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Democracy and the New Religious Pluralism by Thomas Banchoff 9780195307221
£104.67Religious pluralism is everywhere in today's politics. Increased immigration flows, the collapse of communism, and the globalization of communications technologies have all fostered a wider variety of religious beliefs, practices, and organizations... -
Religion, Politics & Law by Peter Lodberg 9788779344259
RRP: £19.95£11.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788779344259Author Peter LodbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Aarhus University PressPublisher Aarhus University Press -
Walking With God in a Fragile World by James R. Langford 9780742514508
RRP: £16.99£14.18This is a book of genuine wisdom, one that invites readers not to go back to the way things were before September 11, but to see how they might try to walk with God in a world that now seems more shattered than before. In these essays written expressly... -
God and Government: Twenty-Five Years of Fighting for Equality, Secularism, and Freedom Of Conscience by Barry W. Lynn 9781633880245
RRP: £14.99£13.16A central player in every major church-state-separation battle for decades, the Rev. Barry W. Lynn understands the complexities of this divisive issue like few others. As a long-time activist, a civil rights lawyer, and an ordained minister in the United... -
From Pews to Polling Places: Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic by J. Matthew Wilson 9781589011731
£90.82Does religion promote political mobilization? Are individuals motivated by their faith to focus on issues of social justice, personal morality, or both? What is the relationship between religious conviction and partisanship? And does religious identity... -
Religion and Public Life in the Middle Atlantic Region: Fount of Diversity by Randall Balmer 9780759106369
£94.65The Middle Atlantic region's religious diversity began in the 17th century and continues today. European religious minorities recognized the need to tolerate other faiths if they themselves were to be tolerated. From Quaker Pennsylvania to English... -
Religion and Public Life in the Midwest: America's Common Denominator? by Philip Barlow 9780759106314
£46.10Not just in the middle geographically, the Midwest represents the American average in terms of beliefs, attitudes, and values. The region's religious portrait matches the national religious portrait more closely than any other region. But far from making... -
The Origins of Christian Anti-Internationalism: Conservative Evangelicals and the League of Nations by Markku Ruotsila 9781589011915
£54.48The roots of conservative Christian skepticism of international politics run deep. In this original work, Markku Ruotsila artfully unearths the historical and theological origins of evangelical Christian thought on modern-day international organizations... -
Uncompromising Positions: God, Sex, and the U.S. House of Representatives by Elizabeth Anne Oldmixon 9781589010727
£91.74Cultural factions are an intrinsic part of the fabric of American politics. But does this mean that there is no room for compromise when groups hold radically different viewpoints on major issues? Not necessarily. For example, in a June 2003 Time/CNN... -
Islamist Movements During the Tunisian Transition and Syrian Crisis: The Power of Practices by Teije H Donker 9781399506182
RRP: £85.00£77.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399506182Author Teije H DonkerFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press -
Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All--and What We Can Do about It by Sean Faircloth 9780984493258
RRP: £13.95£9.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984493258Author Sean FairclothFormat PaperbackPage Count 165Imprint Pitchstone LLCPublisher Pitchstone LLCWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm... -
The First Liberty: America's Foundation in Religious Freedom, Expanded and Updated by William Lee Miller 9780878408993
£29.84At a time when the concept of religion-based politics has taken on new and sometimes ominous tones-even within the United States-it is not only right, but also urgently necessary that William Lee Miller revisit his profound exploration of the place of... -
The American Search for Peace: Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and National Security by George S. Weigel 9780878405190
RRP: £48.00£42.41Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and "local" wars in the 1980s and since have raised new questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. Nevertheless, a number of basic philosophical and political... -
Imputed Rights by Robert V. Andelson 9780856832727
RRP: £17.95£11.93Thoughtful and informative, this essay is an analysis of the basis and nature of human rights. Arguing that human rights is an issue that is often invoked but seldom intelligently considered, this record examines concrete, immediate, moral, and social... -
Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive: And the Truth That Sets Us Free by Jonathan P. Walton 9780830845583
RRP: £13.99£10.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830845583Author Jonathan P. WaltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint IVP BooksPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 272g -
Writing of the Formless: Jose Lezama Lima and the End of Time by Jaime Rodriguez Matos 9780823274079
RRP: £89.00£77.22In this book, Jaime Rodriguez Matos proposes the "formless" as a point of departure in thinking through the relationship between politics and time. Thinking through both literary and political writings around the Cuban Revolution, Rodriguez... -
The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare by Ram A. Cnaan 9780814716182
RRP: £27.99£24.14Popular calls to transform our current welfare system and supplant it with effective and inexpensive faith-based providers are gaining political support and engendering heated debate about the separation of church and state. Yet we lack concrete... -
The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare by Ram A. Cnaan 9780814716175
£90.28Popular calls to transform our current welfare system and supplant it with effective and inexpensive faith-based providers are gaining political support and engendering heated debate about the separation of church and state. Yet we lack concrete... -
A Gospel for the Poor: Global Social Christianity and the Latin American Evangelical Left by David C. Kirkpatrick 9780812250947
RRP: £54.00£46.79In 1974, the International Congress on World Evangelization met in Lausanne, Switzerland. Gathering together nearly 2,500 Protestant evangelical leaders from more than 150 countries and 135 denominations, it rivaled Vatican II in terms of its influence... -
A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America by Stephen Prothero 9780807857700
RRP: £37.95£33.99The United States has long been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how... -
Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada by Richard John Moon 9780774814973
RRP: £94.00£81.88Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada will appeal to lawyers, legal academics, political scientists, religious studies scholars, and anyone interested in the issue of religion in the public sphere.Book InformationISBN 9780774814973Author Richard John... -
Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition by James K. Wellman 9780742558236
RRP: £108.00£94.31Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world-it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture. The... -
Christianity and Culture in the City: A Postcolonial Approach by Samuel Cruz 9780739176757
RRP: £92.00£80.53Christianity and Culture in the City: A Postcolonial Approach offers an introduction to the broad diversity of contemporary Christianities in a rich, complex, changing, and challenging city context. Cruz focuses upon a variety of changing communities... -
Participation, Representation and Global Civil Society: Christian and Islamic Fundamentalist Anti-Abortion Networks and United Nations Conferences by Jane W. Muthumbi 9780739144619
RRP: £87.00£76.23This book focuses on religious fundamentalists' mobilization efforts against abortion in three United Nations Conferences. Using U.S. Christian and Egyptian Islamic fundamentalist groups as empirical cases, this account highlights these groups' efforts... -
Political Symbols in Russian History: Church, State, and the Quest for Order and Justice by Lee Trepanier 9780739117880
RRP: £96.00£83.98Political Symbols in Russian History is one of the few works that presents an analytical and comprehensive account of Russian history and politics between the years of 988 to 2005. From Kievan Rus to Putin's Russia, this book traces the development,... -
Becoming Religious in a Secular Age by Mark Elmore 9780520290549
RRP: £25.00£19.59Religion is often viewed as a universally ancient element of the human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered its religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive... -
American Religion, American Politics: An Anthology by Joseph Kip Kosek 9780300203516
£30.11Essential primary sources reveal the central tensions between American politics and religion throughout the nation's history Despite the centrality of separation of church and state in American government, religion has played an important role in the... -
The Church in Pluralist Society: Social and Political Roles by Cornelius J. Casey 9780268106416
RRP: £90.00£78.48Vatican II opened new pathways to engagement with societies shaped by modernity. Its project could be read as an attempt to interpret the stance of the church in relation to the whole project of modernity. The fundamental presumption of this collection... -
Mormonism and American Politics by Randall Balmer 9780231165983
RRP: £88.00£68.75When 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... -
New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa by Rosalind I. J. Hackett 9780253015198
RRP: £76.00£66.55New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation, and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious... -
Religion, Modernity, and Politics in Hegel by Thomas A. Lewis 9780199595594
£116.11Religion, Modernity, and Politics in Hegel analyzes Hegel's philosophy of religion and develops its significance for ongoing debates about the relation between religion and politics as well as the history of the conceptualization of religion. One of the... -
Mapping the Legal Boundaries of Belonging: Religion and Multiculturalism from Israel to Canada by Mr. Rene Provost 9780199383016
£39.48This collection of essays explores the complex relationship between religion and multiculturalism and the role of the state and law in the creation of boundaries. Western secular democracies are composed of increasingly religiously diverse populations... -
Secularism, Catholicism, and the Future of Public Life: A Dialogue with Ambassador Douglas W. Kmiec by Gary J. Adler 9780190205430
£29.05How can religion contribute to democracy in a secular age? What can the millennia-old Catholic tradition say to church-state controversies in the United States and around the world? Secularism, Catholicism, and the Future of Public Life, presents a... -
Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa by Terence O. Ranger 9780195174779
£103.17This is one of four projected volumes to emerge from a massive, Pew-funded study that sought to answer the question: What happens when a revivalist religion based on scriptual orthodoxy participates in the volatile politics of the Third World? At a time... -
Religion, Politics, Evangelism by Purna Chandra Jena 9781845401672
£11.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845401672Author Purna Chandra JenaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200g -
Judaism's Challenge: Election, Divine Love, and Human Enmity by Alon Goshen-Gottstein 9781644691489
RRP: £84.99£81.16One cannot think of Judaism without taking some stance relating to Israel's special status, its election. The present collection highlights the challenges that Judaism faces, as it continues to uphold a sense of chosenness and as it seeks to engage the... -
Sovereignty: Moral and Historical Perspectives by James Turner Johnson 9781626160569
RRP: £48.00£42.41Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation's borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period,... -
Pope Francis and the Caring Society by Robert M. Whaples 9781598132878
RRP: £24.95£16.96Pope Francis and the Caring Society is a thoughtful exploration of the Pope's earnest call for a dialogue on building a truly compassionate society. Francis's fervent support for uplifting the poor and protecting the environment has inspired far-reaching... -
God Is Alive and Well: The Future of Religion in America by Frank Newport 9781595620620
RRP: £19.99£15.51Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport examines religion in America today, reviews just how powerfully intertwined religion is with every aspect of American society, and explores what appears to be religion's vibrant future in the U.S. - all based on more... -
Pews, Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in America by Corwin E. Smidt 9781589012172
RRP: £26.50£23.29Is the "private" experience of religion counterproductive to engagement in public life? Does the "public" experience of religion contribute anything distinctive to civic engagement? "Pews, Prayers, and Participation" offers...