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Book Synopsis A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 [A] sweeping and authoritative history (The New York Times Book Review), Black Wave is an unprecedented and ambitious examination of how the modern Middle East unraveled and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Kim Ghattas seamlessly weaves together history, geopolitics, and culture to deliver a gripping read of the largely unexplored story of the rivalry between between Saudi Arabia and Iran, born from the sparks of the 1979 Iranian revolution and fueled by American policy. With vivid story-telling, extensive historical research and on-the-ground reporting, Ghattas dispels accepted truths about a region she calls home. She explores how Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, once allies and twin pillars of US strategy in the region, became mortal enemies after 1979. She shows how they used and distorted religion in a competition that went well beyond g

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Book SynopsisThe T&T Clark Handbook of Political Theology is a comprehensive reference resource informed by serious theological scholarship in the three Abrahamic traditions. The engaging and original contributions within this collection represent the epitome of contemporary scholarship in theology, religion, philosophy, history, law, and political science, from leading scholars in their area of specialization. Comprised of five sections that illuminate the rise and relevance of political theology, this handbook begins with the birth of contemporary political theology, and is followed by discussions of historical resources and past examples of interaction between theology and politics from all three Abrahamic traditions. The third section surveys the leading figures and movements that have had an impact on the discipline of political theology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; and the contributors then build on previously discussed historical resources and methods to engage with contemporTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors Preface Part I. Where was God? Jewish and Christian Theology in the Shadow of Auschwitz 1. From Holocaust Theology to a Jewish Theology of Liberation: On the Theo-Politics of Jewish Empowerment - Marc H. Ellis, Baylor University, USA 2. Christian Responses to the Holocaust: Political Theology in Europe - Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University, USA 3. Political Theology and the Theologies of Liberation - Rubén Rosario Rodríguez, Saint Louis University, USA Part II. Scriptures and Traditions: Critical Retrieval of Historical Sources 4. The Cup Does Not Run Over: Political Theology in the Hebrew Bible- Serge Frolov, Southern Methodist University, USA 5. Political Theology and the New Testament - Neil Elliott, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis, USA 6. Qur´anic Political Theology: God’s Law, Jews and the Politics of Friendship - Joshua A. Sabih, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 7. Augustine’s Impact on Political Theory - Michael Lamb, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK 8. Thomas Becket: A Case Study in Medieval Church-State Relations - Michael Staunton 9. The Political Praxis of Bartolomé de Las Casas - Luis N. Rivera-Pagán, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA 10. The Political and Legal Legacy of the Sixteenth-Century Reformations - John Witte, Jr. Emory University, USA Part III. An Appraisal of Contemporary Political Theologies 11. Theology After the Death of God - Brian D. Robinette, Boston College, USA 12. Karl Barth and the Barmen Declaration - Amy Marga, Luther Seminary, USA 13. Bonhoeffer in Latin American Liberationist Christianity and Theology - Raimundo C. Barreto, Jr. Princeton Theological Seminary, USA 14. Jürgen Moltmann and the New Political Theology - Scott Paeth, DePaul University, USA 15. Social Ethics, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Political Theology - Gary Dorrien, Columbia University, USA 16. Gustavo Gutiérrez and Latin American Liberation Theology - Michael E. Lee, Fordham University, USA 17. James H. Cone and Black Liberation Theology - Eboni Marshall Turman, Duke Divinity School, USA 18. Latina Feminist and Mujerista Theologies as Political Theologies? - Neomi De Anda, University of Dayton, USA 19. Feminist Theologies - Rachel Sophia Baard, Villanova University, USA 20. The Exodus and Some Possibilities of Jewish Political Thought - Geoffrey D. Claussen, Elon University, USA, and Emily A. Filler, Earlham College, USA 21. The Political Theology of Catholic Social Teaching - M.T. Dávila, Andover Theological School, USA 22. Orthodox Christianity and Political Theology: Thinking Beyond Empire - Nathaniel Wood, Fordham University, USA and Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University, USA Part IV. Constructive Horizons in Political Theology 23. The Politics of the Espíritu: Ethic as Recognition–Assemblage–Decolonial Healing - Oscar García-Johnson, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA 24. Christian Humanism, redivivus - Luke Bretherton, Duke Divinity School, USS 25. The Obstinate Legacy of Race and Colonialism - Uzma Jamil, McGill University, Canada 26. The Third City: Radical Orthodoxy’s (Emphatically) Complex Political Theology - Nicholas Krause, Christ Church Waco, USA and Jonathan Tran, Baylor University, USA 27. Liberating Barth? From a Theological Critique of Idolatry To a Political Critique of Ideology - Derek Alan Woodard-Lehman, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, USA 28. New Directions in Protestant Social Ethics - Emily Dumler-Winckler, Saint Louis University, USA 29. Lex Natura: A New Way Into a Liturgical Political Theology - Cláudio Carvalhaes, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA 30. Slavoj Zizek: Christianity, the Death of God, and Enjoying Hopelessness - Silas Morgan, United Theological Seminary, USA 31. State(s) of Exception: The United States, the State of Israel, and the Legacy of Chosenness - Robert O. Smith, University of Notre Dame, USA 32. Praying to the O/other—Rethinking Ecclesiology in the Context of Increasing Islamophobia - Gyrid Kristine Gunnes, Southern Methodist University, USA 33. Social Trinitarianism through Iconic Participation - Jessica Wai-Fong Wong, Azusa Pacific University, USA Part V. The Future of Political Theologies 34. Toward an Islamic Theology of World Religions: From Polemics to a Critical Theology of Self and Other - Vincent Cornell, Emory University, USA 35. Political Theologies in a Post-Christian World - Hille Haker, Loyola University Chicago, USA 36. Everybody Hates the Prophet: Failure and the Good Society in Jewish Political Theology - Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University, USA Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the subject through many different theoretical frameworks and epistemological traditions, this book confronts the history of Haiti''s three major practicing religious faiths: Vodou, Roman Catholicism, and Protestant Evangelicalism.Scholars, researchers, and faith practitioners have often depicted relations between these traditions as antagonistic, conflicting, unproductive, and lacking in mutual understanding. With the aim of exploring the possibility of nation building in Haiti and the benefits of interreligious collaboration, contributors to this book consider topics such as the obstacles to interfaith dialogue, religious conflict, interreligious dialogue in schools, race and identity, and religious pluralism.This book will be beneficial to scholars, practitioners, historians, and sociologists of religion, as well as the religious communities themselves in Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora.

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Book SynopsisIn the first scholarly biography of Minister Farrakhan, leader of the controversial religious movement, the Nation of Islam (NOI), Dawn-Marie Gibson challenges popular portrayals of Farrakhan in American media. Placing Farrakhan's life and leadership in historical context, she traces his evolution from a fiery Black Nationalist in 1960s Harlem to a respected leader in sections of the USA and abroad, and uncovers Farrakhan's work in rebuilding the NOI's reputation following Malcolm X's assassination. Archival material includes FBI's files on the NOI and its leaders, Farrakhan's writings in the Muhammad Speaks and The Final Call newspapers, and lectures and interviews from the late 1970s to the present day. Excerpts from first-hand interviews from NOI officials, pastors, imams, and community groups provide important insights into Farrakhan's religious life.

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Book SynopsisAscetics as Activists examines the position of the female ascetics or sadhvis within the right-wing Hindu nationalist discourse in India. Dasgupta calls attention to the role of religion in gendered identity formation and political activism of the female ascetics in reference to the project of Hindutva in contemporary India. Ignoring disciplinary divisions, this book cuts through history, politics, and gender studies to explore an authentic perspective of asceticism, activism, spirituality, and masculinity as these have been constituted in the representation of female ascetics within the Hindutva movement. This book is the first attempt to examine the implications of gender activism and political activism of the female ascetics working at the forefront of the Hindu-Right and the ways these ascetics incorporated a range of approaches from radicalism to emancipatory in the configuration of Hindutva in India.

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Book SynopsisJosep Almudéver Chanzà is a lecturer in Social Geographies at Newcastle University, UK and a poet. His academic research explores religious innovation, gender, sexuality, and Europe's south.

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Book SynopsisYoshiko Ashiwa is Visiting Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Hitotsubashi University, Japan. David Wank is Visiting Researcher at the Oriental Library and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Sophia University, Japan. Ji Zhe is Professor of Sociology at the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) and Director of The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Buddhism (CEIB), France.

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