Religious intoleranceand conflict Books
Princeton University Press On the Muslim Question
Book SynopsisIn the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe. This title demolishes the notion that there is a "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam.Trade Review"Is there a clash of civilizations, as Samuel Huntington maintained, between the Muslim world and the West? Norton's response will be of interest to students of geopolitics and Islamic studies."--Kirkus Reviews "She scores many hits, and illuminates the smug racism behind much recent blazoning of Enlightenment values."--Paul Laity, Prospect "Two strengths make Norton's work stand out in the crowded field of books that address Islam and democracy. First is her insistence on considering Islamic voices of the past and present, from medieval philosopher al-Farabi to Qutb and Ramadan, as conversation partners within the Western tradition. Second is her concise rebuttal of prominent philosophers, in particular Jacques Derrida, John Rawls and Slovaj Zizek, each of whom has perceived a danger in the nature of Islam."--Steve Young, Christian Century "Professor Anne Norton of the University of Pennsylvania, is a liberal academic who takes on all the anti-Muslim hysterics, right wing paranoiacs and sloppy thinkers in this measured and profoundly thought-provoking book."--Charles H. Middleburgh, Middleburgh Blog "Anne Norton provides us with a window into the interaction between European versions of modernity and the Islamic experience, drawing attention to how Muslims often face resistance and hatred as they enter into previously constituted elements of European society."--Tikkun "Anne Norton's On the Muslim Question ... is distinguished by moral daring and intellectual perspicacity, that is bold and passionate in tone but also rigorous and academic in substance... Anne Norton's scholarly effort, as much an academic tract as a pamphlet and a political statement, redeems all those promises and amply testifies to the intellectual and moral resources of the academy as well as its integrity."--S. Parvez Manzoor, Muslim World Book Review "Anne Norton ... has written an incisive volume analyzing a question at the heart of a number of contemporary vexing domestic and foreign policy issues. She brings to the task an impressive command of the subject matter as well as exceptional insight and judgment as a political theorist."--Mujeeb Khan, H-Net Reviews "[T]he book is an insightful analysis of the way Islam and Muslims figure in contemporary discourses, and it should be read by students and scholars interested in representations of Islam and Muslims. I recommend it."--Lasse Thomassen, Political Studies Review and Political Theory "This will be excellent and important reading for missiologists, social anthropologists, political scientists, and others."--Bruce Campbell Moyer, Seminary Studies "On the Muslim Question, is an indispensable reading for scholars as well as those interested in understanding the complex relationship between Islam and the West."--Asif Mohiuddin, Islam and Civilisational Renewal "On the Muslim Question combines virtues rarely found in one place. It is scrupulously attentive to the everyday facts about the ways in which the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds interact and devastatingly sharp about the way in which the facts undermine a lot of high-flown commentary on the supposed threat the Muslim world poses to the West... [Norton] is a witty and graceful writer... On The Muslim Question is a triumph."--Alan Ryan, Journal of Church and StateTable of ContentsForeword by Ruth O'Brien ix Introduction On the Muslim Question: Philosophy, Politics, and the Western Street 1 Part I Muslim Questions* Chapter 1 Freedom of Speech 15 * Chapter 2 Sex and Sexuality 45 * Chapter 3 Women and War 67 * Chapter 4 Terror 82 * Chapter 5 Equality 94 * Chapter 6 Democracy 118 Part II In the Western Street* Chapter 7 Where Is Europe? 141 * Chapter 8 "Islamofascism" and the Burden of the Holocaust 164 * Chapter 9 In the American Desert 176 * Chapter 10 There Is No Clash of Civilizations 195 Acknowledgments 229 Notes 233 Index 247
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Princeton University Press On the Muslim Question
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Is there a clash of civilizations. . . between the Muslim world and the West? Norton’s response will be of interest to students of geopolitics and Islamic studies."—Kirkus Reviews"Norton scores many hits, and illuminates the smug racism behind much recent blazoning of Enlightenment values."—Paul Laity, Prospect"Norton provides us with a window into the interaction between European versions of modernity and the Islamic experience, drawing attention to how Muslims often face resistance and hatred as they enter into previously constituted elements of European society."—Tikkun"On the Muslim Question . . . is distinguished by moral daring and intellectual perspicacity."—S. Parvez Manzoor, Muslim World Book Review"Scrupulously attentive to the everyday facts about the ways in which the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds interact and devastatingly sharp about the way in which the facts undermine a lot of high-flown commentary on the supposed threat the Muslim world poses to the West. . . . On the Muslim Question is a triumph."—Alan Ryan, Journal of Church and State
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Manchester University Press From Partition to Brexit
Book SynopsisFrom Partition to Brexit provides an authoritative and accessible analysis of how successive Irish governments have tried to overcome the challenges presented by the division of Ireland, including the decades-long conflict that claimed thousands of lives.Trade Review'Enthralling, insightful and meticulously researched. Anyone who wants to understand how successive Irish Governments have engaged with Northern Ireland should read it.'Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach, 1997-2008, key negotiator of the Good Friday and St Andrews Agreements ‘Brilliant, lucid and thought-provoking - required reading for anyone who wants to understand relations between these islands and the importance of the Border.’David McCullagh. Presenter of the current affairs television programme Prime Time, and Political Correspondent with RTÉ News‘successfully expose[s] … the true extent of the [Irish Government’s] ambivalences and inconsistencies, using an impressive wealth of archival material in both Britain and Ireland unavailable to an earlier generation of researchers.’Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Times, 5 January 2019‘The book is superb for anyone who wants to know why Ireland is where it is now and how the two parts of Ireland have treated each other for nigh on to a century.’Frank MacGabhann, Irish Examiner, 23 February 2019‘Ó Beacháin has broken new ground and provided a useful map for a generation of political scientists and historians.’Seán Donlon (former Secretary-General of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs), History Ireland, March-April 2019'Ó Beachain’s familiarity with the subject and impressive archival research deserves recognition for composing a text that is both enjoyable and informative … This book offers a concise and engaging narrative of the evolution of Irish government policy towards Northern Ireland … Ó Beacháin’s sharp wit and eye for an entertaining quotation penetrates the weighty subject matter with great success'Aaron Ó Maonaigh, The Irish Story‘Donnacha Ó Beacháin’s lively, illuminating and occasionally tendentious study…provides not only a new perspective on the history of Northern Ireland, but also a fascinating glimpse into the inner workings and identity crises of the Irish government itself… It is particularly valuable for explaining the path that Dublin took from impotent onlooker to key participant in the peace process, and for the clarity with which it explains the competing pressures shaping Dublin’s policies at key moments. It will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the full sweep of Northern Ireland’s troubled near-century of existence.’Professor Mark Doyle, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, Irish Studies Review, June 2019'Ó Beacháin has made good use of governmental papers and political party archives and he has conducted interviews with a wide range of Irish and British politicians. He has marshalled these sources into a text that is admirably clear and informative … Brexit has raised profound questions regarding the relationship between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as the relationship between Ireland and Britain. How the Irish government attempts to answer these questions will play a part in shaping the futures of both Ireland and the United Kingdom. Given the fine manner in which Ó Beacháin has explained the Northern Ireland policies of successive Irish governments, he would be ideally placed to write the next chapter of that history.'Small States and TerritoriesOne of the most striking features of Ó Beacháin’s timely overview is his assured tone on a particularly contentious topic. This reflects his experience in researching and writing on the complex, multi-faceted problem of the partition of Ireland that has afflicted the country, as well as its abettor, Britain, for 100 years. This is a work of mature assessment and often unexpected nuance. His preface and introduction contain very useful guidance on terminology, political parties and key themes for anyone reading themselves into the subject. Given the extraordinary breadth of the topic, it is to be expected that a volume of this nature would have something of the character of a synthesis. From Partition to Brexit does indeed comprise an amalgam of sources and its fresh take is rooted in the careful selection of items for the author’s skilful assessment.Studi irlandesi -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Parties and policy making in Ireland 1 The politics of partition, 1920–19322 De Valera’s Northern Ireland policy, 1932–19483 Failed campaigns, 1948–19694 War, 1969–1974 5 In fear of Armageddon, 1974–19796 Totality of relationships, 1980–1992 7 The age of consent, 1992–2018ConclusionAppendix 1: A century of government in Ireland, 1919–2018Appendix 2: Key personalities BibliographyIndex
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Manchester University Press Conflict Peace and Mental Health Addressing the
Book SynopsisWhat are the human consequences of conflict and what are the appropriate service responses? This book seeks to provide an answer to these important questions, drawing on over twenty-five years of work by the author in Northern Ireland and elsewhere.Trade ReviewThe author writes from the heart, with the experience of a highly respected practitioner and researcher, and with a very personal yet professional relationship with victims and survivors. Rev. Harold Good, Former President of the Methodist Church in Ireland and witness to the decommissioning of the IRA and ETA weaponry.This is a magnificent contribution not just to the British/Irish troubles but to every region and every country where the agony and horror of violence has penetrated and mangled the human spirit.Denis Bradley, Co-Chair Consultative Group on the PastThis is a book full of civility, humanism and evidence in relation to the psychological consequences of societal violence.Brendan Bunting, Professor of Psychology, Ulster UniversityDavid Bolton writes with insight in this admirable book. I have rarely encountered an individual so committed and dedicated to making the ragged edges of peace less painful. David McKittrick, co-author of Lost Lives, the compilation of Troubles related deaths in Northern Ireland.David Bolton brings over 30 years of field experience in Northern Ireland to this book through which he shares his insights of conflict-related trauma and recovery, supported with empirical research evidence, with all humanitarians working in conflicted societies. Fergus Cooper OBE, Former Save the Children Head of Country, in Northern Ireland‘If there is one book that should be required reading for our MLAs, it is [this]. The book is a timely reminder that while the Assembly remains suspended and political progress remains stalled, victims and survivors of violence continue to live with the consequences of the past…The book is also designed to appeal to an international audience. There is much to be learned and applied from the examples of good practice developed in the aftermath of Omagh and in the research/evidence-based approach of the partnership between NICTT and Ulster University…I am heartened that people in other parts of the world may learn from those who have suffered in Northern Ireland. But I hope that the learning in Northern Ireland itself has not stopped, and that our politicians and policy makers heed Bolton’s message about what remains to be done.’Gladys Ganiel, Slugger O’toole, October 2017‘What prompted Bolton to write the book was the conflict in Syria and, before that, in Iraq. He hopes it will be of use to counsellors and psychiatrists and psychotherapists and anyone trying to deal with the traumatic impact of conflict.’Gerry Moriarty, Irish Times, August 2017‘This is a timely book to remind us what happens when we don’tnourish peace or build public infrastructures to ensure that violence andinjustice cannot succeed. It is timely not only because of recent events inNorthern Ireland that might evoke divisions from the past, but also because ofrecent events in London and Manchester, hate crime, and the shortcomings ofdemocratic voting- not to mention also the importance of looking now at theintergenerational problems that await the people in Syria and other Middle EastCountries.’Dr Derek Indoe Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist,British Journal of Psychology -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Omagh bombing and the community’s response 2 The Omagh Community Trauma and Recovery Team 3 Assessing the mental-health impact of the Omagh bombing4 The mental-health impact of the Troubles, 1969–995 The mental-health impact of the Troubles, 2000–156 The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation: a comprehensive trauma centre7 The development of a trauma-focused therapy programme8 Trauma-focused skills training for practitioners 9 Research, advocacy and policy support10 Planning for and responding to the mental health impact of conflictPost script: the rupture of loss and traumaIndex
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Lexington Books Healing in the Homeland
Book SynopsisMargaret Mitchell Armand presents a cutting edge interdisciplinary terrain inside an indigenous exploration of her homeland. Her contribution to the historiography of Haïtian Vodou demonstrates the struggle for its recognition in Haïti's post-independence phase as well as its continued misunderstanding. Through a methodological, original study of the colonial culture of slavery and its dehumanization, Healing in the Homeland: Haitian Vodou Traditions examines the sociocultural and economic oppression stemming from the local and international derived politics and religious economic oppression.While concentrating the narratives on stories of indigenous elites educated in the western traditions, Armand moves pass the variables of race to locate the historical conjuncture at the root of the persistent Haïtian national division. Supported by scholarships of indigenous studies and current analysis, she elucidates how a false consciousness can be overcome to reclaim cultural identity and pridTrade ReviewArmand offers the first study of which . . . focus[es] on what she designates as the social (and racial) class/es of the 'Affranchi/bourgeois/elite,' and their often extremely private and/or secretive commitment to Vodou values. . . .Armand’s book resonates with Madelaine Hron’s work on storytelling and healing; Ren´e Lemarchand’s claims on the importance of 'reckoning' in the reconciliation process; and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith’s and Claudine Michel’s scholarship on the contemporariness of Vodou as a means to negotiate a new world order. For those readers unfamiliar with Vodou and working professionally with Haitian clients, the book is a thorough and concise introduction to a Vodou way-of-being; and for 'Haitianists,' Armand’s book. . . .offers a courageously self-reflexive look at the role of the elite, both historically and in the present, in edifying Haiti through a mise-en-oeuvre of a Vodou philosophy. * Nova Religio: The Journal Of Alternative And Emergent Religions *Margaret Mitchell Armand’s seminal work demonstrates the necessity for continued scientific research on the legacy of the Taínos in order to showcase, to the rest of the World, the knowledge that the people of the Caribbean wanted to transmit to the conquistadors at the end of the fifteenth century for the good of humanity. -- Ginette Pérodin Mathurin, Senior Researcher and Coordinator, Haïtian Indigenous Research CenterHealing in the Homeland is a compelling Haitian story of conflict resolution and of decolonization. It is a narrative of the epistemological, ontological, pedagogical and psychological basis upon which to recreate and redeem a nation 209 years in the making. The tasks of creating a sovereign nation and people with a sovereign imagination and agency, made possible by the most radical modernizing revolution of the modern age, are not easy, entangled as they are in Western colonial dysfunctional culture and African marginality. Dr. Margaret Mitchell Armand, a dispute resolution specialist, has done well to weave a story of redemption guided by a conceptual/theoretical lens that is not only Haiti’s but for all peoples who were mired in colonial dystopia. -- Clinton Hutton, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica and author of The Logic & Historical Significance of the Haitian Revolution & the Cosmological Roots of Haitian FreedomTable of ContentsIntroduction: Mèt Kafou: Master of the Crossroads Chapter 1: Loko Atisou: The Power of Knowing Chapter 2: Lenglensou: The Architects of the Inferno and the Victims Chapter 3: The Audacity of Faith Keeps the Drums Beating Chapter 4: The Poto Mitan of Decolonization: The Healing Process Chapter 5: Gran Bwa: The Power of a Single Story, Part I Chapter 6: Azaka Mede: The Power of a Single Story, Part II Chapter 7: Milokan: United We Are in the Realms of the Lwas Epilogue: The Gedes
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Lexington Books Peace on Earth
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAcademic peace study programs frequently ignore religion as a partner in pursuit of conflict resolution. These 24 essays advocate religion as a vital, if partial, participant in any serious pursuit of lasting peace. Religion's absence in peace studies--and peacemaking--is a crippling lack. Contributors to this volume present casebook studies of religious groups involved in recent conflict resolution--successes and failures alike. Brief but nuanced accounts of several religious traditions, with their ambivalent histories of war and peace efforts, are excellent summaries of those traditions, and also show how they have fallen short of their ideals. Some religious groups, only rarely at the table, present the unique witness they have maintained, often in the face of persecution or marginalization because of their relative size or beliefs and practices at odds with dominant religions. The essay on military chaplains stands out, as it discusses going beyond the unarmed morale officer for war-weary troops, to becoming a middle-range actor in affirming that those outside the military unit are not 'other.' The essays demonstrate in diverse ways that religion can be the source of conflict, but also a source of peace building, tolerance, and peaceful coexistence. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers. * CHOICE *This volume will be a useful counterpoint for those who associate religious bigotry and scapegoating with the advent of many violent clashes in the world, as well as a valuable pedagogical aid in the philosophical teaching about peace and conflict studies. Religion is only one somewhat inconsistent source in the development of public morality and norms which lead to conflict resolution, but it is undoubtedly an important one and subject to much misunderstanding; battles over faith and belief or between religion and science may be among the most challenging to resolve. The reader will grapple with many such contentious issues, not least the relationship between religion and human rights, the proper place of religion in political life and the most advisable balance between religious and secular institutions. -- Fred Pearson, Wayne State UniversityThis book provides insightful views of the place of religion in peace and conflict studies. Its amazingly wide, yet deep, reports of diverse religions’ approaches to peace and conflict offer specific paths to peacebuilding. The editors have assembled excellent contributors, with great knowledge about and experience with the important topics they examine. Every reader will learn about more and better ways that peace can be advanced at many different levels from this work. -- Louis Kriesberg, Syracuse UniversityThis is an important and exciting book with depth as well as breadth of coverage of the role of religion and religious actors in peace building work. The diverse and rich case studies and the theme of constructively addressing ‘religious illiteracy’ should make it a useful volume for students, researchers, and a wide variety of practitioners. -- Siobhan McEvoy-Levy, Butler UniversityThese insightful essays and informative case studies gathered by Matyok and Flaherty will help readers understand why developing peace literacy is not only something many religious believers consider essential, but also why developing religious literacy is essential for those studying and working toward peace. Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides valuable tools to help peace scholars, peace educators, and peace activists alike better understand roles religion and religious actors play today in both conflict and peacemaking. -- Jennifer S. Bryson, Witherspoon InstituteTable of ContentsChapter One: Can People of Faith, and People in Peace and Conflict Studies, Work Together? Thomas Matyók and Maureen Flaherty Part I: Peace and Conflict Studies in a Contextualized Place Chapter Two: Religion, Peace and Violence: Tensions and Promises David Creamer and Christopher Hrynkow Chapter Three: Ahimsa: A World without Violence? Klaus Klostermaier Chapter Four Blessing-Based Love (Agape) As a Heuristic to Understanding Effective Reconciliation Practices: A Reading of I Corinthians 13 In a Peacebuilding Context Vern Neufeld Redekop Part II: Religions and Peace and Conflict Studies Chapter Five: Catholic Peacemaking: A History and Analysis with Special Emphasis on the Work of the Community of Sant ’Egidio John Perry Chapter Six: Evangelical Women and Transformative Peacebuilding Kristen Lundquist, Hien Vu, and Chris Seiple Chapter Seven: Judaism and the Path to Peace Michael Lerner Chapter Eight: Islam and Peace and Conflict Studies Nathan Funk Chapter Nine: The Role of Indigenous African Religion in Peacemaking Hamdesa Tuso Chapter Ten: Aboriginal Peoples’ in Canada and the Role of Religion in Conflict: The Ever Elusive Peace Paul Nicolas Cormier Chapter Eleven: Mennonite International Peacebuilding and Local Ownership Chuck Thiessen Chapter Twelve: Let Us See What Love Can Do: Quaker Contributions to Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Vernie Davis Chapter Thirteen: Haïtian Vodou: Peace Begins Within Margret Mitchell Armand Chapter Fourteen: Eastern Orthodox Christianity: Provocations and Challenges for a Just Peace in an Era of Conflict and Global Transition Harry Anastasiou Chapter Fifteen: Ancient News from Buddha’s Research Lab: the Role of Buddhism in Peace and Conflict Settings Katharina Bitzker Chapter Sixteen: Hinduism: War, Peace, and Peace and Conflict Studies S. I. Keethaponcalan Chapter Seventeen: Daoist Harmony as a Chinese Worldview Yueh-Ting Lee, Honggang Yang, and Min Wang Chapter Eighteen: Humanity’s Coming of Age: A Bahá’í View of the Process toward World Peace Charles Egerton Chapter Nineteen: Religious Leader Engagement: Military Chaplains Engaging Indigenous Religious Leaders and Their Communities in Operations (Voices from the International Chaplaincy Community) S. K. Moore Part III: The Way Forward: Four Faith Models Chapter Twenty: Striving for Justice and Peace on Earth, Catholic Peace Initiatives Ismael Muvingi Chapter Twenty-One: Peacebuilding Principles and Values in Islam: Beyond the Basic Framework Mohammed Abu-Nimer Chapter Twenty-Two: Peace on Earth: The Anabaptist-Mennonite Perspective Lois Edmund Chapter Twenty-Three: Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam: the ‘Oasis of Peace’ Deanna Armbruster Chapter Twenty-Four: Conclusions: Peace on Earth Revisited Hamdesa Tuso, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne
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Lexington Books Religion and Terrorism
Book SynopsisReligion and Terrorism: The Use of Violence in Abrahamic Monotheism provides theoretical analysis of the nature of religious terrorism and religious martyrdom and also delves deeply into terrorist groups and beliefs in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.Trade ReviewThe urgent necessity of understanding exactly how contemporary terrorism is motivated by monotheism is the focus of this important collection. The topic requires conceptual clarification, doctrinal precision and historical attention to the interplay between doctrine and political and cultural circumstances. These essays, taken individually and as a whole, get the mix of these tasks just right, and the result is an important and readable contribution to the discussion. Required reading-not only for policy makers dealing with security concerns, but also for all the religiously serious descendants of Abraham. -- Joseph Boyle, St. Michael's CollegeThis is a fine collection of essays that takes seriously the religious beliefs that percolate beneath the purveyors of global terrorism. But it does so with a level of sophistication, careful scholarship, and respectful analysis that is rarely found among scholars and activists who often write and opine on this subject. -- Francis J. Beckwith, Baylor UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Richard Sherlock and Veronica Ward Chapter 1: Religious Terrorism and Monotheism Richard Sherlock Chapter 2: Martyrdom in the Three Monotheistic Religions: Historical Survey and Analysis Veronica Ward Chapter 3: From Religion to Terror: Christian Fundamentalism and Extremism Douglas Pratt Chapter 4: Jewish and North American Protestant Religious Violence: Contemporary Variations on an Ancient Theme Gideon Aran Chapter 5: How Religious is “Islamic” Religious Terrorism? John David Payne, Donna Lee Bowen and Joseph Woolstenhulme Chapter 6: Hasan Al-Banna, the Art of Death and Contemporary Muslim Ideologies of Martyrdom Daniel Brown Chapter 7: The Role of Religion and Religious Teachings in Al-Qaeda Mbaye Lo
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Pluto Press Nuclear Flashpoint
Book SynopsisAn alternative account of the Kashmir conflict centring the voices of the KashmirisTrade Review'Repeated clashes between India, Pakistan and China over Kashmir threaten to erupt into a nuclear conflict that might kill as many as 120 million in India and Pakistan, and perhaps several 1000 million worldwide. These disputes need to be resolved, which requires understanding their origins, the people of Kashmir and their struggles, and recent changes in the region. Nuclear Flashpoint provides essential insight into these issues for all who are concerned.' -- Professor Brian Toon, University of Colorado Boulder'An urgent and trenchant examination of Kashmir. Beautifully meshing history with modern political analysis, Chak masterfully interrogates ... the intersecting flashpoints that make the Kashmir crisis one of the most politically sensitive issues in modern world history. Beyond intellectual examination, Chak injects first-hand insights as a scholar, advocate and ancestral Kashmiri to offer a richness that few other books provide - bringing intimacy and empathy to words that spring colorfully from the pages.' -- Khaled A. Beydoun, Law Professor and author of 'The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims''Institutionalized systemic racial persecution ... against the people of Kashmir has pushed the world to the edge of nuclear conflict. Torture, unlawful killings and the denial of basic human rights and freedoms are well-documented by Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and others. Dr. Chak's skillful analysis explains just how this unresolved crisis threatens global peace.' -- Ilyasah Shabbazz, educator and author of 'Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X'Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Who Are the Kashmiris? Resisting Post-Colonial Identity Theft and False Narratives 3. The Long Life Cycle of Resistance 4. Jammu Genocide 5. The Myth of Partition 6. India, Islamophobia, and the Hindutva Playbook 7. The 'Final Solution': Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A 8. Nuclear Flashpoint: Sino-Indian Rivalry and Kashmir 9. Conclusion Notes Index
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The History Press Ltd In the Name of God
Book SynopsisWhy and how does religion fuel fighting, death and destruction? This is the central question addressed here. This book examines the history of religious violence, looking at patterns and causes, consistencies and aberrations. It also looks at the relationship between religion and politics.
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The History Press Ltd The Archaeology of Religious Hatred
Book SynopsisIn March 2001 the world watched in disbelief as explosives of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban reduced the gigantic Buddha statues at Bamiyan to stone powder. Yet few realise that such religious zeal to ''free'' the world from ''pagan'' art follows an old tradition. What role did it play in transforming the colourful world of Roman paganism into medieval Christianity? All over the ancient world images have been found which bear deep scar marks from iconoclastic attacks. Beheaded statues and mutilated fragments of images, once the objects of veneration and awe, speak a language as clear as words. As Ebehard Sauer shows in this important new work, the sad material remains of what survived the onslaught of the image-haters form a powerful complement to eyewitness accounts. Archaeology helps us to understand one of the most radical changes in world history. Why was it that Christianity achieved sole domination in the West but remained a minority religion in much of Asia? Can th
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Ebury Publishing Shamed
Book SynopsisSarbjit Kaur Athwal is a British Indian, whose sister-in-law Surjit was the victim of an honour killing. Sarbjit secretly and bravely campaigned for justice for Surjit, seeking murder convictions for her husband's mother and brother. They were jailed, but Sarbjit continues to receive death threats and ostracisation by the Sikh community. She has since become a police community support officer, in gratitude for the staunch support of Detective Chief Inspector Clive Driscoll.Trade ReviewA horrific story of appalling murder and awesome courage. * Daily Mail *I felt moved by this book as the experiences resonate with many of the victims that we deal with every day. It also highlights how honour systems within family and community dynamics can paralyse someone into a place of great fear. It takes a great amount of courage to speak out. Sarbjit has been significant to enabling others to peer into the life of a family that put honour before a life. My hope is that this story will encourage many not to be silent but to come forward and speak out. As a campaigner in this field I give credit to this story that seeks to break the silences of many. * Jasvinder Sanghera CBE, Chief Executive of Karma Nirvana and bestselling author of SHAME and DAUGHTERS OF SHAME *A horrific story of appalling murder and awesome courage. * Daily Mail *I felt moved by this book as the experiences resonate with many of the victims that we deal with every day. It also highlights how honour systems within family and community dynamics can paralyse someone into a place of great fear. It takes a great amount of courage to speak out. Sarbjit has been significant to enabling others to peer into the life of a family that put honour before a life. My hope is that this story will encourage many not to be silent but to come forward and speak out. As a campaigner in this field I give credit to this story that seeks to break the silences of many. * Jasvinder Sanghera CBE, Chief Executive of Karma Nirvana and bestselling author of SHAME and DAUGHTERS OF SHAME *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Mecca Uprising
Book SynopsisOn 20th November 1979, the Salafi Group, led by a charismatic figure named Juhaiman al-Utaibi, seized control of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in the Muslim World. The Salafi Group was not trying to establish an Islamic state. Instead, its members believed they were players in a prophetic script about the End of Time. After a two-week siege, the Saudi government recaptured the mosque, threw the survivors into prison, and had them publicly executed. The Mecca Uprising offers an insider''s account of the religious subculture that incubated the Mecca Uprising, written by a former member of the Salafi Group, Nasir al-Huzaimi. Huzaimi did not participate in the uprising, but he was arrested in a government sweep of Salafi Group members and spent six years in prison. In 2011, he published his memoir, Days with Juhaiman, offering the most detailed picture we have of the Salafi Group and Juhaiman. The Mecca Uprising had profound effects on Saudi Arabia and the MuTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Saudi Arabia 2. Salafi Group and Religious Beliefs 3. Salafi Group and Society 4. Juhaiman al-Utaibi Appendix 1: Dreams Appendix 2: The Sermon During the Uprising Appendix 3: Interview with al-Majallah Magazine Appendix 4: Interview with Badr al-Rashid
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Queer Muslims in Europe
Book SynopsisWim Peumans is an associated researcher in the African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. In 2016, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the same center, working on the Andrew Mellon funded project, Governing Morality: Sexuality, Gender and Asylum in South Africa. As a fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO - Vlaanderen). He obtained his Ph.D. in social and cultural anthropology at the Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Centre at KU Leuven. He has also been a visiting trainee fellow at the University of Kent - Canterbury. Peumans' Master's thesis was published as a book and his work has appeared in various journals, including Sexualities, the Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Studi Emigrazione/Migration Studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Towards an Understanding of Silence and Disclosure 1. Belgium: the heart of a Europe in crisis 2. Moralities of Gender, Sexuality and Kinship: Navigating Silence and Disclosure in Kin Relationships 3. Sexuality in a Transnational Social field: The Family Visit Part II. Hardships of the Heart: Same-Sex Sexualities and Transnational Migration 4. Sexuality and Asylum in Changing Moral Worlds 5. Migration and the Transformations of Intimacy 6. The Pinnacle of Homonormativity? Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Migrants in the Pride Parade Part III. Between Piety and Pleasure: Ambivalence and the Moral Self 7. ‘Inside I Feel it Seethe and Boil’: the Moral Breakdown between Religion and Sexuality 8. ‘There is Nothing I Can Do!’: changing Ritual Practices, Changing Moral Selves Breakdown? On Ambivalence and the Moral Self 8.5. Conclusion Appendix 1. List of Organizations and Participants Notes
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl Escaping the Conflict Trap
Book SynopsisPaul Salem is President of the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C, US. Prior to joining the MEI, he was the founding director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Lebanon between 2006 and 2013. He has also been director of the Fares Foundation, US, and he founded and directed the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Lebanon.Ross Harrison is Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C, US. He is also a member of faculty at the Department of Political Science in the University of Pittsburgh, US. He was previously Professor in the Practice of International Affairs for the Master of Science in the Foreign Service Program at Georgetown University, US.Trade ReviewThis timely volume provides a sober, thoughtful framework for understanding the roots of civil war in the Middle East, as well as ways to mitigate the human tragedy and strategic folly which all too often result. -- William J. Burns, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Former Deputy Secretary of StateThis is a terrific volume on a desperately-needed topic. ... It furnishes a superb guide to the civil wars of the region, providing great wisdom and insight into their origins, dynamics, consequences, and possible solutions. ... If you really want to understand the conflicts of the Middle East, there is no better place to start than this slim, smart book -- Kenneth M. Pollack, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Former Director for Persian Gulf Affairs at the the National Security CouncilAn enormously important book that goes beyond the common Sunni/Shia or Islamist/secular analysis of civil wars in the Middle East to offer unexpected insights and solutions. The book was clearly written by experts who lived these conflicts day-to-day, understand why they took place, and know what it will take to end them. -- Anne W. Patterson, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern AffairsThis volume provides incredibly useful reflections on conflicts in the Middle East. It helps us all better understand specific wars--tragic Syria, messy Iraq, militia-riddled Libya ... and regional strife in Yemen--as well as broader trendlines that peer into the future. -- Robin Wright, author of Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic WorldTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition, Paul Salem, The Middle East Institute, USA and Ross Harrison, The Middle East Institute, USA 1. Middle East Civil Wars: Definitions, Drivers, and the Record of the Recent Past, Paul Salem, The Middle East Institute, USA 2. What We Know about Ending Civil Wars, Jessica Maves, Braithwaite, University of Arizona, USA 3. The Global and Regional Geopolitics of Civil War in the Middle East, Ross Harrison, The Middle East Institute, USA 4. Yemen: The 60-Year War, Gerald Feierstein, The Middle East Institute, USA previously of U.S. Foreign Service 5. The Syrian Civil War: Bringing the Conflict to a Close, Robert S. Ford, The Middle East Institute, USA; previously of U.S Foreign Service 6. Afghanistan's Unending Wars, Marvin G. Weinbaum, The Middle East Institute, USA; previously of U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and Ahmad Khalid Majidyar, previously of the State Department, and Congress 7. The Origins of the Libyan Conflict and Options for its Resolution, Jonathan M. Winer, The Middle East Institute, USA previously United States Special Envoy for Libya 8. Iraq: A Conflict over State Identity and Ownership, Randa Slim, The Middle East Institute, USA and Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced and International Studies, USA 9. The Diplomacy of Engagement: Ending Civil Wars in Transitional Middle Eastern States, Chester A. Crocker, Georgetown University, USA Concluding Thoughts and Policy Takeaways, Paul Salem, The Middle East Institute, USA and Ross Harrison, The Middle East Institute, USA
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Liguori Publications,U.S. Cecilia Singing and Sharing the Faith Saints for
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University of British Columbia Press Secular States and Religious Diversity
Book SynopsisExamines the limitations and dilemmas of government responses to religious diversity and how secular states deal (and should deal) with such pluralism.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Globalization, Secular States, and Religious Diversity / Bruce J. Berman, Rajeev Bhargava, and André LalibertéPart 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches1 Religious Pluralism as a Self-Evident Problem in the Context of Globalization / Peter Beyer2 Secular Modernity, Religion, and the Politics of Knowledge / Bruce J. Berman3 Can Secularism Be Rehabilitated? / Rajeev BhargavaPart 2: Secularisms in the West4 Between Secularism and Postsecularism: A Canadian Interregnum / Paul Bramadat and David Seljak5 Tolerance and Accommodation as Vestiges of the Empire / Lori G. Beaman6 In God We Trust? Secular States, Diversity, and the “Clash” within North America / Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Claude Couture7 Ideologies, Institutions, and Laws: Religious Freedom in Secular States / Ahmet T. KuruPart 3: Secularisms beyond the West8 State Intervention in the Reform of a “Religion of Rules”: An Analysis of the Views of B.R. Ambedkar / Rinku Lamba9 Something Got Lost in Translation: From “Secularism” to “Separation between Politics and Religion” in Taiwan / André Laliberté10 The Changing State Monopoly on Religion and Secular Views in Thailand / Manuel Litalien11 State-Society Structures and the Frustration of Movements for Secular Reforms in Lebanon: Civil Marriage and Youth Activism / Elinor Bray-CollinsConclusion: Secularism, Religious Diversity, and Democratic Politic / Anna DrakeContributors; Index
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Thomas Nelson Publishers Women Who Risk
Book SynopsisTrue inspirational stories of women who are former Muslims still living in the Middle East but who are now passionate followers of Christ.Trade Review'As mentors and friends, no one has shown us more about how to love our Muslim neighbors than Tom and JoAnn Doyle. The true stories captured in these pages will inspire your faith and awaken your heart to the powerful move of God happening among women in the Middle East. Make no mistake, the church is alive and unstoppable!' --Bryson Vogeltanz, president and CEO, Partners International; and Emily Vogeltanz'Disillusioned with flat Christianity? Wondering if God still does miracles? Afraid your life can't make an impact? Then this is the book for you. Women Who Risk is a peek behind the veil to the personal battles and miraculous movements of the spiritual warriors of our day. These new Jesus followers, and their real-life stories of vulnerability, faith, challenge, and courage, will not only inspire your own spiritual journey but also help you see the God who sees you.' --Kadi Cole, leadership consultant, executive coach, and author, Developing Female Leaders'Eye-opening, awe-inspiring, praise-evoking--Women Who Risk is an exhilarating peek behind the veil to see how, despite the danger, Jesus is reaching and empowering Muslim women to live for him. Let our friends, Tom and JoAnn, take you on an exhilarating journey of discovery that will enrich your faith and encourage your soul. You'll be riveted and enthralled by these astounding stories!' --Lee and Leslie Strobel, authors, Spiritual Mismatch and The Case for Christ'For many years we have read books aloud together in the evenings. Among the very best and most edifying have been the works of Tom Doyle. But with the release of Women Who Risk, Tom, now joined by JoAnn, have outdone themselves. The book reads like an adventure novel--fast-paced, intriguing, spiritually edifying, and faith building. We couldn't put it down.' --J. P. Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University; and Hope Moreland'Heartbreaking and inspiring, Women Who Risk unveils the incredible stories that are currently happening in the Muslim world. Women are meeting Jesus in unprecedented numbers and in supernatural ways. Warning: This book is a page-turner that will grip your heart and blow your mind. It reads like the Acts of the Apostles. God is great!' --Jim Tomberlin, author; merger specialist, The Unstuck Group; and chief of staff, Christ Fellowship, Miami, Florida; and Deryl Tomberlin'I love the stories in this book--many of which brought tears to my eyes--as they are snapshots of what God is doing among the Muslim women in the Middle East today. Jesus is pouring His special grace on Muslim women because He came to set the captives free, and in Islam, it is the women who are oppressed and treated as slaves. The greatest weapon we have against the dark spirit of Islam is love.' --Hormoz Shariat, president, Iran Alive Ministries; and Donnell Shariat'Jesus is rescuing women in the Muslim world! Their beautifully told stories will encourage your own faith and leave you in awe at the Savior who is unwilling that any--including those shackled in the bondage of Islam--should perish (2 Pet. 3:9).' --Todd Nettleton, radio host, The Voice of the Martyrs; and Charlotte Nettleton, Wesleyan Christian School'Like war correspondents, Tom and JoAnn Doyle report from behind enemy lines about the spiritual combat conditions we, who live under a Declaration of Independence, cannot comprehend. Women Who Risk is not fiction. These are all real-life stories that have been lived out in the midst of savage brutality and unmitigated evil. There is a higher battle than the ones played out in the Middle East today. It's a battle for human souls. Here is wrenching fear and pain transformed to ecstatic joy, a gritty, compelling account of our world God calls us Christians to confront with His transforming power.' --Jeanne Hendricks, speaker, author, and wife of the late Dr. Howard Hendricks'My heart was gripped to read the stories of women in the Middle East who, facing desperate situations, are utterly transformed by Jesus. If it can happen to them, then there is hope for any relationship here! Open these pages and enter a world where God's power is on display in astounding ways!' --Bruce Peppin, author, The Best is Yet to Be, and speaker, Finishing Life Well; and Kathleen Peppin'No couple has inspired us more than Tom and JoAnn Doyle as they fearlessly and faithfully walk side-by-side into the darkest places on earth. All to share Christ with those who desperately need to hear it and in places no one else has dared to go. Their riveting stories will open your eyes to the pain and ignite your passion to join Christ in His mighty work of saving, healing, and loving the Muslim world.' --Jason Elam, special ambassador, Bible translation, Seed Company, and former NFL kicker; and Tamy Elam, advocate, Seed Company'The stories in this book have broken my heart, put tears on my face, and pressed me to my knees in prayer for women who have risked everything to follow Jesus. Their steadfast faith when facing death, their strength to endure abuse, their courage to bear witness of the Truth, and their sheer joy in Jesus make them women to emulate. Read this, and you will love Jesus more and be filled with gratitude that He loves you, and me, and women everywhere. Thank you, Tom and JoAnn Doyle, for these incredible, jaw-dropping stories.' --Anne Graham Lotz, author, Jesus In Me'This book is a powerful portrait of spiritual heroism. Tom and JoAnn Doyle have woven together incredibly impacting true stories of women in the Middle East, women whose courageous walk of faith is a testament to the resurrection power of the Savior who has changed their lives. It also illustrates profoundly how Christ cares about women, and cares infinitely.' --Craig Parshall, New York Times bestselling author and senior vice president, National Religious Broadcasters; and Janet Parshall, radio host, nationally syndicated In the Market'Tom and JoAnn are a dynamic team in every way! Their love and passion for Jesus and for each other overflow into every life whom God places in their path. You, too, will be touched as you read the engaging stories of real-life women who are also bringing Christ's light into the dark world of Islam.' --Mike and Cheri Fitzsimmons, founders, Morningstar Transformational Tours'Tom and JoAnn Doyle are courageous, Holy Spirit--filled Christians with a willingness to brave dangerous circumstances, risk personal safety, and lay down their lives for those to whom they minister. I deeply appreciate their dedication to both Muslims and the Jewish people, bringing them the message of God's love through Jesus the Messiah. This book will advance your understanding and prayer burden for some of the most marginalized and imperiled believers in the world.' --Mitch Glaser, president, Chosen People Ministries; and Zhava Glaser'Tom and JoAnn not only have the pulse of the Middle East; they care deeply for women. How might we see a movement of God through war and famine? Through Women Who Risk!' --Jeff Gerhardt, CEO, Centix Life Technologies, and board chairman, Uncharted Ministries; and Heather Gerhardt, worship leader and content creator, YouTube channel'We are living in a world full of injustices. One of the greatest being the plight of Muslim women. Tom and JoAnn not only have given a look into that world but also have revealed how God is powerfully penetrating what has been closed--setting Muslim women free to share and demonstrate God's love to those around them. Indeed, God is at work in miraculous ways!' --David Ecklebarger, former president and CEO, Spanish House Ministries/Unilit; and Cathy Ecklebarger'We were captivated from the very first page with the identification of these women as Secret Agents for Jesus in the Muslim World. The miracle of their heart healing, the powerful testimony of how they daily bear witness of Jesus' love by word and deed in a dangerous world, confronts us to live beyond our religion. We need to see and hear and reach out as they do, with Jesus' heart.' --Ray Bentley, pastor, Maranatha Chapel; and Vicki Bentley'Women Who Risk is an inspiring, challenging peek inside the real world of some of Tom and JoAnn's friends who know 'the cost of discipleship' very few of us in America will ever have to consider. This book will change the way you think about giving your life away and lead you to be willing to pay a greater price in following Jesus regardless of the cost!' --Todd Peterson, former NFL kicker; chairman, Pro Athletes Outreach; chairman emeritus, Seed Company; and board member, Passion City Church; and Susan Peterson, founder and CEO, Relish and Cabell's Designs, and board trustee, Young Life'Women Who Risk is your chance to walk through some of the world's most challenging places with JoAnn and Tom Doyle. Their riveting accounts are of bold women whom Jesus has met through their dreams, visions, and miracles. This book is a powerful read that will stretch your faith and inspire you to live with courage for the kingdom.' --Bob Shank, founder and CEO, The Master's Program; and Cheri Shank, special events and women's program, The Master's Program'Women Who Risk reads like pages from a modern-day book of Acts, with twists and turns at every corner. The testimonies grab the heart, fascinate our faith, and challenge the very core of our Christianity. These stories are crucial for this hour in history, a time of global unrest and uncertainty. These sisters and brothers are models of the saints who depend on the trustworthy lordship of Jesus, His love, God's supernatural power, and miracles. God will use this book to transform your life, turning your heart to repentance, gratitude, and compassion.' --Joshua Lingel, president, Mission Muslim World University and i2 Ministries; and Sara Lingel'Women Who Risk revolves around two incredible truths. The first is the power of Jesus to change the hearts and lives of women and their families in the Muslim world. And the second is the amazing way God has used Tom and JoAnn Doyle to introduce us to these modern-day heroes of the faith. Grab a cup of qahwa (Turkish coffee) or shay (Turkish tea) and sit down to read these amazing stories of Muslim women who have come to know, follow, and proclaim Jesus. But be sure to grab a large mug and choose a comfortable chair because you won't be able to stop reading once you begin.' --Charles Dyer, professor at large, Moody Bible Institute, and radio host, The Land and the Book; and Kathy Dyer
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Augsburg Fortress Publishers Martin Luther the Bible and the Jewish People
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) United States of Jihad
Book SynopsisA riveting, panoramic look at “homegrown” Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the present Since 9/11, more than three hundred Americans—born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere—have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: an American was among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more than eighty U.S. citizens have been charged with ISIS-related crimes. Others have acted on American soil, as with the attacks at Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon, and in San Bernardino. What motivates them, how are they trained, and what do we sacrifice in our efforts to track them? Paced like a detective story, United States of Jihad tells the entwined stories of the key actors on the American front. Among the perpetrators are Anwar al-Awlaki, the New Mexico-born radical cleric who became the first American citizen killed by a CIA drone and who mentored the Charlie
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Schocken Books Not in Gods Name
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Beacon Press In Jerusalem Three Generations of an Israeli
Book SynopsisAn entirely fresh take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that examines the life-shaping reverberations of wars and ongoing tensions upon the everyday lives of families in Jerusalem.An American, secular, diasporic Jew, Lis Harris grew up with the knowledge of the historical wrongs done to Jews. In adulthood, she developed a growing awareness of the wrongs they in turn had done to the Palestinian people. This gave her an intense desire to understand how the Israelis’ history led them to where they are now. However, she found that top-down political accounts and insider assessments made the people most affected seem like chess pieces. What she wanted was to register the effects of the country’s seemingly never-ending conflict on the lives of successive generations.Shuttling back and forth over ten years between East and West Jerusalem, Harris learned about the lives of two families: the Israeli Pinczowers/Ezrahis and the Palestinian Abuleils. She came
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Beacon Press Faitheist How an Atheist Found Common Ground with
Book SynopsisThe story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religiousThe stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and the widespread, vehement disdain for religion among many of them. In Faitheist, Chris Stedman tells his own story to challenge the orthodoxies of this movement and make a passionate argument that atheists should engage religious diversity respectfully. Becoming aware of injustice, and craving community, Stedman became a “born-again” Christian in late childhood. The idea of a community bound by God’s love—a love that was undeserved, unending, and guaranteed—captivated him. It was, he writes, a place to belong and a framework for making sense of suffering.
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Beacon Press Faitheist How an Atheist Found Common Ground with
Book SynopsisThe story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religiousThe stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and the widespread, vehement disdain for religion among many of them. In Faitheist, Chris Stedman tells his own story to challenge the orthodoxies of this movement and make a passionate argument that atheists should engage religious diversity respectfully. Becoming aware of injustice, and craving community, Stedman became a “born-again” Christian in late childhood. The idea of a community bound by God’s love—a love that was undeserved, unending, and guaranteed—captivated him. It was, he writes, a place to belong and a framework for making sense of suffering.
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LSU Press Parallel Histories Muslims and Jews in
Book SynopsisIn Parallel Histories, James S. Amelang reconstructs the compelling struggle of converts in Spain to coexist with a Christian majority that suspected them of secretly adhering to their ancestral faiths and destroying national religious unity in the process.
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Martyrdom of the Franciscans
Book SynopsisA study of three hundred years of medieval Franciscan history that focuses on martyrdomWhile hagiographies tell of Christian martyrs who have died in an astonishing number of ways and places, slain by members of many different groups, martyrdom in a Franciscan context generally meant death at Muslim hands; indeed, in Franciscan discourse, death by Saracen came to rival or even surpass other definitions of what made a martyr. The centrality of Islam to Franciscan conceptions of martyrdom becomes even more apparent—and problematic—when we realize that many of the martyr narratives were largely invented. Franciscan authors were free to choose the antagonist they wanted, Christopher MacEvitt observes, and they almost always chose Muslims. However, martyrdom in Franciscan accounts rarely leads to conversion of the infidel, nor is it accompanied, as is so often the case in earlier hagiographical accounts, by any miraculous manifestation.If the importance of Trade Review"MacEvitt’s book shows us how the reconfigured political landscape of the Islamic world in the high Middle Ages opened the way for a deeper, richer, and more complex engagement between Islam and Latin Christianity than at any earlier point in time....This is a fine book, one that significantly expands our understanding of the history of the Franciscan order, Latin Christian engagement with Islam, and the role of hagiography in shaping mentalities and communities during the Middle Ages." * Medieval Encounters *"Christopher MacEvitt convincingly demonstrates how martyrdom functioned as a central tenet of Franciscan identity, and as such his book constitutes an original and substantial contribution to the fields of Christian-Muslim relations and religious institutional history." * Bert Roest, Radboud University, Netherlands *Table of ContentsNote on Names Introduction Chapter 1. "I Acquired the Martyrs": Bishops, Kings, and the Victory of the Martyrs Chapter 2. "Do Not Fear Those Who Kill the Body": The Desire for Martyrdom in the Thirteenth Century Chapter 3. "To Sustain the Frail": Franciscan Evangelization in the Thirteenth Century Chapter 4. "Their Blood Has Been Spilled Everywhere": Evangelization, Martyrdom, and Christian Triumphalism in the Early Fourteenth Century Chapter 5. "The Infidels Learned Nothing": Poverty, Rejection of the World, and the Creation of the Franciscan Passio Chapter 6. "For the Damnation of Infidels": Martyrdom and History in the Chronicle of the Twenty-Four Ministers-General Epilogue. The Afterlife of the Martyrs Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press The Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom
Book SynopsisThe Changing Terrain of Religious Freedom offers theoretical, historical, and legal perspectives on religious freedom, while examining its meaning as an experience, value, and right. The volume starts from the premise that the terrain of religious freedom has never been easy and smooth. Across societies and throughout history, defending or contesting principles of religious freedom has required compromise among multiple interests, balancing values, and wrangling with the law. Drawing on examples from the United States and around the world, and approaching the subject from the disciplines of history, law, sociology, philosophy, religious studies, and political science, the essays in this volume illustrate these challenges. They sketch the contours of contemporary debates while showing how the landscape of religious freedom has shifted over time. They consider various stakeholders that have asserted competing claims, among them individuals and groups; members of minority and majority cTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Landscape of Religious Freedom Heather J. Sharkey and Jeffrey Edward Green Part I. Ethical Arguments Chapter 1. A Right of Its Own: A Case for the Human Right of Religious Freedom Daniel Philpott Chapter 2. Can Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Be Universal? Heiner Bielefeldt Part II. The Social Contingency of Religious Freedom Disputes Chapter 3. Microclimates of Religious Freedom: Global Norms Meet Local Conditions in Territorial Hawai'i and Occupied Japan Jolyon Baraka Thomas Chapter 4. The Protection of Religion as "Culture" and "History": Three Case Studies Lori G. Beaman Chapter 5. "Baptism of Ire": Atheist Plaintiffs and Irreligious Freedom in Postwar America Leigh E. Schmidt Chapter 6. The Heads or Tails of Cow Protection in India: Religious Freedom and Secular Agriculture Cassie Adcock Chapter 7. Bad Faith: Religious Fraud and Religious Freedom in the "Mighty I AM" Case William Schultz Part III. The (Mis)application of Religious Freedom Chapter 8. The Historian's Pickaxe: Uncovering the Racist Origins of the Religious Right Randall Balmer Chapter 9. Female Genital Cutting in Michigan: How Advocates of the Dawoodi Bohra Distorted Religious Freedom to Control Women's Sexual Conduct Kristina Arriaga Chapter 10. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Future of Religious Freedom in the United States Joshua Matz Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Bad Humor
Book SynopsisRace, in the early modern period, is a concept at the crossroads of a set of overlapping concerns of lineage, religion, and nation. In Bad Humor, Kimberly Anne Coles charts how these concerns converged around a pseudoscientific system that confirmed the absolute difference between Protestants and Catholics, guaranteed the noble quality of English blood, and justified English colonial domination. Coles delineates the process whereby religious error, first resident in the body, becomes marked on the skin. Early modern medical theory bound together psyche and soma in mutual influence. By the end of the sixteenth century, there is a general acceptance that the soul's condition, as a consequence of religious belief or its absence, could be manifest in the humoral disposition of the physical body. The history that this book unfolds describes developments in natural philosophy in the early part of the sixteenth century that force a subsequent reconsideration of the interactions of body and Trade Review"By analyzing how theology and natural philosophy of the period inform works of early modern English literature, [Bad Humor] traces the development of a racial logic that ultimately upholds and justifies English colonial rule by rendering impossible the religious conversion of Irish Catholics, Spanish Catholics, Africans and Indigenous people. Coles examines canonical works by John Donne, Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser and Shakespeare alongside readings of Mary Wroth, Elizabeth Carey and Aphra Behn to document an emerging relationship between melancholy and religious error that assumes the heritability of (un)belief. Writing within a contemporary American context that has witnessed a rise in white Christian nationalism, Coles offers a timely exploration of how race and religion become intertwined." * Times Literary Supplement *"Locating religion and race along a single axis, Kimberly Anne Coles measures the role of the connection between body and soul in the oppression and alienation of groups of people. Her argument gets at the foundations of race-making in a book that is thoroughly grounded in literary criticism, early modern race studies, religious history, early modern medical theory, and early American law." * Jonathan Burton, Whittier College *"Bad Humor is a timely contribution to ongoing conversations about how religion informed early modern race-thinking. Arguing that earlier conceptions of hereditary blood and rank enabled ‘Black melancholy’ to be tethered to irreligion, Coles shows that faith comes to be seen as less a feature of belief than an inheritable somatic condition. First articulated in relationship to Europeans and later to Black Africans, the idea that there exists a ‘complexion of the soul’ reveals early modern theology, natural philosophy, humoral medicine, and Protestant literature to be early contributors to white supremacy." * Valerie Traub, University of Michigan *"Uncovering how humoral theory entwines with philosophical and theological discussions of the relationship between body and soul, Kimberly Anne Coles makes clear that English Protestants rendered belief and non-belief heritable, and that this understanding of the heritable nature of belief was used to justify colonialism and the enslavement of Africans. Bad Humor provides important new insight into the racialization of religion in early modern English literature." * Dennis Austin Britton, The University of British Columbia *"In Bad Humor, Kimberly Anne Coles traces a logic whereby humoral imbalance—in particular, the excess of black bile supposedly registered in dark complexions—constitutes an essential moral inferiority that renders Christian conversion and civic affiliation impossible; those so cast outside the body politic are marked as legitimate objects of enslavement and genocide. Bad Humor compels us to attend to the enmeshment of science and religion in shaping early modern iterations of hierarchy and heredity attuned to the demands of emergent racial capitalism." * Melissa E. Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania *
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The Catholic University of America Press Justice After War Jus Post Bellum in the 21st
Book SynopsisWhile examining the interrelated challenges of moral and social norms in both political and legal domains, as well as church practices, this work proposes an innovative methodology for linking theology, ethics, and social science so that the ideal and the real can inform each other in the ethics of war and peacebuilding.
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Against Popery Britain Empire and
Book SynopsisAlthough commonly regarded as a prejudice against Roman Catholics, anti-popery is both more complex and far more historically significant than this common conception would suggest. As the essays collected in this volume demonstrate, anti-popery is a powerful lens through which to interpret the culture and politics of the British-American world.
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Liturgical Press An Inspired Word in Season
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The University of Alabama Press Doctrine and Race
Book SynopsisExamines the history of African American Baptists and Methodists of the early twentieth century. By presenting African American Protestantism in the context of white Protestant fundamentalism, this study demonstrates that African American Protestants were acutely aware of the manner in which white Christianity operated and how they could use that knowledge to justify social change.Trade ReviewMathews deals with the connection between African American religion and the quest for racial equality. Her focus is unique: she looks at the subject from the perspective fundamentalism, as practiced by conservative Protestants, both black and white, in the years from 1915 to 1941. Recommended."" - Choice""Doctrine and Race—which considers the evolution of black evangelicals during the interwar period through their struggle with the modernist controversies and white fundamentalism’s rise—is an extremely welcome contribution to the study of black religious history."" - Clarence E. Hardy III, author of James Baldwin’s God: Sex, Hope, and Crisis in Black Holiness Culture
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University of Hawai'i Press Fields of the Lord Animism Christianity and State
Book SynopsisReligious and ethnic violence between Indonesia's Muslim majority and Christian minorities escalated dramatically after Suharto resigned in 1998. In this ethnographic study of Christianization in Indonesia, Lorraine Aragon delineates some of the background to this conflict.
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Kregel Publications,U.S. Foxes Book of Martyrs
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The Merlin Press Ltd Socialist Register Fighting Identities Race
Book SynopsisThis work examines issues of race and religion with essays from leading international commentators such as Peter Gowan, Mahmood Mamdani and Georgi Derluguian.Table of ContentsAijaz Ahmad - Fundamentalisms: Religious, National and Imperial; John S. Saul - The Marxism of Race, Nationalism and Religion; Mahmood Mamdani - Ethnicity And Human Rights; Reflections on the Rwanda Genocide; Nancy Stepan - Science and Race; Before and After: the Genome Project; Nira Davis - Gender, Race and Class; Bill Fletcher Jr & Fernando Gapasin - Race And Labour In The USA, Past and Present; Manning Marable - The Black Reparations Controversy; Walter Moseley* - Race and Fiction; Stephen Castles - Refugees and Global Migration; Joerg Flecker - Nationalism, Xenophobia And Racism: Class Insecurities in Western Europe; Lou Kushnick & Huw Beynon - Race and Class in the UK Today; Bernadette McAliskey* - Northern Ireland: Living through the 'Peace Process'; Avishai Ehrlich - Israeli Judaism and the Future Of Palestine; Hugh Roberts - The Algerian Tragedy: Lessons for the Left; Susan Woodward - Religion And Ethno-Nationalism in the Death of Yugoslavia; Gaspar Miklos Tamas* - Nationalism And Post-Communism in Eastern Europe; Georgi Derluguian - The War in Karabagh: Ethnic Politics in Post-Soviet Central Asia; Nied Ap. Fonseca - Two Brazils; Peter McLaren* - Race and youth culture; Amory Starr - Is the Anti-Globalisation Movement Racist? A critical reflection
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The Merlin Press Ltd Socialist Register 2003 Fighting Identities Race
Book SynopsisFatal words that beckon people to support wars, and to identify with the aweA opposed to the atheyA.Table of ContentsAijaz Ahmad - Fundamentalisms: Religious, National and Imperial; John S. Saul - The Marxism of Race, Nationalism and Religion; Mahmood Mamdani - Ethnicity And Human Rights; Reflections on the Rwanda Genocide; Nancy Stepan - Science and Race; Before and After: the Genome Project; Nira Davis - Gender, Race and Class; Bill Fletcher Jr & Fernando Gapasin - Race And Labour In The USA, Past and Present; Manning Marable - The Black Reparations Controversy; Walter Moseley* - Race and Fiction; Stephen Castles - Refugees and Global Migration; Joerg Flecker - Nationalism, Xenophobia And Racism: Class Insecurities in Western Europe; Lou Kushnick & Huw Beynon - Race and Class in the UK Today; Bernadette McAliskey* - Northern Ireland: Living through the 'Peace Process'; Avishai Ehrlich - Israeli Judaism and the Future Of Palestine; Hugh Roberts - The Algerian Tragedy: Lessons for the Left; Susan Woodward - Religion And Ethno-Nationalism in the Death of Yugoslavia; Gaspar Miklos Tamas* - Nationalism And Post-Communism in Eastern Europe; Georgi Derluguian - The War in Karabagh: Ethnic Politics in Post-Soviet Central Asia; Nied Ap. Fonseca - Two Brazils; Peter McLaren* - Race and youth culture; Amory Starr - Is the Anti-Globalisation Movement Racist? A critical reflection
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Berghahn Books Diversity and Dissent
Book SynopsisEarly modern Central Europe was the continent's most decentralized region politically and its most diverse ethnically and culturally. With the onset of the Reformation, it also became Europe's most religiously divided territory and potentially its most explosive in terms of confessional conflict and war...Trade Review “This volume gives a good, comparative insight into the construction of denominational affiliations, the inter-denominational understanding and the conflicts in political and everyday life in Central Europe.” · Zeitschrift für Historische ForschungTable of Contents List of Figures Preface Introduction:Between Conflict and Concord: The Challenge of Religious Diversity in Central Europe Howard Louthan Chapter 1. Constructing and Crossing Confessional Boundaries: The High Nobility and the Reformation of Bohemia Petr Maťa Chapter 2. Religious Toleration in Sixteenth Century Poland: Political Realities and Social Constraints Paul W. Knoll Chapter 3. Customs of Confession: Managing Religious Diversity in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Westphalia David M. Luebke Chapter 4. Cuius region, eius religio: The ambivalent meanings of state building in Protestant Germany, 1555-1655 Robert von Friedeburg Chapter 5. The Entropy of Coercion in the Holy Roman Empire: Jews, Heretics, Witches Thomas A. Brady, Jr. Chapter 6. Conflict and Concord in Early Modern Poland: Catholics and Orthodox at the Union of Brest Mikhail V. Dmitriev Chapter 7. Confessionalization and the Jews: Impacts and Parallels in the City of Strasbourg Debra Kaplan Chapter 8. Mary “triumphant over demons and also heretics”: Religious symbols and confessional uniformity in Catholic Germamy Bridget Heal Chapter 9. Heresy and Literacy in the Eighteenth-century Habsburg Monarchy Regina Pörtner Chapter 10. Union, Reunion, or Toleration? Reconciliatory Attempts among Eighteenth-century Protestants Alexander Schunka Chapter 11. Confessional Uniformity, Toleration, Freedom of Religion: An Issue for Enlightened Absolutism in the Eighteenth Century Ernst Wangermann Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography Figures Figure 1. Master of St. Severin rosary altar Figure 2. Rosary image, Cologne Figure 3. Bartolomäus Bruyn the Elder, Tryptich Figure 4. Sixteenth-century panels, Virign and Child Figure 5. Arrival of Gustav Adolph, Augsbury 1632 Figure 6. Altarpiece, Parish Church, Sebes, c. 1524-6
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Plough Publishing House I Put My Sword Away
Book SynopsisIn this true story of finding faith in the midst of destruction, Yacoub Yousif describes the hell he endured in the Iraqi army during the Iran-Iraq War, and his agony of soul when forced to decide between killing or being killed. Refusing to fight in Saddam Hussein''s Iraq meant summary execution, but as he trusted in God''s faithfulness, Yacoub was able to find the courage to make life-changing decisions that led him on a journey toward peace, reconciliation, and brotherhood. This candid memoir of a soldier who became a conscientious objector and peacemaker will be of particular interest to any young person considering military service.Table of ContentsContents Prologue 1 Growing Up 2 Iraqi Life and Culture 3 Schooling 4 Iraq at War 5 Detention 6 To the Battlefield 7 Waking to Reality 8 From Death to Life 9 Why War? 10 I Can Die but I Cannot Kill 11 A Way Out 12 Finding a Partner 13Layla 14 No More War 15 Marriage 16 Miriam 17 Let Me Out! 18 Complications 19 Agitation on the Home Front 20 A Worldwide 21 Iraqi Airlines, Here We Come 22 Refugees 23 Church Life 24 What Is Church 25 Coming to Clarity 26 Seeking Community 27 A New Beginning 28 Eberhard 29 Reflection Epilogue Family Album
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Plough Publishing House The 21
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Martin Mosebach is a superb journalist. Virtually nothing escapes his gaze, and he glosses over nothing." —Hannes Stein, Die Welt"Few contemporary writers have delved so deeply into the disturbing experiences of such an entirely different world and way of life."—HR 2"Mosebach has mastered a rare art: maintaining deep respect for the other. . . . Not a single detail loses its magic in this moving, impressive book: it reads like a ray of light, illuminating Western blind spots and foreign worlds."—Alexander Cammann, Die Zeit"Martin Mosebach is undoubtedly one of the most intelligent, original, and powerfully eloquent poets of the present day."—Ulrich Greiner, Die Zeit"Mosebach provides striking images of a singular Christianity unfamiliar to many Christians outside of the Middle East.… Through immersive scenes and finely drawn portraits of the people he meets, he exhibits a clear admiration for the Coptic devotion on every page. This will appeal to Christians as well as readers wanting to understand the lives of minorities in Muslim countries."—Publishers Weekly"Mosebach has a novelist's insight and way with words. The 21 is also a fine piece of journalism. It helps us to understand, if not the ferocity of the killers, the quiet heroism--the ordinary heroism, perhaps--of the martyrs."—Christian Today"Although I would like very much to visit Egypt, I think I never would have seen all the things Mosebach was able to see. What he has written is a meditation on the profound sense of prayer he found in the Coptic Church, the depth of mystery in her liturgy, the valor of the witness of a minority that has been persecuted for 1,400 years, the reality of faith to be experienced in the poor and the powerless."—Msgr. Richard Antall, Angelus News"Mosebach asks us to not look away but rather to look directly into the faces and lives of these martyrs. By doing so we of the lands of plenty and waning faith may find something that we have lost and may yet regain…but not without cost."—Cornerstone Forum"Take[s] us deep into the lives and churches of these Coptic believers, with Mosebach exhibiting an attention to detail befitting his novelistic gifts….We gain a rich impression of what shaped the lives and faith of these martyrs, and we witness how their martyrdom reverberates to this day through their families, churches, and communities."—Christianity Today"Richly rewarding… In a strikingly brief space, Mosebach has much to tell us about each of the martyrs as individuals and about their families. The 21 is also deeply informative about the state of Coptic Egypt, and about martyrdom, and even about Coptic liturgy. The book’s only flaw is that it is so emotionally moving that it is difficult to read without frequent breaks."—Philip Jenkins, Christian Century"In this remarkable book, Mosebach doesn’t simply avoid the standard Western narratives but turns the tables on them. He is not interested in providing a lurid account of barbarities from which we, in our secular sophistication, are immune, or in explaining away the miracles in the lives of the devout poor, or, still less, in telling us how to regard radical Islam, formulate a foreign policy for the Middle East, or help persecuted Christians abroad, much as they could use our help. Rather, he wants to show Christians – in the West and elsewhere – what these migrant workers can teach us about living our own faith."—Commonweal Magazine"The twenty-one Libya martyrs have given the world an example of faithful, resilient Christian witness that has touched and brought together the full breadth of Christian expression around the world. Their prayers in the face of death have not only resonated with Christians, but have also encouraged people of all faiths to stand for one another. I am grateful for Martin Mosebach’s faithful depiction of these courageous men, their families, communities, and church." —Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Church"A consuming work on the history and contemporary life of Coptic Christians. . . . Through immersive scenes and finely drawn portraits of the people he meets, Mosebach exhibits a clear admiration for the Copts’ devotion on every page." —Publishers Weekly"Mosebach’s The 21 is an excellent example of a book that clearly states its goal and successfully achieves it. The choice of diction, the stylistic approach, the commitment to not overgeneralize, and the deep understanding of history and theology all come together to take the reader on a remarkable journey into the heart of Coptic Egypt." —Agape Review"Martin Mosebach has riveted readers with this work, [which] puts the lie to [the] observation that “our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.” As a matter of fact, we hear that the Middle East has had a flood of conversions to Christ from Islam, precisely due to the noble witness not only of “The 21″ but of hundreds more of common folk who have preferred death to betrayal of their Lord and Savior." — The Catholic World Report
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Voice of the Martyrs Books Sabina Participants Guide
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Bridge-Logos Publishing Foxes Book of Martyrs 2000 Years of Martyrdom
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Optimum Publishing International The China Freedom Trap
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Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC AntiSemitism and Islamophobia
Book SynopsisThe apparent resurgence of hostility toward Jews has been a theme in discussions of Europe; at the same time, adversities faced by continent's Muslim population have received increasing attention. This book offers a historical and cultural clarification of key terms in these problems.
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Cambridge University Press Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran
Book SynopsisThis Element offers a theoretically informed examination of the manner in which religion, especially newer religious and spiritual movements, are managed by law and legal mechanisms in the authoritarian theocracy of Iran. It highlights how these phenomena have been affected by the intersection of law, politics, and Shi?i theology.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sterile Sky
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2013 Commonwealth Writer''s Prize for African literature. E.E. Sule''s debut novel, Sterile Sky, presents a community wrecked by religious conflict and a young boy hunting for a better future.On the day that Murtala comes of age, violent riots break out in his home city of Kano leading to unspeakable tragedy within his own family. While chaos threatens to erase everything he holds dear, Murtala is stalked by monsters both real and imagined. A gifted student, he grows desperate to escape from the web of poverty and religious extremism that surrounds him.An immensely poignant and powerful novel, Sterile Sky captures the religious conflicts of modern Nigeria and the enduring hope for peace.''An ambitious work that tells the definitive story of an important moment in Nigeria's sociopolitical history.'' Sanya OshaTrade ReviewAn ambitious work that tells the definitive story of an important moment in Nigeria’s sociopolitical history. -- Sanya Osha
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LifeWay Christian Resources Antes de Perder Tu Fe
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Taylor & Francis Ltd AntiSemitism and AntiZionism in Historical
Book SynopsisPreviously published as a special issue of The Journal of Israeli History, this book presents the reflections of historians from Israel, Europe, Canada and the United States concerning the similarities and differences between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism primarily in Europe and the Middle East. Table of ContentsIntroduction Jeffrey Herf. Anti-Semites on Zionism: From Indifference to Obsession Derek J. Penslar. Can There Be a Principled Anti-Zionism? On the Nexus between Anti-Historicism and Anti-Zionism in Modern Jewish Thought David N. Myers. Readjusting Cultural Codes: Reflections on Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism Shulamit Volkov. Convergence: The Classic Case. Nazi Germany, Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism during World War II Jeffrey Herf. An Inseparable Tandem of European Identity? Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism in the Short and Long Run Andrei S. Markovits and Ann Arbor. From Cowards and Subversives to Aggressors and Questionable Allies: US Army Perceptions of Zionism since World War II Joseph Bendersky. Anti-Zionism in Britain, 1922–2002: Continuities and Discontinuities David Cesarani. The French Radical Right: From Anti-Semitic Zionism to Anti-Semitic Anti-Zionism Pierre Birnbaum. Anti-Zionism as a Multipurpose Policy Instrument: The Anti-Zionist Campaign in Poland, 1967–1968 Dariusz Stola. Ideology and Realpolitik: East German Attitudes towards Zionism and Israel Angelika Timm. Israel and the International Legal Arena Arieh Kochavi. Perceptions of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism in Israel Anita Shapira. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Holocaust: Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism Meir Litvak
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