Religion, Politics & State

Adonis influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T. S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a modernist literary revolution, the secular Syrian-born poet is also renowned for his persistent and staunch...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802878809Author Steven D SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802876959Author Mark A. NollFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing CoWeight(grams)...

Congratulations to Luke Bretherton on winning the 2013 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing for Christianity and Contemporary Politics! Relations between religious and political spheres continue to stir passionate debates on both sides of the...

For a secular age, we have a lot of religious politicians.Theresa May, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, even Donald Trump all profess Christianity, as did Obama, Brown, Sarkozy, Bush and Blair before them. Indeed, it is striking how many Christian...

An award-winning scholar's sweeping history of American secularism, from Jefferson to Trump "Insights that are both illuminating and alarming."-Linda Greenhouse, New York Review of Books "An essential book for understanding today's culture wars...

In a world of war, terrorism, and other geopolitical threats to global stability, how should committed Christians honor Jesus Christ and his Word? How should Christians think and act when it comes to church-state relations, the preservation of order, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943423118Author Ramon BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Shekinah Books LLCPublisher Shekinah Books LLCWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802869067Author James D. BrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 455Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

The news from the Middle East these days is bad. Whatever hopes people may have for the region are being dashed over and over, in country after country. Nicolas Pelham, a veteran correspondent for The Economist, has seen much of the tragedy first hand,...

What Does the Future Hold for Israel? The Middle East has long been spiraling out of control, causing global uncertainty and fear. What does this turmoil mean for Israel, and why has peace been so elusive? In this updated and expanded edition of Israel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830848102Author Justin GiboneyFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 314gDimensions(mm)...

Featuring numerous case studies from various contexts and traditions, The Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding brings together a diverse array of scholars to grapple with the tension between theory and practice, cultural theory, and...

Politics that Unite Rather than Divide Politics can be infuriating. From unjust policies to unholy politicians, there are justifiable reasons to be upset or walk away altogether. Yet we must stay involved if we are to protect and sustain our fragile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438465340Author Yaacov YadgarFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Evangelicals, once at the periphery of American life, now wield power in the White House and on Wall Street, at Harvard and in Hollywood. How have they reached the pinnacles of power in such a short time? And what does this mean for evangelicals--and for...

Jesus for President is a radical manifesto to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people "set...

This book sets out a rationale for the compatibility of Islam and Feminism and shows that Islamic Feminism is a diverse and valuable lens through which to analyse religion and gender. In addition, including scholarship written in Arabic, it promotes the...

Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street Journal ), as "a towering figure among experts on the culture and religion of the Muslim world"...

Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street Journal ), as "a towering figure among experts on the culture and religion of the Muslim world"...

By 1952 the Chinese Communist Party had suppressed all organized resistance to its regime and stood unopposed, or so it has been believed. Internal party documents-declassified just long enough for historian Paul Mariani to send copies out of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765126905Author Lora StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Protests of neoliberal globalization have proliferated in recent years, not least in response to the financial crisis, austerity and increasing inequality. But how do religious groups organize themselves in response to these issues? This book...

This book provides the only comprehensive analysis of concordats, the international treaties of the Apostolic See in Rome. Identifying the 167 treaties between the papacy and civil commonwealths from 1865 to 2022 at the intersection of canon,...

The Radical Mind is a groundbreaking analysis of the origins of the Christian Right, whose political victories are radically reshaping the landscape of American society. Scholars and the public alike have traditionally regarded the New Right and the...

Throughout history, the world's great religions have been profoundly shaped by their encounters with successive empires. Secular empires have provided the means by which religions achieve their global scale, and any worthwhile historical account of those...

This book explores the differences in Muslim attitudes and approaches to the public square in sub-Saharan Africa via a comparative-historical analysis of Muslim politics in Northern Nigeria and Senegal since independence in 1960. While Northern Nigeria...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798201405458Author Ahmet YaziciFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Ahmet YaziciPublisher Ahmet YaziciWeight(grams) 118g

Mason Temple, the headquarters of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), looms large in the history of the Civil Rights Movement because of its connection to the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who delivered his last sermon there during the...

What was Martin Luther King Jr. really like? In this ground breaking volume, Lewis V. Baldwin focuses on the man himself. Drawing on the testimonies of friends, family, and closest associates, this volume adds much-needed biographical background to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895267184Author M. Stanton EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Regnery Publishing IncPublisher Regnery Publishing IncWeight(grams) 524g

The single most important change now well under way within Catholicism is its transition from a First World to a Third World entity. How this enormous shift will affect the Catholic church's role in the world economy is the subject of Michael L. Budde's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975345542Author William J FedererFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint AmerisearchPublisher AmerisearchWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780829800425Author Anne DunlapFormat PaperbackImprint Pilgrim PressPublisher Pilgrim Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506464534Author Adam Russell TaylorFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793627711Author Simonmary Asese a AihiokhaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington Books

The year 2020 marks the centenary of the passing of the 19th Amendment that allowed for women in the United States to vote. The strategic struggle of women demanding equal dignity and the right to vote in the United States helped to shed light on the...

Churches remain some of the most segregated spaces in the United States. In congregations that are multiracial, leadership can be a source of conflict. What does it mean for pastors of color to lead in multiracial spaces? Who are the pastors of color...

This work is a collection of essays that describe and analyze religion and regime relations in various nations in the contemporary world. The contributors examine patterns of interaction between religious actors and national governments that include...

Formed from This Soil offers a complete history of religion in America that centers on the diversity of sacred traditions and practices that have existed in the country from its earliest days. * Organized chronologically starting with the earliest...