious Reformation?.- Constitutionalism, Religion & Modernization.- From The Constitutional Revolution To The Shi'ite Ideology.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisSozialkapital als interdisziplinäres Konzept bietet einen nützlichen konzeptionellen Rahmen, die gesellschaftliche Rolle von Religion in einer übergeordneten theoretischen Perspektive zu thematisieren und zu untersuchen. Anknüpfend an den bisherigen Forschungsstand wird in diesem Buch ein Modell hergeleitet, welches ein theoretisches Fundament für die komplexe Beziehung zwischen Sozialkapital und Religion bildet. Dieses Modell zum religiösen Sozialkapital wird anschliessend anhand einer Sekundäranalyse für die Schweiz angewandt, wodurch wichtige aktuelle Erkenntnisse für Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik gewonnen werdenTable of ContentsEinleitung.- Theoretischer Hintergrund des Sozialkapitalkonzepts .- Verknüpfung von Religion und Sozialkapital.- Daten und Methode.- Religion in der Schweiz.- Das soziale Kapital der Schweiz.-Fazit: Religion und Sozialkapital.- Ausblick und Implikationen.

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Book SynopsisWhat does childhood mean in contemporary Thailand? What constitutes childhood in a slum? How does childhood figure in the construction of national citizenships? Rich in ethnographic detail, this fascinating, engaging and illuminating study explores the daily lives, constraints, and social worlds of children born in the slums of Bangkok, and their ways of defining themselves in relation to a range of governing technologies, state and non-state actors, and broad cultural politics. It does so by interrogating the layered meanings of “childhood” in slums, schools, Buddhist temples, Christian NGOs, state and international aid organisations, as well as social media. Giuseppe Bolotta’s analysis employs “childhood” as a prism to make sense of broader socio-political, religious, and economic transformations in Thai society. By examining the competition between different Thai and foreign actors to define and control the world-view formed by these children, he demonstrates how Bangkok slums are political arenas within which local, national and global social forces and interests converge and clash. At the same time, this analysis highlights the roles played by Bangkok’s poor children in processes of social change, considering how young people’s efforts to make sense of themselves in an era of authoritarian rule reflect the broader tensions facing the urban poor in this complex moment of Thai history. The book shows how “marginal childhoods” and the “cultural technologies of childhood” – schools, religious agencies, NGOs – reflect both endemic inequalities in Thailand’s larger socio-political structure and global transformations in transnational childhood governance. Marginalized young people’s increasingly plural cultural references create space for both existential fragmentation and creative self-reformulation, which provide socially disadvantaged citizens with unexpected religious, economic, and political resources to challenge Thai society’s generational structures of power. Through these arguments, Belittled Citizens demonstrates that “childhood” is best understood in Thailand as a political category that has been fundamental to the military state’s rule and, potentially, its undoing. It also shows more broadly how attention to children, typically excluded from national politics and therefore invisible in most political analyses, has important potential for producing startling insights into contemporary Southeast Asian societiesTrade ReviewThis splendidly original and meticulously documented exploration of the constricted life chances of Bangkok’s slum children illuminates the problems of youth and class in a world shaped by karmic concepts of destiny and hierarchy. Gracefully written and resonant with compassionate insight, it deserves a wide readership. – Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University, author of Siege of the Spirits

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Book SynopsisRecent studies of Indonesian Islam have pointed to the growing prominence of ‘conservative’ and globally expansive Islamic doctrines. Salafism is one such doctrine, and it has gained increasing popularity in Indonesia over the past several decades. Aiming to propagate a ‘literalist’ interpretation of Islam, Salafi activists argue that many local Islamic traditions, histories and cultures are unIslamic. This has led to significant controversy, and accusations by many Indonesians that Salafism is foreign to country, an intolerant religion, and should have no part in the religious life of the nation. This book offers an ethnographic study of this often misunderstood and controversial movement. It explains why Salafism is growing in numbers, especially amongst young people, and how Salafi activists promote their faith within the wider public. It explores the range of propagational activities and products Salafis use in their public outreach, including literature, mosque sermons, social media ventures, and even fashion, and describes how these activities are tailored to a young Indonesian audience. Salafis may have global roots, but as this book outlines, its success in Indonesia is best understood as an intrinsically local phenomenon entangled within Indonesian ideas of Islamic praxis, consumerism, modernity, political action and citizenship. Salafi activists do not see themselves as foreign religious agents or detached from Indonesian life, but increasingly as part of a religiously conservative moral vanguard. Salafism is, consequently, part of the broader re-orientation of social, cultural and political life we are seeing in contemporary Indonesia.Trade Review‘Chris Chaplin’s carefully argued and sophisticated analysis of Salafism in Indonesia not only shows its appeal as a mix of social movement and individualizing force; it leverages rich ethnographic detail to reveal Salafism’s internal tensions and paradoxes as a defining trait, a necessary condition for the movement’s growth as it continues to inspire an increasingly conservative and politicized religious landscape. Relevant well beyond the Indonesian context, this book is an important contribution to the study of Islam. It will be widely read.’ (Dr David Kloos, KITLV - Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies)

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Book SynopsisAn internationally recognized authority on Chinese history and a leading innovator in its telling, Cho-yun Hsu constructs an original portrait of Chinese culture. Unlike most historians, Hsu resists centering his narrative on China's political evolution, focusing instead on the country's cultural sphere and its encounters with successive waves of globalization. Beginning long before China's written history and extending through the twentieth century, Hsu follows the content and expansion of Chinese culture, describing the daily lives of commoners, their spiritual beliefs and practices, the changing character of their social and popular thought, and their advances in material culture and technology. In addition to listing the achievements of emperors, generals, ministers, and sages, Hsu builds detailed accounts of these events and their everyday implications. Dynastic change, the rise and fall of national ambitions, and the growth and decline of institutional systems take on new significance through Hsu's careful research, which captures the multiple strands that gave rise to China's pluralistic society. Paying particular attention to influential relationships occurring outside of Chinese cultural boundaries, he demonstrates the impact of foreign influences on Chinese culture and identity and identifies similarities between China's cultural developments and those of other nations.Trade ReviewAn important and original book on a permanently important topic by one of the world's leading historians of China. The writing is lucid, often elegant, and has been beautifully translated into English." —William C. Kirby, director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University"Nothing quite like this exists in the modern literature, and it is especially valuable for readers interested in world/global history." —James L. Watson, Harvard University"Hsu's book is unique in the field, and makes a distinct contribution above the many other grand narratives of Chinese history. Impeccably researched and consistently insightful, this is precisely the sort of book that every serious scholar of China should keep within arm's reach." —Thomas David DuBois, China Journal

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Book SynopsisThe book examines the dynamic processes of the various social, political, and cultural negotiations that representatives of Christian groups engage in within authoritarian societies in Greater China, where Christianity is deemed a foreign religious system brought to China by colonial rulers. The book explores the political and social cooperation and negotiations of two particular Christian groups in their respective and distinct settings: the open sector of the Catholic Church in the communist People’s Republic on mainland China from 1945 to the present day, and the Presbyterian church of Taiwan in the Republic of China in Taiwan during the period of martial law from 1949 to 1987. Rather than simply confirm the ‘domination-resistance’ model of church–state relations, the book focuses on the various approaches adopted by religious groups during the process of negotiation. In an authoritative Chinese environment, religious specialists face two related pressures: the demands of their authoritarian rulers and social pressure requiring them to assimilate to the local culture. The book uses two case studies to support a wider theory of economic approach to religion.Trade Review“This book adopts the economic approach to religion to study the development of Christianity in China from the perspective of the relationship between Church and state. … This book is a catalyst for advancing the study of Christianity in China and will be much appreciated by both specialists and students of Chinese Christianity.” (Wei Xiong, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (1), March, 2023)“Uneasy Encounters, the author’s first book, is a laudable effort at marshalling an extensive review of church publications and scholarly literature … . Rychetská is to be commended for bridging scholarly conversations that have not always been in dialogue with each other. In particular, Rychetská’s review of published church documents and government policy documents relating to the church will interest scholars and teachers seeking to illustrate particular aspects of church-state relations in either context.” (Joshua Tan, Review of Religion and Chinese Society, February 20, 2023)Table of ContentsIntroduction. - Part 1: Presbyterian Church in Taiwan during the martial law. - Chapter 1. A Historical Overview of the Presbyterian Mission in Taiwan. - Chapter 2. The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan under the Nationalist Rule during the Martial Law. - Chapter 3. Re-sinicization and the Struggle for Localisation. - Chapter 4. Church’s struggle for Taiwanese National Identity. - Chapter 5. Church and the Human Rights. - Chapter 6. The Promotor of Democratisation. - Part 2: Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in the People’s Republic of China. - Chapter 7. A Historical Overview of the Catholic Mission in China. - Chapter 8. Catholic Church under the Communist Rule. - Chapter 9. Sino-Vatican Relations. - Chapter 10. Catholic Church in the Light of Policy and Legislation Documents on Religion. - Chapter 11. Sinicizing Christianity in the Contemporary People’s Republic of China. - Chapter 12. Resistance or Cooperation? - Conclusion: Christian Churches in the Authoritarian Regimes

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays engaging with Buddhism in Thailand and the virtues of distraction and variety within the materialist turn in studies of religion.In Thailand, Buddhism is deeply integrated into national institutions and ideologies, making it tempting to think of Buddhism in Thailand as a textual, institutional, cultural, and conceptual whole. At the same time, religious expression in the country reflects anything but a single order. Often gaudy, cacophonous, variegated, and jumbled, diversity and apparent contradiction abound. A more open engagement with Buddhism in Thailand requires a willingness to be distracted, to step away from received hierarchies and follow the intriguing detail in the ornate design, the odd textual reference, and to prefer "thin description" over a search for meaning. Justin McDaniel's well-known book-length writings in Buddhist and Theravada studies cannot be fully understood without taking into account his shorter writings, what he calls his wayward distractions. Collected together for the first time, these essays cover subjects ranging from ornamental art to marriage and emotion, the role of Hinduism, neglected gender and ethnic diversity, Buddhist inflections in contemporary art practice, and the boundaries between the living, dead, and undead. These writings will be of importance to students of Theravada and Thailand, of religion in Southeast Asia and more generally, of the materialist turn in studies of religion.Trade Review“This work is a treasure for any fan of McDaniel’s outstanding work on Thailand. A selection of ten articles published between 2000 and now, this first volume shows the diversity of his work and his efforts to challenge limiting understandings of Buddhism in Thailand. . . . An extremely helpful book for beginner and experienced scholars of Thai studies and Thai Buddhism.” * The Review *"[Wayward Distractions] showcases McDaniel's diverse interests and deep knowledge of the featured Buddhist topics. McDaniel draws on his wide experiences, including teaching at a school in Thailand and time spent as an ordained monk in the northeast near the border with Laos during his fieldwork. As a result, he gained deep knowledge and insight on Thai and Lao lifeways, languages, Buddhism and its rituals (including meditation, and chanting in Pali)." * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *“This book presents complex topics and methods of analysis, but it does so in a storytelling style that makes it accessible to a broad range of readers—from the general reader who seeks knowledge and enjoyment and is prompted to observe or question familiar things around them, to scholars and students of Thai Buddhism, Thai literature, Thai culture, and ethnography and folklore. They will not only gain new perspectives and explanations on Thai literature and Buddhist culture but also observe the methods of study, questioning, analysis, and synthesis that come from literature review, field data collection, comparison with other cultures, leading to new interpretations and critical thinking skills.” * Southeast Asian Studies *Table of Contents Introduction: Cajoleries, Non-Human Ontology and the Importance of Thin Description in the Study of Thai Buddhist Stuff Ethnicity and the galactic polity: Ideas and actualities in the history of Bangkok Creative Engagement: the Sujavanna Wua Luang and its Contribution to Buddhist Literature Beautifully Buddhist and Betrothed: Marriage and Buddhism as described in the Jatakas The Bird in the Corner of the Painting: Problems with the Use of Buddhist Texts to Study Buddhist Ornamental Art in Thailand The Material Turn: An Introduction to Thai Sources for the Study of Buddhist Amulets Strolling through Temporary Temples: Modern Buddhist Art Installations in Thailand This Hindu Holy Man is a Thai Buddhist Encountering Corpses: Notes on Zombies and the Living Dead in Buddhist Southeast Asia Buddhist 'nuns' (mae chi) and the teaching of Pali in contemporary Thailand Works Cited

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Book SynopsisMuhammadiyah, together with the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), are seen as the two pillars of moderate Islam in Indonesia. Muhammadiyah is currently often perceived to be the more conservative of the two and to have more affinity with Islamist groups. On political issues, for instance, it is steered by Islamist imagery. On cultural issues, Muhammadiyah is often guided by old enmity towards what is called the TBC (takhayul, bid’ah dan churafat; delusions, religious innovation without precedence in the Prophetic traditions and the Qur’an, and superstitions or irrational belief). This position has placed Muhammadiyah in an uneasy relationship with both local cultures and traditionalist Islam. Three issues that were raised in 2017—the banning of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), the recurrent controversy on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), and the ruling of the Constitutional Court on Penghayat Kepercayaan—are issues where Muhammadiyah has been easily drawn towards Islamist and conservative tendencies. Be that as it may, Muhammadiyah remains a social movement guided by its long-held theology of al-M?`?n (kindness) and with a strong emphasis on social services. It is this doctrine that has prevented Muhammadiyah from dwelling on mythical or abstract issues and neutralized it against Islamism, making its members more realistic in viewing the world, more prone to distancing themselves from the utopian vision of a caliphate, from the dream of shariah as the Messiah that will solve every problem, and from the temptation to create an Islamic state. The “pragmatic Islamism” that Muhammadiyah has adopted allows it to handle social dynamics well.

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Book SynopsisIndonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world, with 87.18 per cent of its 260 million population embracing the Islamic faith. However, Indonesia is neither an Islamic state nor a secular one. It adopts Pancasila as the state ideology but has a Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) overseeing six official religions.MORA has its genesis in Dutch colonial rule (1602-1942). It was strengthened during the Japanese occupation (1942-45) and then sustained by the post-independence Indonesia government (after 1945). The decision to keep MORA was to compensate those who had aspired for the enactment of the Jakarta Charter in the era of Sukarno but failed.This article examines how MORA has been managed under President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) from 2014 till the present. It highlights similarities and differences in Jokowi's control of the influential ministry compared to his predecessors. In 2014, even though Jokowi was elected on a reform agenda, he left MORA untouched.After the 2019 election, Jokowi appointed Fachrul Razi, a retired general as Minister of Religious Affairs, departing from the past practices of naming a religious scholar (ulama) or a religiously trained person (santri) to that position. This demonstrates a wish on the part of the President to shake up the ministry and to exert control over the institution. This decision, however, has alienated core supporters in NU who helped him get re-elected in 2019.

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Book SynopsisArticle 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), published by the United Nations in 1948, states that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

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Book SynopsisThis book situates Australian Muslim experiences of religious authority within the global context of Islam in the modern world. While drawing on examples of Muslim-majority states, new empirical findings indicate the growing diversity of Muslim religious actors in Australia, as well as the contextual realities shaping the way religious authority is legitimised and contested in democratic and authoritarian environments. In particular, the study challenges homogenous articulations of Islamic religious authority in unearthing new voices, epistemologies and socio-political factors shaping Muslim attitudes and experiences of religious authority. The book fills important gaps in the field, such as intra-Muslim relations, female religious authority, digital Islam and the relationship between traditional ulama, reformists and Muslim intellectuals in the West.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Ulama: History, Institutions and Modernity.- Chapter 3: Defining Legitimate Authority.- Chapter 4: Islamic Religious Authority in Australia.- Chapter 5: Collective Religious Authorities.- Chapter 6: Exercising Religious Authority.- Chapter 7: The Role and Authority of Fatwas in Australia.- Chapter 8: Localising Islam: Recruitment, Training and Funding of Imams and Scholars​Chapter.- 9: Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWhite Christian Nationalism is "an ideology that seeks to idealize and advocate a fusion of American Civic life with a… White Christian ethnoculture" rooted in traditionalism, anti-immigration, and their judicial codification (Gorski & Perry, 2021). Though the Establishment Clause clearly delineates a boundary between religion and state. Despite the clarity of this division in the Establishment Clause, this bedrock of our democracy has faced nearconstant pressure from Christian right. Recently, this pressure has taken the form of strategic efforts to stack the Supreme Court of conserative judges and control local school boards by waging fear and misinformation campaigns. Political division, a lack of healthy discourse about religious diversity, and misunderstandings about the Establishment Clause have left many educators unsure about their role in valuing religious diversity in their schools and classrooms, and their responsibilities to maintain religious freedom for all students.This book leverages the power of story to animate the dangerous legal and cultural assault on the separation of church and state in U.S. public schools. All of the chapter authors attend to these themes from distinct vantage points across education theory and research, K-12 education, and teacher education, addressing issues such as religious freedom, education law, teacher and student identity, and teaching for inclusive, critical citizenship in a contentious U.S. political context. Additionally, authors offer practical resources for responding to enemies of religious freedom, White Christian nationalism, and xenophobia as it is manifested in policy and practice within K-12 and higher education.

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Book SynopsisWhite Christian Nationalism is "an ideology that seeks to idealize and advocate a fusion of American Civic life with a… White Christian ethnoculture" rooted in traditionalism, anti-immigration, and their judicial codification (Gorski & Perry, 2021). Though the Establishment Clause clearly delineates a boundary between religion and state. Despite the clarity of this division in the Establishment Clause, this bedrock of our democracy has faced nearconstant pressure from Christian right. Recently, this pressure has taken the form of strategic efforts to stack the Supreme Court of conserative judges and control local school boards by waging fear and misinformation campaigns. Political division, a lack of healthy discourse about religious diversity, and misunderstandings about the Establishment Clause have left many educators unsure about their role in valuing religious diversity in their schools and classrooms, and their responsibilities to maintain religious freedom for all students.This book leverages the power of story to animate the dangerous legal and cultural assault on the separation of church and state in U.S. public schools. All of the chapter authors attend to these themes from distinct vantage points across education theory and research, K-12 education, and teacher education, addressing issues such as religious freedom, education law, teacher and student identity, and teaching for inclusive, critical citizenship in a contentious U.S. political context. Additionally, authors offer practical resources for responding to enemies of religious freedom, White Christian nationalism, and xenophobia as it is manifested in policy and practice within K-12 and higher education.

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Book SynopsisIn 1989, Francis Fukuyama famously declared that we had reached the end of history, and that liberal democracy would be the reigning ideology from now on. But Fukuyama failed to reckon with the idea of illiberal democracy. What if majorities, working through the democratic process, decide they would rather not accept gender equality and other human rights norms that Western democracies take for granted? Nowhere have such considerations become more relevant than in the Middle East, where the Arab uprisings of 2011 swept the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist parties into power. Since then, one question has been on everyone''s mind: what do Islamists really want?In Temptations of Power, noted Brookings scholar Shadi Hamid draws on hundreds of interviews with Islamist leaders and rank-and-file activists to offer an in-depth look at the past, present, and future of Islamist parties across the Arab world. The oldest and most influential of these groups, the Muslim Brotherhood, initially Trade ReviewAn Egyptian colleague of mine recently suggested that Hamid, who has emerged as a prominent commentator on the Muslim Brotherhood in recent years, had been duped by the organization. My colleague should read Hamids book; so should others. Many observers have explored the question of whether Islamist moderation is tactical or sincere. Hamids answer is clear: it is tactical. Hamid has extensively researched the Brotherhoods branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. * John Waterbury, Book of the year 2014, Foreign Affairs *An important and fresh contribution to our understanding of political Islam, Temptations of Power offers an insider and intimate perspective on Islamic movements and the rationale behind their leadership and survival. Drawing from many interviews with Islamists in the Middle East, the book uncovers aspects of political Islam that can sound counterintuitive to general audiences. * Reza Akhlaghi, Book of the year 2014, Foreign Policy Association *Table of Contents1. Islamists in Transition ; 2. Democrats Before Democracy ; 3. The Promise of Politics ; 4. The Turn to Repression ; 5. Learning to Lose ; 6. Temptations of Power ; 7. Illiberal Democracy ; 8. A Tunisian Exception? ; 9. The Past and Future of Political Islam

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