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The Limits of Tolerance
Enlightenment Values and Religious Fanaticism
Häftad, 2023
330 kr
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The modern notion of tolerance—the welcoming of diversity as a force for the common good—emerged in the Enlightenment in the wake of centuries of religious wars. First elaborated by philosophers such as John Locke and Voltaire, religious tolerance gradually gained ground in Europe and North …
Holocaust and the Nakba
A New Grammar of Trauma and History
Av Bashir Bashir, Amos Goldberg
Häftad, 2018
379 kr
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In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are interlinked without blurring fundamental differences between them. While these two foundational tragedies are often discussed separately and in abstraction from the constitutive …
German, Jew, Muslim, Gay
The Life and Times of Hugo Marcus
Häftad, 2020
655 kr
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Hugo Marcus (1880–1966) was a man of many names and many identities. Born a German Jew, he converted to Islam and took the name Hamid, becoming one of the most prominent Muslims in Germany prior to World War II. He was renamed Israel by the Nazis and sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp …
Religion in America
A Political History
Inbunden, 2011
1123 kr
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Denis Lacorne identifies two competing narratives defining the American identity. The first narrative, derived from the philosophy of the Enlightenment, is essentially secular. Associated with the Founding Fathers and reflected in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the …
Religion in America
A Political History
Häftad, 2014
282 kr
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Denis Lacorne identifies two competing narratives defining the American identity. The first narrative, derived from the philosophy of the Enlightenment, is essentially secular. Associated with the Founding Fathers and reflected in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the …
After Pluralism
Reimagining Religious Engagement
Av Courtney Bender, Pamela E. Klassen
Inbunden, 2010
1209 kr
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The contributors to this volume treat pluralism as a concept that is historically and ideologically produced or, put another way, as a doctrine that is embedded within a range of political, civic, and cultural institutions. Their critique considers how religious difference is framed as a problem …
After Pluralism
Reimagining Religious Engagement
Av Courtney Bender, Pamela E. Klassen
Häftad, 2010
316 kr
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The contributors to this volume treat pluralism as a concept that is historically and ideologically produced or, put another way, as a doctrine that is embedded within a range of political, civic, and cultural institutions. Their critique considers how religious difference is framed as a problem …
Religion and International Relations Theory
Av Jack Snyder
Inbunden, 2011
1037 kr
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Religious concerns stand at the center of international politics, yet key paradigms in international relations, namely realism, liberalism, and constructivism, barely consider religion in their analysis of political subjects. The essays in this collection rectify this. Authored by leading scholars, …
Religion and International Relations Theory
Av Jack Snyder
Häftad, 2011
265 kr
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Religious concerns stand at the center of international politics, yet key paradigms in international relations, namely realism, liberalism, and constructivism, barely consider religion in their analysis of political subjects. The essays in this collection rectify this. Authored by leading scholars, …
Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey
Inbunden, 2012
1994 kr
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While Turkey has grown as a world power, promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation, several choices in policy have strained its relationship with the East and the West. Providing historical, social, and religious context for this behavior, the essays in Democracy, Islam, and Secularism …
Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey
Häftad, 2012
571 kr
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While Turkey has grown as a world power, promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation, several choices in policy have strained its relationship with the East and the West. Providing historical, social, and religious context for this behavior, the essays in Democracy, Islam, and Secularism …
Rewiring the Real
In Conversation with William Gaddis, Richard Powers, Mark Danielewski, and Don DeLillo
Inbunden, 2013
1390 kr
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Digital and electronic technologies that act as extensions of our bodies and minds are changing how we live, think, act, and write. Some welcome these developments as bringing humans closer to unified consciousness and eternal life. Others worry that invasive globalized technologies threaten to …
Rewiring the Real
In Conversation with William Gaddis, Richard Powers, Mark Danielewski, and Don DeLillo
Häftad, 2014
354 kr
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Digital and electronic technologies that act as extensions of our bodies and minds are changing how we live, think, act, and write. Some welcome these developments as bringing humans closer to unified consciousness and eternal life. Others worry that invasive globalized technologies threaten to …
Democracy and Islam in Indonesia
Av Mirjam Künkler, Alfred Stepan
Inbunden, 2013
2227 kr
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Indonesia's military government collapsed in 1998, igniting fears that economic, religious, and political conflicts would complicate any democratic transition. Yet in every year since 2006, the world's most populous Muslim country has received high marks from international democracy-ranking …
Democracy and Islam in Indonesia
Av Mirjam Künkler, Alfred Stepan
Häftad, 2013
299 kr
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Indonesia's military government collapsed in 1998, igniting fears that economic, religious, and political conflicts would complicate any democratic transition. Yet in every year since 2006, the world's most populous Muslim country has received high marks from international democracy-ranking …
Religion, the Secular, and the Politics of Sexual Difference
Av Linell E. Cady, Tracy Fessenden
Inbunden, 2013
1209 kr
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Global struggles over women's roles, rights, and dress increasingly cast the secular and the religious in tense if not violent opposition. When advocates for equality speak in terms of rights and modern progress, or reactionaries ground their authority in religious and scriptural appeals, both tend …
Religion, the Secular, and the Politics of Sexual Difference
Av Linell E. Cady, Tracy Fessenden
Häftad, 2013
316 kr
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Global struggles over women's roles, rights, and dress increasingly cast the secular and the religious in tense if not violent opposition. When advocates for equality speak in terms of rights and modern progress, or reactionaries ground their authority in religious and scriptural appeals, both tend …
Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal
Inbunden, 2013
1295 kr
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This collection critically examines "tolerance," "secularism," and respect for religious "diversity" within a social and political system dominated by Sufi brotherhoods. Through a detailed analysis of Senegal's political economy, essays trace the genealogy and dynamic exchange among these concepts …
Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal
Häftad, 2013
632 kr
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This collection critically examines "tolerance," "secularism," and respect for religious "diversity" within a social and political system dominated by Sufi brotherhoods. Through a detailed analysis of Senegal's political economy, essays trace the genealogy and dynamic exchange among these concepts …
Recovering Place
Reflections on Stone Hill
Inbunden, 2014
1381 kr
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Mark C. Taylor recounts a poignant love affair not with a person but with a place that, paradoxically, cannot be easily localized. For many years, Taylor has lived in the Berkshire Mountains, where he writes and creates land art and sculpture. In a world of mobile screens and virtual realities, …
Recovering Place
Reflections on Stone Hill
Häftad, 2016
350 kr
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Mark C. Taylor recounts a poignant love affair not with a person but with a place that, paradoxically, cannot be easily localized. For many years, Taylor has lived in the Berkshire Mountains, where he writes and creates land art and sculpture. In a world of mobile screens and virtual realities, …
Boundaries of Toleration
Av Alfred Stepan, Charles Taylor
Inbunden, 2014
2227 kr
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How can people of diverse religious, ethnic, and linguistic allegiances and identities live together without committing violence, inflicting suffering, or oppressing each other? In this volume, contributors explore the limits of toleration and suggest we think beyond them to mutual respect. Salman …
Boundaries of Toleration
Av Alfred Stepan, Charles Taylor
Häftad, 2014
299 kr
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How can people of diverse religious, ethnic, and linguistic allegiances and identities live together without committing violence, inflicting suffering, or oppressing each other? In this volume, contributors explore the limits of toleration and suggest we think beyond them to mutual respect. Salman …
Mormonism and American Politics
Inbunden, 2015
1123 kr
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When Joseph Smith ran for president as a radical protest candidate in 1844, Mormons were a deeply distrusted group in American society, and their efforts to enter public life were met with derision. When Mitt Romney ran for president as a Republican in 2008 and 2012, the public had come to regard …
Mormonism and American Politics
Häftad, 2015
571 kr
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When Joseph Smith ran for president as a radical protest candidate in 1844, Mormons were a deeply distrusted group in American society, and their efforts to enter public life were met with derision. When Mitt Romney ran for president as a Republican in 2008 and 2012, the public had come to regard …
Blood
A Critique of Christianity
Av Gil Anidjar
Inbunden, 2014
1381 kr
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Blood, according to Gil Anidjar, maps the singular history of Christianity. As a category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining Western culture, politics, and social practices and their wide-ranging incarnations …
Blood
A Critique of Christianity
Av Gil Anidjar
Häftad, 2016
350 kr
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Blood, according to Gil Anidjar, maps the singular history of Christianity. As a category for historical analysis, blood can be seen through its literal and metaphorical uses as determining, sometimes even defining Western culture, politics, and social practices and their wide-ranging incarnations …
Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy
Av Jean L. Cohen, Cécile Laborde
Inbunden, 2015
2840 kr
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Polarization between political religionists and militant secularists on both sides of the Atlantic is on the rise. Critically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges. It …
Religion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy
Av Jean L. Cohen, Cécile Laborde
Häftad, 2015
393 kr
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Polarization between political religionists and militant secularists on both sides of the Atlantic is on the rise. Critically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges. It …
Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites
Religion, Politics, and Conflict Resolution
Av Elazar Barkan, Karen Barkey
Inbunden, 2014
1381 kr
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This anthology explores the dynamics of shared religious sites in Turkey, the Balkans, Palestine/Israel, Cyprus, and Algeria, indicating where local and national stakeholders maneuver between competition and cooperation, coexistence and conflict. Contributors probe the notion of coexistence and the …
