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Quasi-Religions

Author : John E. Smith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349234346
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Quasi-Religions written by John E. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 1994-08-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book considers systems of belief and practice which are not religions in the full-blown sense, but which nevertheless affect human life in ways similar to the role played by the recognised religions. Professor Smith's thorough account compares the features which Humanism, Marxism and Nationalism share with recognised religions, analysing each in turn, and asks whether there is not always a threat of the demonic when any contingent reality - man, the economic order, or the state - is made absolute.

Encyclopedia of Religion and Society

Author : William H. Swatos
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780761989561
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Religion and Society written by William H. Swatos and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 1998 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the new millennium approaches, the sacred and profane interface, conflict, and intermingle in novel ways. The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society provides a guide map for these developments. From succinct, brief notes to essay-length entries, it covers world religions, religious perspectives on political and social issues, and religious leaders and scholars -- present and past -- in the United States and the world. This comprehensive volume is an essential reference for studies in the anthropology, psychology, politics, and sociology of religion. Topics include: abortion, adolescence, African-American religious experience, anthropology of religion, Buddhism, commitment, conversion, definition of religion, ecology movement, Emile Durkheim, ethnicity, fundamentalism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, new religious movements, organization, parish, Talcott Parsons, racism, research methods, Roman Catholicism, sexism, Unification Church, Max Weber, and many others.

Between Sacred and Secular

Author : Arthur L. Greil
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Between Sacred and Secular written by Arthur L. Greil and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies

Author : Cheng-tian Kuo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789462984394
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies written by Cheng-tian Kuo and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies explores the interaction between religion and nationalism in the Chinese societies of mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. On the one hand, state policies toward religions in these societies are deciphered and their implications for religious freedom and regional stability are evaluated. On the other hand, Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity, Islam and folk religions are respectively analyzed in terms of their theological, organizational and political responses to the nationalist modernity projects of these states. What is new in this book on Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies is that the Chinese state has strengthened its control over religion to an unprecedented level. In particular, the Chinese state has almost completed its construction of a state religion called Chinese Patriotism. But at the same time, what is also new is the emergence of democratic civil religions in these Chinese societies.

Secularism and Cosmopolitanism

Author : Étienne Balibar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231547137
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Secularism and Cosmopolitanism written by Étienne Balibar and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between cosmopolitanism and secularism—the worldwide and the worldly? While cosmopolitan politics may seem inherently secular, existing forms of secularism risk undermining the universality of cosmopolitanism because they privilege the European tradition over all others and transform particular historical norms into enunciations of truth, valid for all cultures and all epochs. In this book, the noted philosopher Étienne Balibar explores the tensions lurking at this troubled nexus in order to advance a truly democratic and emancipatory cosmopolitanism, which requires a secularization of secularism itself. Balibar argues for the idea of the universal against its particular dominant institutions. He questions the assumptions that underlie popular ideas of secularism and religion and outlines the importance of a new critique for the contemporary world. Balibar holds that conflicts between religious and secular discourses need to be reframed from a point of view that takes into account the cultural hybridization, migration and mobility, and transformation of borders that have reshaped the postcolonial age. Among the topics discussed are the uses and misuses of the category of religion and the religious, the paradoxical genealogy of monotheism, French laïcité’s identitarian turn, and the implications of the responses to the Charlie Hebdo attacks for an extended definition of free speech. Going beyond circumscribed notions of religion and the public sphere, Secularism and Cosmopolitanism is a profound rethinking of identity and difference that seeks to make room for a renewed political imagination.

Religion for Atheists

Author : Alain De Botton
Publisher : Signal
ISBN 13 : 0771025998
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Religion for Atheists written by Alain De Botton and published by Signal. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Architecture of Happiness, a deeply moving meditation on how we can still benefit, without believing, from the wisdom, the beauty, and the consolatory power that religion has to offer. Alain de Botton was brought up in a committedly atheistic household, and though he was powerfully swayed by his parents' views, he underwent, in his mid-twenties, a crisis of faithlessness. His feelings of doubt about atheism had their origins in listening to Bach's cantatas, were further developed in the presence of certain Bellini Madonnas, and became overwhelming with an introduction to Zen architecture. However, it was not until his father's death -- buried under a Hebrew headstone in a Jewish cemetery because he had intriguingly omitted to make more secular arrangements -- that Alain began to face the full degree of his ambivalence regarding the views of religion that he had dutifully accepted. Why are we presented with the curious choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling, subtle and effective rituals and practices for which there is no equivalent in secular society? Why do we bristle at the mention of the word "morality"? Flee from the idea that art should be uplifting, or have an ethical purpose? Why don't we build temples? What mechanisms do we have for expressing gratitude? The challenge that de Botton addresses in his book: how to separate ideas and practices from the religious institutions that have laid claim to them. In Religion for Atheists is an argument to free our soul-related needs from the particular influence of religions, even if it is, paradoxically, the study of religion that will allow us to rediscover and rearticulate those needs.

The Power of Ritual in Prehistory

Author : Brian Hayden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108426395
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Ritual in Prehistory written by Brian Hayden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.

Senate Bill[s].

Author : Illinois. General Assembly. Senate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1650 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Senate Bill[s]. written by Illinois. General Assembly. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Ecclesiastical Review

Author : Herman Joseph Heuser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The American Ecclesiastical Review written by Herman Joseph Heuser and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Enlightenment and Its Effects on Modern Society

Author : Milan Zafirovski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441973877
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis The Enlightenment and Its Effects on Modern Society by : Milan Zafirovski

Download or read book The Enlightenment and Its Effects on Modern Society written by Milan Zafirovski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enlightenment of the late 17th and 18th century is characterized by an emphasis on reason and empiricism . As a major shaping philosophy of Western culture, it had a historical impact on the religious, cultural, academic, and social institutions of 18th century Europe. In this compelling volume, the author explores the lasting impact of Enlightenment thinking on modern Western societies and other democracies. With an interdisciplinary, comparative-historical approach this volume explores the impact of Enlightenment ideals such as liberty, equality, and social justice on current social institutions. Combining sociological theory with concrete examples, the author provides a unique framework for understanding modern cultural development, including a picture of how it would look without this Enlightenment basis. This work provides a multi-faceted approach, including: an historical overview, analysis of the Enlightenment’s influence on modern democratic societies, modern culture, political science, civil society and the economy, as well as exploring the counter-Enlightenment, Post-Enlightenment, and Neo-Enlightenment philosophies.

The Christian Union

Author : Henry Ward Beecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Union written by Henry Ward Beecher and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Child Care Policy at the Crossroads

Author : Sonya Michel
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415927055
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Child Care Policy at the Crossroads written by Sonya Michel and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ye Shall Know the Truth

Author : Fred R. Marvin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Ye Shall Know the Truth written by Fred R. Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1662 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Art, Myth and Society in Hegel's Aesthetics

Author : David James
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441175970
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Art, Myth and Society in Hegel's Aesthetics written by David James and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art, Myth and Society in Hegel's Aesthetics returns to the student transcripts of Hegel's lectures on aesthetics, which have yet to be translated into English and in some cases remain unpublished. David James develops the idea that these transcripts show that Hegel was primarily interested in understanding art as an historical phenomenon and, more specifically, in terms of its role in the ethical life of various peoples. This involves relating Hegel's aesthetics to his philosophies of right and history, rather than to his logic or metaphysics. The book thus offers a thorough re-evaluation of Hegel's aesthetics and its relation to his theory of objective spirit, exposing the ways in which Hegel's views on this subject are anchored in his reflections on history and on different forms of ethical life.

Reopening Muslim Minds

Author : Mustafa Akyol
Publisher : St. Martin's Essentials
ISBN 13 : 1250256070
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Reopening Muslim Minds written by Mustafa Akyol and published by St. Martin's Essentials. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey into Islam's diverse history of ideas, making an argument for an "Islamic Enlightenment" today In Reopening Muslim Minds, Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times, both diagnoses “the crisis of Islam” in the modern world, and offers a way forward. Diving deeply into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries. He especially demonstrates how values often associated with Western Enlightenment — freedom, reason, tolerance, and an appreciation of science — had Islamic counterparts, which sadly were cast aside in favor of more dogmatic views, often for political ends. Elucidating complex ideas with engaging prose and storytelling, Reopening Muslim Minds borrows lost visions from medieval Muslim thinkers such as Ibn Rushd (aka Averroes), to offer a new Muslim worldview on a range of sensitive issues: human rights, equality for women, freedom of religion, or freedom from religion. While frankly acknowledging the problems in the world of Islam today, Akyol offers a clear and hopeful vision for its future.