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Bristol University Press Reimagining Religion and Belief

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Book SynopsisWith growing diversity of religion and belief in every sector comes the potential for new dialogues across previously impermeable policy and disciplinary silos. This volume critically challenges policy makers to re-imagine religion and belief as an integral part of public life that contains resources, practices, forms of knowledge and experience.Trade Review"A timely and innovative analysis highlighting the need to re-imagine religion and belief as integral parts in the construction of a new modernity." Anders Bäckström, Uppsala University“Readers ought to take Re-Imagining Religion and Belief as an invitation for interdisciplinary conversation… this book offers an example of the type of work the editors hope to encourage, with multiple disciplines coming together considering how religion and belief bear on real world issues.” Reading ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Chris Baker, Beth R Crisp and Adam Dinham; Part 1: Re-imagining religion and belief spaces; The need to re-imagine religion and belief ~ Adam Dinham, Christopher Baker and Beth R. Crisp; Re-negotiating religion and belief in the public square: Definitions, debates, controversies ~ Christopher Baker and Adam Dinham; Geographical landscapes of religion ~ Paul Cloke and Andrew Williams; Spatial methodology’ in religion and belief research: the example of a study of Twelver Shii Muslim networks in Britain ~ Oliver Scharbrodt; Part 2: Re-imagining Public Policy and Practice; Law and Religion: a survey of cases in the UK and what they reveal ~ Lucy Vickers; Reading religion through the lessons of legal decisions and reactions to them ~ Lori G. Beaman; Religion and belief in postcolonial policy in Australia ~ Mark G. Brett; Re-imagining the place of religion in the workplace: the example of Australian social work ~ Beth R. Crisp; Religious literacy in welfare and civil society: a Nordic perspective ~ Annette Leis-Peters; Part 3: Re-imagining the future; Policy futures for religion and belief ~ Chris Baker, Beth R Crisp and Adam Dinham.

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Taylor & Francis Ltd Eliminating GenderBased Violence

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Book SynopsisWhile promoting access to resources and systems of support for those affected by gender-based violence is absolutely crucial, this new book focuses attention on the important question of how communities can take action to prevent violence and abuse. Using examples of current research and practice, the book explores the actions that can be taken in individual sectors of society, our schools, faith communities, campuses, on our streets and using new popular technologies. The contributors draw on global examples to highlight the importance of learning from the study of the interaction between socio-political contexts and effective policies and strategies to address gender-based violence. Chapters take up the challenge of exploring the construction of effective programmes that address cognitive, affective and behavioural domains. They discuss what people know, how they feel and how they behave, and include the important challenge of how to engage men in working towards theTrade Review‘This book is about strong women and communities working together to identify and implement strategies, which both assist and empower women and girls who have survived gender based violence, and to prevent it happening in the future. It clearly names gender based violence as a human rights abuse and identifies the key issues to be considered when addressing violence against women. The excellent Introduction provides a broad analytical context for the following chapters, which contribute to our understanding of a wide range of contexts in which gender based violence occurs, and suggests creative responses towards its elimination.’ - Adjunct Associate Professor Eileen Pittaway, Forced Migration Network, UNSW Australia.Table of ContentsList of illustrations List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of acronyms Chapter 1. Framing the issues (Ann Taket and Beth R Crisp) Chapter 2. Working with parents and young families (Laura Coady, Ann Taket and Beth R Crisp) Chapter 3. Respectful relationships education: A case study of working in schools (Debbie Ollis and Suzanne Dyson) Chapter 4. Meeting adolescents ‘where they’re at’: the use of technology to prevent violence and abuse in adolescent romantic relationships (Erica Bowen and Emma Sobring) Chapter 5. Violence and abuse in young people’s intimate relationships: interface of gender, prevalence, impact and implications for prevention (Christine Barter) Chapter 6. Campus safety project: strategies, recommendations and obstacles in addressing gender-based violence on campuses (Clara Porter and Cathy Plourde) Chapter 7. Prevention, resistance, recovery, revolution: feminist empowerment self defence (Lynne Marie Wanamaker) Chapter 8. Engaging bystanders in violence prevention (Ann Taket and Cathy Plourde) Chapter 9. Faith communities as a setting for the prevention of gender-based violence (Beth R Crisp) Chapter 10. The potential contribution of health and social care professional practice to primary prevention (Ann Taket and Beth R Crisp) Chapter 11. Asset-based approaches for preventing gender-based violence in the workplace (Beth R Crisp and Ann Taket) Chapter 12. Power, progress and pink pussy hats: rising resistance (Ann Taket and Beth R Crisp)

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