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Offering a critical, comprehensive, and holistic discussion of the validity of human rights inside and outside of religious communities, this book explores the relationship between religious communi……続きを見る

As the last northern state to enact gradual abolition laws, New Jersey played a powerful role in keeping slavery alive, and Anglicans and Episcopalians were deeply involved in establishing and maint……続きを見る

Deconstructing Transhumanism: A Religion Without Religion challenges the widely held view that transhumanismーa movement advocating for the enhancement of human life through technologyーis purely se……続きを見る

There is an answer to white Christian supremacy that is centuries in the making. For many oppressed and vulnerable people, Western Christianity has been a nightmare. Just centuries after the life of……続きを見る

For God and Globe recovers the history of an important yet largely forgotten intellectual movement in interwar America. Michael G. Thompson explores the way radical-left and ecumenical Protestant in……続きを見る

A 2024 Foreword INDIES Award Finalist Punchy, provocative, and deeply affirming, Fire in the Whole is the conversation many avoid, some handle poorly, and others know is long overdue.. Part personal……続きを見る

This book investigates what faith means in the actual day-to-day practice of faith-based NGOs working in the development, humanitarian, and advocacy sectors. Faith-based organisations play an extrem……続きを見る

Religion and Conspiracy Theories: An Introduction is the first accessible volume to systematically examine the relationship between religion and conspiracy theories in the contemporary world in crit……続きを見る

An "altar call to action" from the U.S. senator and senior pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church ( Publishers Weekly). What is the true nature and mission of the church? Is its proper Christia……続きを見る

In "Pan-Islam," G. Wyman Bury presents an incisive exploration of the historical and political movements that have shaped the Islamic world in the modern era. Bury's literary style is marked by a me……続きを見る

Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Fr……続きを見る

As you awoke this morning and prepared to face another day, you had no idea that the world as you knew it was about to change forever. But the truth about the conflict between good and evil has been……続きを見る

Historically, many churches and theologians defended and supported race-based slavery and subsequent forms of racial hierarchy and violence. The essays in Reparations and the Theological Disciplines……続きを見る

Yes Gawd! explores the effects of religious belief and practice on political behavior among the LGBT community, a population long persecuted by religious institutions and generally considered to be ……続きを見る

First Published in 1953 What is Religion provides an understanding of religious faith which embraces all of the great and enduring religions. In the process it strips off the irrelevant and inconseq……続きを見る

What might Jesus say to you today about your political decisions? Would he care?’ With his gift for making Scripture and theology clear and very relevant, Dr. Bruce Epperly looks at the Sermon on th……続きを見る

While religious conflict receives plenty of attention, the everyday negotiation of religious diversity does not. Questions of how to accommodate religious minorities and of the limits of tolerance r……続きを見る

In "The Status Quo in the Holy Places," L. G. A. Cust undertakes a meticulous exploration of the intricate balance maintained among various religious groups in the sacred sites of Jerusalem. Through……続きを見る

Social Progress and the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy examines the authoritarian challenge to present-day democracy through a framing of social progress theory and the idea of the social cont……続きを見る

Over a career spanning forty years, David G. Dalin has written extensively about the role of American Jews in public life, from the nation’s founding, to presidential appointments of Jews, to lobbyi……続きを見る

Before military action, and even before mobilization, the decision on whether to go to war is debated by politicians, pundits, and the public. As they address the right or wrong of such action, it i……続きを見る

Advocacy for religious freedom has become a global project while religion, and the management of religion, has become of increasing interest to scholars across a wider range of disciplines. Rather t……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2003. This book develops a moral ontology for a theistic ethic that engages the work of contemporary moral and political philosophers, and reaffirms the relevance o……続きを見る

The Hebrew Bible is hardly what might be called a "unified" account of the national history of Israel. The texts, with their myriad genres and competing perspectives, show the forming and re-forming……続きを見る

Is it possible for renewal to come through peace rather than power? This book will illuminate how we can implement peaceful resistance against the immorality and policies of the Radical Left to brin……続きを見る

In a series of ruminations, Edward G. Simmons brings a lifetime's experiences, along with biblical and historical insights, to the ethical problems faced by Christians living under the impact of Pre……続きを見る

Even casual acquaintances of the Bible know that the Truth shall set you free, but in the pursuit of that Truth in higher education--particularly in Christian or Jewish seminaries--there are often m……続きを見る

Communication is the key to all successful human interactions. In light of the expanding use of texting and other forms of electronic communication, we risk losing the personal, face-to-face meeting……続きを見る

Ezra Taft Benson's ultra-conservative vision made him one of the most polarizing leaders in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His willingness to mix religion with extre……続きを見る

How does Christianity continue to experience growth in an increasingly authoritarian political system that enforces strict regulations on religion? How are ordinary Christians affected by social and……続きを見る